Alpha Nocturne's Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 258 Did You Miss Me?

Felix trailed behind the figures of Allen and Lexi still bickering quietly and he smiled ruefully to himself.

That should have been him and Aoife… minus the bickering of course.

He had to admit, he shared the same confusion as Ann did. Why was Aoife taken out of all of them?

If they had wanted to make a significant impact on the Dubois family then surely whoever it was would have gone after him? There had been plenty of opportunities while he was dealing with the rogues at the border with Adam. Surely the Enclave was a more risky target.

But, what if they hadn’t been aiming for the Dubois family and had instead been aiming for disruption within the Veritas family line? He scowled as his mind ran with possibilities. If that was the case though then they wouldn’t have chosen Aoife as a target because it would have minimal impact…other than preventing a possible alliance after years of tolerable neutrality.

Had that been their goal? Could it have been a case of mistaken identity? Had Ann been their target and the assassin had merely got the wrong room?

Felix sighed in frustration and brought his fists together, cracking his knuckles to relieve some tension as his wolf’s frantic thought process did nothing to ease his own anxiousness.

“Felix?” Alien’s voice interrupted his thought process.

“Yeah?” He answered a little defensively, before taking a steadying breath to help calm his thoughts,

I’m a little distracted… my

and see her father to see if there’s anything she can do,

thought about it for a moment before finally shaking his

I think I’m going to head back to my room and try to rest a little. I haven’t slept in almost two days,

“I mean, I’m not saying that you smell bad per-se… but you have an awful lot of filth and other… stuff to wash off you.” She continued as she gestured to

and realized just

as he turned and

be a little more sensitive,

point beating around the bush! Why dance around the truth when you can simply say things as they are? It saves so

have feelings you know, there are kinder ways of saying things..”

have feelings!” She mocked, imitating his voice perfectly before laughing, “Seriously Allen, when did you turn into the woman in the relationship. Did you want to switch places? Peggings not really my thing but I mean… if you want to give it a

“f**k off Lexi.”

corridors without raising his head as he made his way to the room that he had

unlocked and he pushed past the door with the

quickly and leaned back against it, closing his eyes and tilting his head back in relief, taking a deep breath to try

of her love and the scent that had always identified her as his own broke his heart into pieces over and over again as he felt his resolve crumble in

on, stripping his clothes off and standing under the scalding water as he sobbed, the rivulets of water washing away his

sobs, a symphony of misery that only

he could cry no more and his soul felt numb, he stepped out of the shower, grabbing a towel from the rack and walking through into his room as if he was