Semua Bab Alpha Nocturne's Contracted Mate: Bab 211 - Bab 220

　　Adam woke to find the bed beside him empty and after a brief moment of his wolf's blind panic, he managed to calm himself enough to realize that the sound of water draining noisily down the plughole indicated that Ann had not left him or been taken by another, but was most likely tending to her aching muscles.　　'You should have seen to that for her already.' Baldur grumbled, 'Your human flesh is weak compared to ours. If you were attentive then you would know that she will be sore, and aching, and…'　　'Well if you weren't so damn bestial in your treatment of her in the midst of passion, then she wouldn't be so sore in the first place!' Adam admonished as he threw back the quilt and began getting dressed.　　Baldur snorted.　　'It feels good though... I get carried away… it's not like you've let me out to have any time with Maeve anyway…' he replied petulantly.　　Adam sighed heavily. He was sure that if Baldur was capable of pouting, then right now, that would be the expression that he

　　There was no answer from Batholomew when they arrived at his office, but knowing full well that it was probably the safest place that they could talk openly, the four of them went inside to wait for his return.　　"So what are you going to do about the dirty old perverts?" Lexi asked as she took a handful of cashew nuts out of the snack bowl on Bartholomew's desk and began tossing them into the air one by one and catching them deftly with her mouth, crunching happily once she had caught them.　　"Which one?" Ann snorted.　　"Precisely my point, Queenie." Lexi smirked in reply, "Who's to say that it was just rapey Linus involved and not others alongside him?"　　"We'll interrogate him today and get the ball rolling on that. I want him locked away as soon as possible." 　　Lexi nodded thoughtfully and glanced across at Allen briefly, pausing awkwardly before speaking. She was obviously hesitant to speak whatever it was that was on her mind, causing Ann to frown slightly.　　 She had never ha

　　"Nobody will force you to change who you are Lexi. I would never allow that." Ann said as she and Lexi clasped their hands together.　　'I forbid it too. Life would be insufferable without her backing me up when you need some sense knocking into you...' Maeve nodded wisely.　　'Hey! That was one time!' Ann protested.　　'Yeah… and the rest…' Maeve sniggered as Ann fumed silently and blocked her out, a sullen pout forming on her lips as she turned back to Lexi.　　A halfhearted smile finally graced Lexi's lips as she saw Ann's expression.　　"I suppose I have to stick around and at least try it for Maeve's sake. She'd go mental if she was left alone to handle you."　　Ann scowled at her and pushed her shoulder in mild irritation.　　"You two are going to drive me to insanity, do you know that?" she said finally as she wrapped her arms around Lexi and hugged her tightly. "You won't be alone in any of this Lexi, I promise you."　　She nodded silently into Ann's shoulder, her face still a little

　　Ann peered into the darkness that seemed to engulf the inside of the cell that Linus was holding in but couldn't see any movement from within.　　The cells were tiny, designed for security and not comfort. The cells that were allocated to hold wolf shifters were constructed of walls of reinforced concrete which had been infused with wolfsbane and nightshade before being coated with silver.　　There was no chance of escape for the shifters held here, even if they did manage to get out of the chains that held them.　　Lexi leaned up against the shatterproof pane, protected on the prisoner's side by thick bars of steel coated with silver that ran the full length and width of each wall.　　"So where's old rapey?" She sniffed, sounding a little disappointed as she turned to Ann with a pout, "I was looking forward to asking him a few uncomfortable questions."　　"You'll still get to ask them, Lexi." Ann said with a serious face, "He's in there, we just can't see him. I do wonder if he's still r

　　Adam and Allen's faces were stony as the door closed to the cell, and Lexi was still fuming about Linus's comments.　　"Don't let it get to you," Ann said gently, "Those comments were meant to infuriate and provoke us into a reaction. Most likely so that he can claim mistreatment at our hands." she continued with a grimace.　　"He's a disgusting piece of shit. How can an Elder hold such a high position and still live by those archaic standards? It's people like him that make the world such a horrendous place for people with mixed heritage to live in…" She fumed before pausing and turning to Ann with a sigh of regret, "I wish you'd have let me rearrange his face just a little bit."　　Ann smiled wryly and raised an eyebrow at her as Lexi smiled half-heartedly at her.　　"I would have settled for choking him until he passed out, you know…" Lexi offered as Allen looked at her with a mixture of pride and horror.　　"No, you wouldn't." Ann laughed, "You and Maeve seem to be cut from the same c