Alpha Nocturne"s Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 70 Give Me a Chance

Narcissa’s shrieks echoed down the corridor as Ann pushed herself out of her chair

reluctantly and made her way over to the office door, glancing at her watch as she did

so.

Thirty minutes she had been here and already the day was getting off to a terrible

start.

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‘So much for a drama-free day.’ Maeve snorted sarcastically.

Ann stood at the office door with a blank expression on her face as she watched the

chaos in front of her with mild amusement.

Narcissa was being manhandled by the guards that Adam had put in place,

completely preventing her from proceeding down the corridor as Ada watched with

wide eyes and an expression of frustration written all over her face as she hovered

helplessly in the background.

Suddenly her eyes flicked up and locked with Ann’s and her face morphed into a

simpering, pitiful-looking expression as she reached her arms out towards her, holding

up a large basket in her direction.

“Please, Ann, I just want to make amends. Look, I brought a peace offering.” She said

as she lifted the cloth covering the top of the basket and tilted it slightly so that Ann

could see the contents.

She beamed hopefully at her as she continued trying to coax Ann into seeing them

privately.

“Look, see? It’s all your favorite cakes and sweet treats from when you were a child. I

know we didn’t always get along, but I paid attention to everything you liked as

Ann… just give

Ann’s forehead wrinkled slightly as she chewed

is going to be some sort of ploy to cause

again, Ann.’ Maeve growled

what if it

indignation as a

swept over her.

you for real right now? After everything that’s happened

you’re STILL going to put yourself at

down. I still suspect them of everything we talked about, but they

All they

else am I going to be able to

them out completely?’

you lost your mind?! No. I

over and attack them both. Finish this

I’m done.’ Maeve

wince.

feel her fury, but it made sense to Ann. She knew

they were trying to set her up in, but how

the castle freely?

then her father would be completely

and at least for now, if anything untoward happened, she at

to the castle, enabling her to intervene

Narcissa was clearly poison, as was Ada, but for some reason, Ann had

that Ada wasn’t as skilled

her, and as miserable

hadn’t physically harmed Ann, when she could have gotten rid

had her mother.

more restrained and a lot cleverer

daughter was.

they have

to overcome it. But

me as the clueless and pathetically

be.’

you’re making

call Lexi. At least she might be

nothing else at least I’ll have the satisfaction of listening to her tear s*tri*ps

Maeve fumed before shutting the link down violently

slightly.

still firmly fixed on Ann in the same wide-eyed innocent and