Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell
Chapter 268 A Waiting Game
“I can’t believe you agreed to bringing her with us.” Baldur snapped testily inside Adam’s head.
“It’s not like either her or Maeve would take no for an answer,” Adam snapped back as he readjusted his grip on Ann’s legs and shifted her position on his back.
“You’re an Alpha, Adam… if you can’t control your mate…” Baldur snorted derisively.
“She’s the Alpha Queen for a reason.” Adam replied with a sigh, “If you’re that salty about it, how about we shift and you can have it out with Maeve, hmm? See how she likes you ordering her around.”
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Baldur whined almost instantly and Adam could see his tail tucked between his legs reflexively. “Yeah, that’s what I thought.” Adam snorted as Baldur skulked to the corner of his mind and curled up sullenly on the corner.
“Everything okay?” Ann asked softly as she tightened her arms around Adam’s neck.
“Baldur is pissed that I brought you with us.” Adam grunted.
“I told you I can walk,” Ann scowled.
“Yeah, but for how long? You still haven’t fully recovered and besides, that’s not the issue here.” he replied sternly, “Just for the record I’m not happy about you being out of bed either.”
“Right, because leaving her completely vulnerable in her room while Jasper is on the prowl is a smart idea.” Felix interrupted with a snort, “We’ve seen what happened to Aoife, and that was what he had in store for Ann, so with all due respect Consort Adam, I’m going to take your Alpha Queen’s side in this. She’s safest with us.”
Adam and Baldur rumbled unhappily.
“Huh. I changed my mind.” Maeve smirked, “Maybe that stick isn’t so far up Felix’s a*ss that he can’t see sense.”
“Your opinion of people changes depending on whether they agree with you or not. I’m not sure that’s a good way to judge a person’s character, you know?” Ann snickered back as she bobbed along on Adam’s back, holding tightly around his shoulders.
“Yeah? Well you can s*uc*k lemons for all I care right now,” Maeve grumbled, “I’m tired and moody with trying to heal the damage that’s been done and purge the crap that YOU f*****g drank out of our system whilst trying not to pull from your reserves so our pups have everything they need to grow into the perfect little furballs.”
“Maeve, for the last time, they aren’t going to come out as puppies.” Ann sighed, “They’ll be perfectly human until they get their wolves.”
Maeve pouted and glared at her sullenly for a while.
“You’re wrong. They will ALL be special. I can feel it, just you wait and see.” She finally murmured before shoving Ann away and blocking her out.
Ann was a little speechless and quite honestly shocked. In all the years that she and Maeve had been together, she had never pushed her away or blocked her out, and now, Ann felt a little guilty.
The four of them continued down the corridor in a tense silence, eventually meeting Lord Brarthroroz on the way down. They exchanged nods of acknowledgement but said nothing, the atmosphere heavy with the anticipation and anxiety at what they might find when they reached the bottom of the steps.
The acrid smell of burnt flesh greeted them as they pushed through the door into the cells before their eyes landed on the stoic face of Allen.
Adam frowned, knowing damn well that Allen and his wolf Orvar were losing their mind seeing Lexi like this, as he gently lowered Ann’s feet to the ground and she rushed past him towards her best friend, reaching for her hand.
“Don’t!” Lord Brarthroroz snapped in a terse warning, “I don’t know if she’s stable or not.”
Ann withdrew her hand and held it awkwardly in her own as she watched Lexi’s father stride forward quickly and place a hand to Lexi’s forehead. They stood in a silence that seemed to stretch for an eternity before Lord Brarthroroz spoke.
“She seems stable for now, her powers are not clashing inside of her so we don’t need to worry about her leveling the place.” Lord Brarthroroz sighed in relief…
“Allen, what happened?” Adam asked as he glanced across to where Felix was standing in the doorway of the cell, his face completely expressionless.
“We were interrogating Linus… well, I was. Lexi was with one of the guards over there,” He said, gesturing with his head in the direction of the small station that served as both an office and a rest room, “She wanted to check on his transfer status. I figured it was just a tactic to freak him out. Whether it was or not, it worked a treat and he did tell me a little before…”
Allen trailed off as a dark scowl settled on his face and his jaw clenched.
“Before Jasper appeared out of thin air mid f*****g conversation and assassinated Linus.” He finished with a sneer on his face as he glanced towards Felix.
“So these two corpses…” Felix gestured to the charred remains and the relatively intact corpse that lay close by.
“Linus and Jasper.” Allen answered without emotion.
“You managed to kill him?” Felix asked dubiously.
He had already faced off against Jaser and knew just how unnatural his skills had become. Whether Allen was capable of defeating him or not, he wasn’t completely sure, but it seemed highly unlikely.
Allen snorted and shook his head.
“No, I didn’t… but Lexi did. If it wasn’t for her, he would have killed me easily. He was just toying with me, allowing me to tire myself out before he moved in for the kill.”
Lord Brarthroroz moved across to where Felix stood and looked down at the bodies on the floor. “Well, I can’t say that he didn’t deserve it.” Lord Brarthroroz grunted humourlessly, “I’m curious whether or not she used one aspect of her abilities though, or both.” HE continued turning to face Allen again.
Allen shrugged helplessly. “I honestly don’t know. It was like he was completely paralyzed and she…” Allen paused, his eyes flicking across all of us as he swallowed nervously, “It looked like she was absorbing this strange mist that was coming out of him… like smoke… and then he burst into flames and became, well, that.”
Lord Brarthrororz frowned as he glanced down at Lexi.
“It seems your presence managed to avert a complete disaster at least then, Allen. Although how, I’m not so sure.”
“And you’re sure it was Jasper?” Adam asked carefully. “With one hundred percent certainty, Adam.” Allen nodded firmly.
“At least we can stop worrying about further assassinations for now then.” Ann said grimly, “Come on, let’s move her somewhere she can rest comfortably. How long do you think she will be out?” She asked as she looked towards Lord Brarthroroz questioningly.
“Who knows. I think this is the first time that she’s actively used and been able to control both parts of her soul. It’s just a waiting game now.” Lord Brarthroroz answered somberly as Ann and Adam began to coordinate the removal of he bodies and the clean up and reports with the guards.
Allen made his way out of the cells with Lord Brarthroroz and Felix following close behind. They still had the issue of Greyson and his non responsive team to deal with and hopefully, Lexi would have woken by then.
Allen was fully aware that he couldn’t just leave without her… she would never forgive him if he did.