Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate Chapter 51
Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell
Chapter 51 It’s Fine
It was almost 4 pm when Adam and Ann arrived at Lexi’s nondescript little house. Ann knocked and
smiled rea*s*suringly at Adam as he looked around at his surroundings dubiously.
“Are you nervous?” Ann asked with what she hoped was a rea*s*suring smile.
“No,” He answered a little too quickly as Ann squeezed his hand gently.
Adam sighed heavily and ran his free hand through his hair again.
“Okay, maybe a little. I feel like we’ve been pushed into this…” he started hesitantly before the door
was flung open and Lexi’s beaming face appeared in the doorway. “Bestie!” She shrieked, throwing her
arms around Ann and throwing me a wink. “Gosh, it feels like forever since you were herest. Look at
you now, bringing a hot hunk of man meat along with you.” She sighed dramatically and ced a hand
on her chest. “I’m so proud.”
Ann swatted her on the arm yfully andughed as she blushed slightly.
“Behave. You’ll scare him away before we’ve even started.”
Adam shifted slightly on the spot and offered her his hand with a serious expression on his face.
Lexi looked from his hand to his face and snorted loudly as she pulled him forward into a bone-crushing
hug.
“In this house, we don’t shake hands, we hug, wolf boy.”
She sniggered as he reluctantly patted her awkwardly on the back.
“Come on, let’s get you inside and ready for the journey.” Lexi led them through the tiny entrance
hallway that opened out into a cozy living area. It was tastefully decorated with a warm color scheme
but still managed to retain its weing, homey feel despite the modern aesthetic.
“I’d offer you a drink but I remember my first time using a portal.” Lexi grimaced.
“That bad?” Ann asked with a slight hint of uncertainty in her voice as Adam trailed slightly behind
them.
He still wasn’t fully convinced that this wasn’t some borate scheme to weaken him and wrench his
pack from his grasp and was scanning the room for anything that felt out of ce.
Ann and Lexi sank down onto a couch and chatted happily while he paced the perimeter of the room
slowly. “Rx fur ball, nothing is waiting to jump out at you. You’re both quite safe here.” Lexi snorted in
amusement. “Adam,e and sit down,” Ann said catingly at the fierce re that Adam had
directed toward her best friend.
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He begrudgingly approached and tentatively took a seat on the armchair in the corner. He felt safer
with his back to the wall… there was only one direction that any possible attack coulde from then.
Ann sighed and reached over to pat his hand rea*s*suringly.
“Adam, I promise it’s okay. I wouldn’t have brought you here if I didn’t trust herpletely.”
Adam nodded curtly, but said nothing, ring across the room warily, his eyes darting guardedly from
area to area.
“Dad shouldn’t be too long,” Lexi said as she returned her gaze to Ann.
“Oh! Your father ising too?” Ann asked in surprise. “I thought he couldn’t leave his realm?”
“He can’t leave for long… let’s put it that way. He’s in the process of rounding up some… disobedient
denizens of his realm.” Lexi chuckled.
‘Disobedient daemons? Who’d have thought…’ Maeve sniggered.
“I know, I know, I can hear Maeve’s sarcasticments already. He has his own concerns about you
bothing to his home.” Lexi said staring pointedly at Adam. He narrowed his eyes at Lexi and a low
rumbling emanated from his chest.
“Just what exactly are you inferring?” Adam asked in a low tone.
Lexi grinned at him as she gazed at him shrewdly.
“Well, you aren’t the only one concerned with security. Think of it from his point of view. Most Daemon
and werewolf interactions over the past few centuries have entailed the unquestioning ughter of his
race. He would be stupid not to be wary of you both, don’t you think? He is inviting you both into his
home, after all.”
Adam’s mouth set into a thin line as he considered her words. She was right. They both had reason to
be cautious. In Adam’s mind, he was walking straight into danger and would be extremely vulnerable
while he was there, as would Ann.
But he could also see her father’s point of view, inviting an unknown Alpha into his home in order to
fake a mating bond, at the request of his daughter. He was potentially leaving himself open to an attack
from the inside.
“That’s fair. I can a*s*sure you that I wish only to erase suspicion from within my pack. There are other
issues at y here that I’m notfortable discussing yet though, such as the reason behind my need
for a contracted mate in the first ce.”
A slow smile spread across Lexi’s face that Adam couldn’t decipher the meaning behind.
“Oh, you sweet innocent little puppy.” She crooned, “You do realize that you can’t hide anything from
my father …or from me for that matter?”
Adam stiffened suddenly as Ann frowned at her friend, her unusual eyes suddenly glowing slightly, the
luminescent red in her ck irises creating a frightening effect.
“There’s nothing that can be hidden from a Daemon, sweety. It’s in our very nature to see into another’s
soul. Without you ever knowing, we can see your darkest fears, your most treasured memories, and
the measure of your soul.” She intoned in an almost ethereal voice as the air in the center of the room
began to distort.
Adam stood abruptly and reached for Ann, pulling her over to him as Lexi chuckled.
“Adam, please… it’s fine…” Ann said as she struggled against the vice-like grip of his hands and he
growled in response.
Lexi smiled as the air seemed to condense around itself, exploding into a silvery, shimmery oval that
appeared almost like a mirror.
“Don’t worry, Alpha. If I didn’t think you had well- meaning intentions towards both Ann and my father,
then I wouldn’t have offered a solution. I can see the darkness that clings to the soul of both you and
your wolf, and my father will too… although I am sure he will be able to give you more answers than I
can. You have nothing to fear from us.”
As she finished speaking two figures stepped through the portal that had appeared in her living room
and Adam’s face froze in a mask of shock.