Alpha Nocturne's Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 255 Similarities

As soon as Lexi reached her father’s quarters, she didn’t bother knocking. She flung the doors wide open as she called out for him.

“Papa? Are you here?” she called frantically as she tried her best to hold back the tears that threatened to fall.

Lord Brarthoroz’s head appeared around the edge of the doorframe and his frown deepened as soon as he realized the state that Lexi was in.

“My daughter,” He greeted her with a soft smile as he threw the book he had been reading onto the bed and made his way over to her, “Tell me what troubles you.”

The combination of his soft, coaxing voice and the way he looked at her with such concern, seemed to open the floodgates as her grief poured forth with tears streaming from her eyes as she choked back a sob.

“Papa it’s Aoife! She… she’s dead. She was in the room right next door and I didn’t hear a thing…I should have stopped it, I should have…”

“Hush child, that’s enough,” Lord Brarthoroz soothed her as he wrapped his arms around her, cradling her head to his chest as he had done when she was a child, letting her sob noisily for as long as she needed, “I am sure that had there been anything that you could do, then you would have acted immediately.”

Lexi sniffled miserably as she pushed back from him and looked up at him with the eyes of a daughter that was desperately seeking reassurance from her father.

“Papa, her room, it looked… well, it’s so similar to Mama’s disappearance…” she whispered hesitantly

“What?” her father snapped a little harsher than he had meant to, making her flinch slightly.

He sighed lightly at Lexi’s reaction. He hadn’t meant to make her jump, but the memory of losing his beloved was still so fresh and raw in his mind, that he wasn’t sure he would ever get over it.

I didn’t mean

up at him weakly. “But, you said there were similarities …?” He asked

Lexi nodded slowly.

to sit down and

entered the room, her throat cut, with no chance of revival. He was distraught enough and covered in enough blood

was no body… just the horrific

as he swirled another double shot of

pungent odor of sulfur tainting everything when we arrived. The damn shifters are so lucky not to be able to

at her father as he grunted again before downing the contents of his glass in one gulp, and placing

moment’s pause,

show me,” he said simply gesturing

in waves and understood completely how difficult this would be for him to face. Yet he was still willing

arm through her father’s as they entered

his best to hide his shock at Lord Brarthoroz’s colossal size in comparison to him. Shifters weren’t small by any means, on average, they were frequently taller than 6ft and

brought a smile to Lexi’s face whenever she accompanied

of the innocuous-looking room, and her father stopped in his

if scenting the air around them, and walked straight past Felix to the

a grimace, “That’s my Papa, Lord Brarthoroz, but I think

he stared at her

get any smaller does he…”

about? This IS small for him, he’s much larger in his own realm. Reducing his height to this is just a courtesy. Wouldn’t want you shifters getting

to see any humor in the situation without feeling too guilty. He watched

Lexi and Felix rushed to his side,