Alpha Nocturne"s Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 98 Return to the Palace

As soon as the Royal Court of Elders had released them into the hands of their

specially trained guards, they were escorted back to the palace in an unmarked car

with blacked-out windows and no trace of the usual pomp and ceremony that followed

them everywhere.

They sat in silence as they headed towards the palace, the guards watching them like

hawks with impassive expressions on their faces.

Title of the document

The trial had been a disaster for all of them, especially Leopold.

This latest installment in the saga of events that revolved around Ada’s obsession with

trying to destroy Ann had exposed the long-standing defects and flaws that Narcissa

had spent so long cultivating in Leopold’s character.

The time and energy it had taken to chip away at his sense of righteousness, the

seduction and whispered persuasion that it had taken to twist his mind with her

poisonous words, and the sacrifices of flesh that she had been f0rced to make over

the years to bind his heart to hers, ensnaring his wolf in a bottomless void so that she

could take control of his every move…

She had been so damn close…

Narcissa raised her eyes carefully to sneak a look at her husband and her heart sank

as the cold stare that met her was devoid of all emotion.

All of her hard work had been completely undone now that Ada’s lies had been

revealed. The trust was gone and with that, the paranoia that her whispered words

with poison and the darkness she had instilled in

her.

Magick was nothing if not volatile and required

still failed

at Ada’s sullen countenance as soon

released her from his

Ada must have felt the intensity of her gaze as she glanced up uncertainly and

she met the cold calculating gaze of

fury radiated from her and Ada knew she was in big trouble,

until they were in the

for

be able

put on hold… at least her mother couldn’t murder her

blood where she

and acted rashly, but she wasn’t entirely stupid. She

mother’s love was entirely conditional

her usefulness had just about run

her stomach subconsciously

soothingly as her eyes pricked with the hot feeling

burst free.

had to find a way out of this, for her unborn

uncomfortably.

said or felt, this baby was the

dying breath

day.

a stop abruptly, shaking Ada out of her

out of the car

and

was nothing that they could do

king. If anyone dared to move against them in

then there would be swift, and brutal consequences for the parties

glumly in through the ornate front

through the dimly lit

staff would be whittled down to a skeleton

imposed during the investigation. Not that Ada minded,

an eye on. She wouldn’t be accepting food or drink

her mother employed her

end

he

staircase.

to bed?” Ada asked