Alpha Nocturne"s Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate By A E Randell Chapter 209

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 209 The Dubois

Lexi’s stomach sank at his words and she could practically feel the pain radiating from

him as he spoke. “I didn’t even know you had a sister..” She murmured quietly as

Felix’s head shot up and he glared at her with an anger that quite frankly chilled her to

the bone.

“I don’t Lexi, not anymore.” He growled furiously before downing what was left of his

whisky and slamming the glass down on the table in anger.

Lexi’s heart sank as her heart broke for him She had always regarded Ann as a sister

and a lump began to form in her throat as she pictured the possibility of losing her.

“Allen… I’m sorry… I didn’t know…” Lexi stammered quietly, suddenly at a loss for

words.

“Yeah… well… there’s nothing to be sorry about. It won’t change anything. It is what it

is.” He snapped gruffly as he raised an arm to signal the omega for a refill.

Lexi fully understood now why he hadn’t wanted to discuss this with her. It was painful

for him obviously, and it was obvious the Dubois family had something to do with her

death She could have kicked herself

This was one time that she really shouldn’t have pushed for more details She snorted

quietly to herself in disdain. She had wrongly thought that Allen was just being difficult,

and that perhaps he still continued to underestimate her, but ironically, this time, she

was the arsehole.

She shifted awkwardly in her seat and brushed a stray strand of hair behind her ear

as she swirled the wine in her glass thoughtfully.

“I’m sorry Allen. If I had thought for one minute that it was something like this that you

didn’t want to discuss, I would have waited. I wouldn’t have pushed so hard for you to

tell me. You don’t have to continue if you don’t want to.” Lexi said finally in a hushed

tone as the omega approached the table with a bottle in one hand and an ice bucket

in the other.

Lexi watched her pour him a new glass and add the ice, but when she was about to

turn and leave, Lexi reached out and took hold of her arm.

“You can leave the bottle and the ice bucket if you wouldn’t mind.” She said as the

omega bobbed her head and hastened to do as she was told, placing the items

carefully on the table before her before scurrying away again.

Allen eyed her carefully as he took another sip from his glass and this time, placed it

carefully on the table. “I think both of us need to learn to trust one another when things

are said.” Allen said with a faint smile, “As it is, I’ve started telling you now, so I may

as well finish.” Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

He took a deep breath and exhaled heavily as he tilted his head backward, staring at

the ceiling for a long time before returning his gaze to meet Lexi’s, the unshed tears

sparkling in the corners of his eyes.

“I didn’t know it at the time, but as they carried me off the combat field, with Alora

clutching onto my hands desperately as she sobbed and I clung to what little

consciousness remained, his protests quietened as he became fixated on her as he

was dragged away.” Allen continued

“Alora was your sister?” Lexi asked softly, seeing the tenderness in his eyes as he

recalled the memory of her.

“Yes,” He nodded gently as he fiddled with his glass on the table before him. “She was

such a little thing, almost thirteen years and full of an insatiable curiosity about

everything.”

Allen paused as his face hardened and Lexi waited patiently for him to continue. She

wouldn’t rush this, or force it from him. If he was telling her now, it would be in his own

time.

“She waited patiently in the corridor whilst I underwent surgery for the bones that had

been misplaced during the hammering I took and were protruding through the skin in

places. They had to work quickly to ensure that the natural healing abilities we

possess as wolves didn’t fuse the bones in the positions they were in.” He explained

as he saw a flicker of confusion in Lexi’s eyes, and as she nodded in understanding,

he continued.

“As soon as I was brought out of the theater, she was at my side again. Our parents

had been away on diplomatic matters, so she felt duty-bound to be there for me. If she

had just stayed home, and not attended the tournament as I had told her …” He

trailed off bitterly as Lexi’s hand found his and her fingers curled around him tightly,

the touch of her skin spreading an almost euphoric feeling of calmness through his

fraught emotions

“You can’t blame yourself. . I don’t know everything but… it certainly doesn’t sound

like you were at fault for whatever happened.” Lexi offered in commiseration as Alien’s

face which had begun to relax only seconds earlier, hardened instantly again.

“I don’t blame myself, Lexi. I blame Jasper. He was the one who incapacitated me in

order to have some small revenge on Adam, and when that hadn’t quite sated his lust

for power, he chose to pursue a vile and abhorrent act that the Goddess herself will

punish him for when his wolf is called home.” He snarled, his canines bared in fury as

Orvar’s presence flashed in his eyes.

“The f****g coward waited until I was sedated in the evening and asleep again, before

sneaking his way in and enticing my sister away. In her innocence, she followed him,

knowing full well that he was a diplomatic visitor and a son of the king, so what harm

could possibly befall her?” He snorted almost regretfully, “She didn’t stand a chance,

Lexi. As soon as he had got her deep enough into the woods, he took her

innocence…”

Allen’s voice cracked and he took a moment to compose himself as Lexi covered her

mouth in horror and Allen continued, his voice deadly and his eyes glowing with the

murderous rage that rippled from him ominously.

“He r***d her Lexi. Jasper r***d my twelve-year-old little sister and destroyed her body

and spirit in unspeakable ways before he left her for dead. They found her the next

morning, during a patrol of the perimeter barely clinging to life. She barely had the

strength to utter his name and identify him as her attacker, before she lost

consciousness.” Allen finished, his chest heaving with emotion as Lexi wept silently.

“She never regained consciousness, and my parents never got to say goodbye before

she left us…” He finished somberly as he stared into the bottom of his glass for a few

moments, clearly deep in thought.

Without another word, he lifted the glass to his lips one more and drained the

contents, crunching the ice between his teeth as he reached for the bottle and poured

more of the fiery liquid that smothered his emotions into his now empty glass. “That’s

why I detest the Dubois, Lexi Jasper or Felix, it doesn’t matter to me, they are still

blood relations and cut from the same cloth. Jasper went unpunished and continued

to live with his little brother thanks to the King’s immunity from punishment whilst in

diplomatic attendance, whilst I lost the light of our family, my little sister, and spent

years blaming myself for her death.”