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 friend came

turned the volume down

driving at the minute, is

I finish in about an hour, do you want to go eat somewhere for lunch?” She asked quietly. “Sure. It’ll take me about an

indeed part daemon. An unlikely tryst between a mid-level daemon and a human had resulted in her

not able to raise her in his realm as it was simply too dangerous, so she had been taken in by

unheard of for her and it made Ann start 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 accounting and she had

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

to herself and found a spot to turn around and head back toward the

opportunity to let off some steam and she could almost predict exactly the words of comfort that her friend would have for her. ‘More

herself. Maeve wasn’t wrong in the

found a table by the window so that she could people-watch and ordered a chai while she waited. Even though the weather hadn’t quite changed to the autumnal vibe that she loved so much, the rich smell of the milky chai

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 within her

make her feel a little uncomfortable when

on Ann, and her face split into a huge grin. She lifted her arm and

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