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.

mean to

said as she smiled up at him weakly. “But, you said there were similarities …?”

Lexi nodded slowly.

father said seriously as he gestured for her to sit down and offered her a drink, which

enough and covered in enough blood for that to be true.” Lexi explained

was no body… just the horrific aftermath of

he swirled another double shot of whisky around in the

a weapon, but there was the pungent odor of sulfur tainting everything when we arrived. The damn

he grunted again before downing the contents of his glass in one gulp, and

pause, he nodded, sighing

show me,” he said simply gesturing towards his

tension rolling off him in waves and understood completely how difficult this would be

her arm through her father’s as they entered the infirmary and hurried through the corridors to the room where

in comparison to him. Shifters weren’t small by any means, on average, they were frequently

sheer shock often brought a smile to Lexi’s face whenever

through the door of the innocuous-looking room, and her father stopped in his tracks as he

scenting the air around

quietly with a grimace, “That’s my Papa,

nodded dumbly as he stared at

does he…” Felix breathed

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 all shifty on us now would we?”

He watched Lord Brarthoroz like a hawk as he seemed to inhale deeply at various points

He said with certainty as Lexi and Felix rushed to his side, squinting hopelessly at the