Alpha Nocturne"s Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 90 Court Day

“She’s lying! I was taken by ambulance and admitted to the hospital immediately after

the incident!” Ada yelled suddenly, banging her hands furiously on the railing that

surrounded the platform where she sat.

Ann said nothing and stared confidently ahead at her father’s face, her expression

neutral but her eyes burned with a determination that wasn’t lost on him.

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“You will be silent until your testimony is called for Princess Ada. These are serious

proceedings with dire consequences for the accused if found guilty. You will respect

the order of things here, do you understand?” An irritated male voice came from

above.

One thing was for sure, the reputation of the Royal Court’s Elder Council certainly

seemed to be true.

It made sense in a way, as the Royal Court undoubtedly had to have seen its fair

share of power plays and false accusations over the centuries that they had presided

over justice across the kingdom.

The Elders that sat in the Courtroom were the oldest, and most experienced across

the Kingdom, many having surpassed their third century and it was rumored that the

eldest among them had exceeded 500 years old recently.

They were all handpicked for excellence by their predecessors and specific qualities

that they had conducted themselves with throughout their careers. Honesty, Integrity,

Fairness, and a strong sense of impartial Justice.

The knowledge that this was turning out to be far more impartially judged than she

originally feared brought her peace of mind and the seeming lack of tolerance

outbursts outside of the appropriate times went a

Ada looked furious and Ann could tell she

jaw and sat back down after casting an imploring

“Now, we will hear from both Ann and Narcissa about

from Ann. Then we will confer and

are no more inappropriate outbursts, then let us continue.”

the courtroom and as

glaze over as

transfixed with her mere

never noticed it

spellbound by her very being and simply unable to

the look of doting love or wistful adoration, it

obsessive.

didn’t have too long to ponder the implications of that though as Narcissa

but Ann was sure that it only lent more

in

She was at least honest, about having not been there when the attack

only hearing the commotion from the outside of

f0rced to break open the door because Ann

to let us in. They called out to her, as did we all, but she didn’t answer and

It was

but I never

a great show of burying her face

breaths.

she was done with her little performance of

perfectly the charade of trying to pull

breath and

that my own step-daughter would be so vicious as to

her sister’s unborn child,

why would there be any jealousy apparent

them both?” A female

all aware of the… erm… mistakes

interrupted with a dismissive wave of his hand. “There’s no need

here.”

A dark chuckle rose from multiple

at

the perfect place to go over the

facts of a case as well as any aggravating or mitigating factors

the charges brought and in some ways, the outcome. What is a trial

occurrences?” A wavering

Leopold’s face deepened.