Alpha Nocturne"s Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate By A E Randell Chapter 158

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 158 Not a Social Call

Ann and Adam made their way back to their quarters under the escort of the Royal

guards and once inside, Ann gratefully closed the door behind her.

It was glaringly obvious that they wouldn’t be able to return to the palace anytime

soon, so Adam set about making arrangements to have some of their personal effects

sent over whilst Ann got herself changed out of the ceremonial attire and into

something a little more comfortable.

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She wasn’t sure that leggings and an oversized T-shirt were what const*ituted

acceptable attire fora reigning Alpha Queen, but she was past caring at this point. She

just wanted to be comfortable and free of distractions so that she could think clearly.

She settled herself on the edge of the bed and sent a quick message to Mimi,

requesting a few items of clothing that she knew she was lacking for official functions,

diplomatic liaisons, and possibly for the meetings within the Enclave too.

If at all possible she would much rather reserve the impractical gowns for official balls

and banquets, and wanted to take a practical approach to her clothing. If she could

get away with trouser suits, or something similar then she intended to do so.

Although the issue of the symbolic, yet functional weaponry she was expected to carry

still bothered her.

‘Why bother with weapons at all when we have our teeth? I can do far more damage

than a sword or set of daggers can, with far less exertion too.’ Maeve sulked.

‘I know, but you have to remember that threats are not always obvious until the last

minute. What happens if we inadvertently ingest some sort of concoction that renders

our ability to shift useless? It’s already happened to us before Maeve. I’d rather have

the means to defend ourselves if it does ever happen again.’ Ann explained patiently.

‘Look, I’m not saying I disagree, but all of those times you weren’t even able to move

anyway, so what good will the weapons do us then, other than giving the prospective

attackers further options as a way to dispose of us?’ Maeve countered in irritation.

Ann sighed as she scrolled through her phone book to find Lexi’s number.

‘I’m working on that Maeve. Dark Magic wasn’t really something that we had to worry

about before, was it? Well, not fora longtime at least. The jewelry that Adam gave us

is supposed to protect against dark magic. Unfortunately, I wasn’t wearing it on any of

the times that we’ve been affected by their spell work.”

‘And you know for sure that it works to repel dark magic?’

‘Only by his family’s reputation…’

‘Seems a bit risky as a way of finding out for sure.’ Maeve grumbled as Ann rolled her

eyes.

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attend to than whether or not physical weaponry is useful in a very specific kind of

situation.’ Ann snapped, ‘I need to call Lexi.’

Maeve grumbled loudly as Ann selected her name from the list of contacts and hit the

call button. It didn’t take long for her to answer.

“Well, well, well! The day of your crowning and already you’re hitting your bestie up.”

Lexi greeted gleefully. “Nice to see you haven’t forgotten us commoners. What can I

do for your royal a*s*s?”

“Unfortunately Lexi, this isn’t just a social call. I have some news that I think you’re

probably going to take as well as I did.”

A deafening silence answered her from Lexi’s end before a heavy exhalation could be

heard.

“Okay. Shoot. I’m calm. Prepping myself for yet more rage-inducing news.” She

quipped as Ann felt the corners of her mouth turn up slightly because of Lexi’s

sardonic att*itude.

“Okay. Well, there’s no easy way to say this, so I’m going to do it quickly and get it

over with. The convoy that was transporting Narcissa and Ada to the containment

facility in the Northern Tips was decimated. There’s no trace of either of them or of the

prisoners that were bound for the same destination.”

Ann waited for the explosion in her ear that should have followed but instead the

sound of a metallic clatter and a muffled commotion could be heard.

“Lexi? Are you okay?” Ann asked carefully, frowning as the muffled sounds of crashing

and furious ranting could be heard.

Very quickly Ann realized that she had most likely launched her phone across the

room in her temper and was probably now raging about the news whilst she tried to

locate where the phone had landed.

The sound of something being passed across the phone’s microphone was heard

before the slightly out-of-breath voice of Lexi re-emerged.

“What the f**k do you mean there’s no sign of them? How the hell did the snakes

manage to escape?!” She hissed furiously.

Ann sighed.

“Other than every single one of the elite guards being decimated, we don’t know yet.

Obviously there will be an investigation, but we only received the news less than an

hour ago. Not that I need to tell you this, but please keep it to yourself for now until we

know what we’re dealing with.”

“Should I ask Papa if he knows of anything? Although honestly, if he had heard

anything I’m sure that he would have already been in touch by now.” Lexi mused out

loud.

Ann chewed her cheek as she thought.

“Actually Lexi, I might need you to come to the Enclave if you don’t mind.” She said

finally.

“What? Why? Ugh, you know I hate those stuffy old bastards and their rules…” Lexi

groaned. “Yeah, I’m fully aware of that. However, I think you might be interested in

seeing what the Garrison guard brought back with him.” Ann answered her grimly.

“What do you mean brought back with him?” Lexi asked her tone now full of curiosity.

Ann knew her like the back of her hand, and if there was the slightest hint there might

be something that no one else knew about, Lexi wanted to be the first one there. It

was the sole reason why she had worked for the gossip and tabloid publications as a

reporter and photographer for all those years.

Now, her unfettered and privileged access had climbed higher than she could ever

have imagined.

“Apparently the attackers… well… the guards had never seen this sort of creature

before and they couldn’t identify them. They brought some of the corpses here for

identification in the hopes that one of the Elders here would know.” Ann explained as

Lexi gasped quietly. “I’m thinking that, if they’re from a realm similar to your father’s

that you might be able to identify them quicker than we can.”

Lexi laughed loudly and it took a moment or two for her to compose herself before she

spoke again.

“Well, it looks like Daemonology 101 is going to start far quicker than we thought.”

She said, without any hint of irony or sarcasm in her voice. “I’ll be there as soon as I

can.”