Alpha Nocturne's Contracted Mate のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 241 - チャプター 250

　　Ann blinked at Lexi in confusion.　　"Wait, I don't understand. What are you saying? Are you related then? And… wait... why would I feel that she's familiar?"　　Lexi stopped and turned to Ann, sighing slightly.　　"Because, Papa said that before she died, my mama and yours were good friends. She tried to help her fight against whatever it was that was smothering her soul but… well... you know the rest." Lexi explained seriously, all humor gone from her face as she suddenly seemed almost melancholy, "So it turns out, both of us have been around the type of energy that Aoife carries with her. Papa thinks she's a witch too, not like Narcissa or Ada though, the ones that were hunted to extinction around the time that mama… well... you know." Lexi trailed off sadly.　　"But, wait… I thought there were no other witches left. Did they escape then?" Ann asked eagerly.　　This information was monumental. Adam's family had close ties with a so called 'good' witch who had helped them with the charm

　　The rest of the night went well, the more they drank, the lighter the mood got and Ann sat back happily in her chair, listening to Aoife excitedly answer Lexi's questions about her family and the magick that they used.　　They had explained to her already Lexi's father's theory about why they both thought that Aoife felt so familiar to them, and Aoife was positively over the moon that she could finally talk freely about herself and her abilities.　　Lexi was leaning over the table, with her chin resting on her hands as she absolutely devoured every word that Aoife was saying, and Aoife chatted animatedly as Ann sipped from her glass with a faint smile on her face.　　She had taken a rest from the Bellevue selection that Lexi and Aoife were working their way through as she was starting to feel a little queasy, and had switched to a non-alcoholic strawberry and lime concoction that the omega's had only too happily whipped up for her.　　'I still think we should keep her..' Maeve whispered

　　Ann stiffened and froze as Maeve's words sank in.　　"What do you mean 'confirm our pups'?" She breathed, practically holding her breath as the realization of what Maeve had said began to sink in.　　'You heard me.' Maeve grumbled, 'Now hurry up and finish getting dressed, I don't want to miss this just because you're too dense to see what everyone has been telling you for the past few days and the mere possibility of baking these little buns after all the pounding you've received is somehow shocking to you.' she finished snarkily as she paced restlessly inside Ann's head, stretching the phantom aches out of her muscles that remained from sitting for too long.　　Ann dressed in a numb silence before mumbling her thanks and swiftly leaving the room with hasty excuses.　　By the look that Bartholomew had on his face, he knew something was troubling her, but he didn't press for information, and for that, Ann was grateful.　　She knew that she should have prepared for this possibility, but it

　　"Sit. Eat." Allen demanded as Ann glowered at him furiously.　　"Shouldn't that be, 'Sit and eat, your Highness'?" Lexi sniggered as Ann shot her a glare that told her in no uncertain terms to shut up.　　Allen sighed and ran his hands through his hair, clearly a little stressed.　　"Look, if I don't make sure you eat, Adam is going to kill me… not to mention his wolf… and I quite like having my head attached to my shoulders thank you very much," Allen explained, "Does he even know yet?"　　"Well, I've hardly had time to tell him yet…" Ann replied weakly as Allen raised a questioning eyebrow at her.　　"So you had time to throw a text to Lexi and not Adam?"　　"Listen, there's not a lot he can do from all the way over there is there? Besides, I don't want to distract him if he's in the middle of something.  And I would much rather he hear this face to face rather than by text or phone call." Ann snapped.　　Allen narrowed his eyes at her before turning and walking slowly over to the omega b

　　TW: Non-con S/A, death.　　A sound from somewhere in the darkness of her bedroom woke Aoife with a start. Her heart raced as she lay frozen in her bed, wondering if she had simply dreamed the noise, or if there truly was someone in the room with her.　　She had always been a light sleeper and it had never bothered her before, being used to Felix's gentle snoring waking her occasionally, but this? This was different.　　The faintest sound of some sort of material moving against itself pricked at her ears as she turned her head towards the sound. As soon as she did so a dark chuckle seemed to cut through the darkness a little too close to her head for her liking.　　She opened her mouth to cry out, but a hand clamped down over it before she could even take a breath.　　"Hello Ann…" the voice murmured chillingly as Aoife froze.　　Whoever this was clearly had the wrong room if they were under the impression that she was Ann.　　"I must say, I'm surprised to see you recovered this well so soon.