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

of mind and the seeming

times went a long way

tell she was dying

her jaw and sat back down after casting an imploring look toward

will hear from both Ann and Narcissa about the

well as hear testimony from Ann. Then

no more inappropriate outbursts, then let us

over the courtroom and as Narcissa was called

podium, Leopold’s eyes seemed to glaze

with her mere

never noticed it before. It was as if

very being and simply unable to tear

wasn’t the look of doting love or wistful

obsessive.

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

that it only lent more weight to the theory

in dark

honest, about having not been there when the attack occurred,

commotion from the outside of

f0rced to

to her, as

frantic with worry. It was obvious that something terrible

inside of her office., but I never dreamed…” she

of burying her face

breaths.

Once she was done with her little performance of

and imitated perfectly the charade of trying to pull herself together as

deep breath

would be so vicious as to attempt

her sister’s unborn child, purely out

And why would there

both?” A female

all aware of the… erm… mistakes that were made…”

a dismissive wave of his hand. “There’s no need to go over the

here.”

multiple members

slightly at

trial is the perfect place to

well as any

and in some ways, the outcome. What is

past occurrences?” A wavering voice rose as the

Leopold’s face deepened.