Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 09 Urgent Matter

‘Don’t you miss your father? Does he speak with you at all?’ Ann asked hesitantly.

She felt a pang of pain and a soft whine, swiftly followed by a snarl of anger.

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‘He is worse than your father. Constantly silent and never responds my to attempts to link with him. It’s as if he’s dead.” She snapped. ‘If that’s what he wants, then so be it. A sh*tty excuse for a father for both of us.’

Ann’s mouth set in a grim line as she focused on the road ahead. Just then her phone rang and the call transferred to the cars in the built infotainment system, linked with the onboard diagnostics HUD screen.

She touched the screen to accept and answered the call. “Hello?”

voice of her best

flinched and quickly turned the volume down as she

the minute,

the same thing! Listen, I’m at work at the minute, but I finish in about an hour, do you want

fitting because she was indeed part daemon. An unlikely tryst between a mid-level daemon and a human had

simply too dangerous, so she had been taken in by a children’s home that specialized in raising hybrids well in order for them to live well alongside the

to wonder what exactly had happened that made her so eager to leave work. She had quite a comfortable job at a small company that dealt with

I have can’t get the formulas for the spreadsheets right. I swear if he f*uc*ks up one more…” Lexi sighed heavily, “Sorry, Ann, work is boring. I’ll see you for lunch and you can fill me in on the details that

and found a spot to turn around and head back toward

exactly the words of comfort that her

grinned to herself. Maeve wasn’t wrong in

waited. Even though the weather hadn’t quite changed to the autumnal

Ann was panicking. She had left home, to move in with a man she knew only by reputation and was going to be married to him for the next 5 years. Right now, she wanted the security that the feeling of home gave, and the memories that the smell of chai tea evoked

acutely aware of the gaze of the cafe’s visitors on her. It was starting to make her feel a little uncomfortable when she saw Lexi jump out

her face split into a huge grin. She lifted her arm and waved, shouting across to her loudly,

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