Alpha Nocturne's Contracted Mate

There were very few places where Lexi was truly accepted for who she was, and after initially being concerned that she would encounter a lot of difficulties here as well, she was pleased to have been proven wrong. “Oh, wonderful! I’m pleased you came! I’ve been boring Lexi with tales of my past exploits for longer than she has cared to imagine I’m sure!” Bartholomew chuckled as he stood to greet them.

“He’s a filthy liar! “Lexi interjected casually with a wave of her hand, “I’m not bored at all. In fact, I could probably spend the rest of my days listening to tales of his adventurous youth.”

“Ah, you humor an old man, my dear. I’m sure your father has far more interesting tales to tell from his youth, after all, what could possibly compare to a Daemon Lord’s exploits.” He chuckled, mildly embarrassed by her open praise.

Lexi snorted.

“Yeah, if he could actually remember half of what he did, I’m sure it would be fascinating. I suppose it’s one of the downfalls of living an obscenely long life.”

as she sat down opposite her. “It would have been a different story entirely if you had seen me a

What happened? Are you okay?”

chat to you about it when we get some girly time, okay?” She replied with a half smile and

Ann understood that her problem was more than likely involving a man, romantically would be her best guess, and as much as she wanted to know right now, there was other business to attend to. “Bartholomew, you wanted to discuss something with us? About an envoy was it?” Ann asked leaning

it’s an Alpha from a neighboring Kingdom. His father is a high-ranking noble over there, and the territory that he is responsible for borders

that dot either side of the border.” Bartholomew explained carefully. “Rogue attacks? But we haven’t had issues with rogues for years.” Ann exclaimed in surprise. “Not since we moved to begin integrating

that refuse to sit quietly and live

comfortably, in safety?” Adam asked a little incredulously. Bartholomew

for all beings. Some wish to be truly free to live as they please…” “Murdering, pillaging, and taking what they see as theirs?” Adam snorted as the

and the weak are a burden. It is not an easy life by any means, and one must question why they choose it

Lexi interjected, “Just round them up and chuck them in for sentencing. Surely it’s

the crimes they committed here, or

“Are you for real? Can’t one of you just try them first and then send them to the other kingdom to

goes first? What about the current extradition treaties? As rogues they are technically stateless, so how should we proceed with that knowledge? You know…” “Doesn’t matter!” Lexi said loudly, “I suddenly decided that I

politics and politicians and diplomacy,” she said as she shuddered “I

Maeve smirked. ‘Maeve we can’t! How does that make us any better than them?!’ Ann answered in exasperation as