Alpha Nocturne"s Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate By A E Randell Chapter 215

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 215 Bartholomew’s Help and Support

“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 pale as she seemed to

find the strength to pull herself together. When they eventually released each other,

she stood and smoothed her clothes down with a sniff and fixed a sardonic smile on

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“Well, I suppose there’s no sense in moping. Papa would encourage me to just get on

with it, so I will. It’s not like I can fight fate really, is it?” she said with forced

enthusiasm, “So, no ripping Felix a new arsehole just yet, got it. So, what am I

supposed to do with all of this pent-up anger?”

Ann chuckled.

“Well, I intend to interrogate Linus myself today…” Ann began with a sly smile and a

wicked glint in her eyes before Adam interrupted her.

“Ann… don’t you think you should rest… you still need to recover…” he interjected

with a heavy edge of worry to his voice.

Ann glanced across at him slowly and smirked.

“I don’t believe interrogation requires the use of my lady bits, does it?” She quipped

sweetly as Lexi sniggered. “Suppose it depends if your name is Ada or Narcissa…”

she muttered with a smirk as Ann snorted. Adam frowned at the two of them stood

together. “You two are most definitely going to cause chaos here…” he grumbled as

Allen clapped him on the back in commiseration.

“At least we can drown our sorrows together at the end of a long day, Adam.” He

grinned teasingly as Lexi stuck a middle finger up at him.

“If you can’t handle the heat puppy then go find some traffic to play with,” Lexi grinned

sweetly.

“Lexi and I will head off to interrogate Linus. You both are welcome to accompany us,

however, I want to see his behavior towards us without your presence in the cells.

Feel free to wait outside whilst we get what we need from him.”

Adam and Allen exchanged a look that told them they weren’t happy about it, but

neither of them protested, instead nodding curtly with a grim expression that mirrored

each other

As they moved to leave the office, the door swung open and Bartholomew greeted

them with a wide smile. “Ah, my queen! How lovely to see you up and about already!”

he beamed as his eyes shone with anticipation.

“It’s good to see you too, we were just on our way to the cells to pay Linus a visit.” Ann

explained apologetically, “I feel terrible for having been called away from my duties so

soon I hope things haven’t been too difficult with my short absence?”

“No no, not at all. Lord Brarthroroz continues to be quite the entertaining companion

despite the subject matter.” Bartholomew chuckled.

“Nice… images of Papa dressed as a clown and juggling heads just flashed through

my mind…” Lexi muttered quietly to herself, shaking her head in disbelief

Bartholomew raised a questioning eyebrow at her as she met his gaze with an

exasperated sigh. “It’s shaping up to be a long day Barty boy, don’t question the

insanity…aII of it is Queenie’s fault though… just so you know…” Lexi added as she

poked Ann in the side.

“You seem to be quite fond of nicknames.” Bartholomew observed dryly with a chuckle

as Lexi shrugged. “It makes life interesting for everyone involved. Variety is the spice

of life, am I right?”

“Anyway…” Ann interrupted impatiently as she scowled at Lexi in irritation, “I was

wondering if you could manage to pull together the Elders for a report on their

proposals for dealing with the rogues’?”

“Well, of course, that shouldn’t be an issue. When were you thinking?” Bartholomew

answered with a sweeping gesture.

“As soon as possible. Preferably today,” Ann answered him coolly with no hesitation.

Bartholomew glanced at her cautiously and seemed to swallow nervously as he

realized that her smile had disappeared into the recesses of her very serious

expression.

“Ah I’m afraid today may be a little difficult. Some of the Elders may have prior

engagements… it’s a little short notice your Highness.” He tried to explain before

Lexi’s incredulous snort cut him off

“So, let me get this straight. Queenie wants a report and not one of them thinks that

it’s appropriate to drop everything that they’re doing and do as they’re commanded?”

she asked as she fixed him with a questioning glare.

“Well… of course, they’ll try their best to rearrange anything that they have planned

but it’s highly irregular…” Bartholomew protested, a little thrown off by this sudden

change in attitude from, both of them.

“So is letting Rogues settle down within your borders and doing f**k all about it, Barty”

Lexi snapped with a scowl, “Come on now, I actually quite like you Barty-boy. I really

don’t want to lose the admiration that I have for you if you’re going to keep making

excuses for Elders that can’t prioritize their duty to their kingdom.”

Bartholomew looked to Ann for some sort of input but found no support in her calm

gaze. “I actually agree with her, Bartholomew. You have done your job as expected,

but unless these Elders have incredibly pressing business that simply cannot be

rearranged, then I expect them in attendance This needs to be resolved quickly. I will

not have a single person die at the hands of these rogues again. I want them gone.”

Ann stated calmly, yet her seriousness was not lost on Bartholomew.

After a second’s thought, Bartholomew nodded in resignation, his shoulders slumping

in defeat.

“I will try my best, my Queen, but I cannot promise that all will be in attendance that

should be.”

“Thank you, Bartholomew,” Ann said gently, the smile that reappeared on her face

diffusing the tension that Bartholomew had felt rapidly rising, “Your help and support

are much appreciated. Let me know when my presence is required and I shall make

my way there.”

Bartholomew nodded as Ann, Lexi, Adam, and Allen swept past him and closed the

door behind them, leaving Bartholomew scratching his head in a mild daze and

wondering what exactly it was that he had missed that would have caused their

emotions to be so volatile at that very moment that he had walked in.