Alpha Nocturne's Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 263 A Complicated Past

Lexi and Allen made their way down to the cells, with Lexi still grumbling loudly about Bertram’s incompetence. All she wanted was answers and the fact that everywhere she turned there seemed to be another hurdle to cross was starting to piss her off.

Aoife didn’t deserve to suffer as she had and none of them really knew whether or not she was alive or dead. Especially with her uncle’s involvement. If Eromaug was behind both Aoife’s and her own mother’s death, she hated to think what else he was capable of putting them through.

Lexi vaguely remembered him from the few occasions that they had met when she was a child and even then she had been overwhelmed with just how uneasy he made her, and her mother feel. She shuddered involuntarily and pushed those memories aside as her face h*ardened.

At least now she knew why her mother had distrusted him and disliked the time that Lexi had spent with him, and why her father always seemed to hide his fury whenever Lexi had gushed about just how wonderful he was.

That familiar wave of guilt pierced her like a knife as she chewed the inside of her cheek subconsciously.

She was a child… how could she have known?

“Lexi, are you okay?” Allen’s voice interrupted her thoughts as his hand wrapped around her own, the brush of his skin against hers comforting and reassuring all at the same time.

“Yeah, sorry.” She answered as she fought the guilt, “It’s nothing important. I just… I need to know if she is alive or not and if she is, I need to know where she’s being held, so we can go and get her a*ss to safety.”

Allen was silent for a while as he brushed his thumb across the arch between Lexi’s thumb and index f*inger.

“Do you think your mother is alive too?” He asked finally as Lexi’s eyes narrowed slightly and her pace increased, forcing Allen to quicken his steps just to keep up with her.

struggled to search for the right words to continue, “He’s my uncle. We have a complicated past. I loved him fiercely at one point as a child, and I hated that my parents kept him

for a while

why they did but at the time… I was devastated.” she admitted quietly. Even uttering that aloud made her

into her as she deliberately avoided his gaze and stared at the brickwork as they descended further down into

Eromaug, had been close.” Allen said finally, breaking

didn’t miss the jealous and suspicious undercurrent that ran

scowled up at him, “I was a child Allen. A clueless, delusional, innocent and f*****g

“I’m done talking about this Allen, okay?

the entrance and breezed past

trained cowardly lapdog.” Linus chuckled derisively as

Lexi smirked, “We have some questions for you, that we’d very

you.” He replied sarcastically, rolling his eyes and shifting uncomfortably

to be doing the talking while I go and catch up on the status of your transfer request.” Lexi smiled sweetly

“Wait… transfer to where?”

asked, his eyes suddenly widening in

of course!” Lexi grinned brightly, “We can’t have you wasting space down here and escaping proper punishment forever now can we?” “Wait!” He barked suddenly, scrabbling across the floor towards

as she examined

it feels like to be lower down on the pecking order so you understand exactly how all those Omega’s felt.” Lexi smirked as his eyes widened in horror, “You’ll still be exiled … but the

please… the containment facilities aren’t safe! What if I’m killed on the way there?! Wait… I can help you!” He begged, his eyes wild with desperation, “Whatever you need to know, I can tell you just don’t… please don’t send me

to Allen as she