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

and the darkness she had instilled in him would now turn him

her.

Dark Magick was nothing if not

daughter still

at Ada’s sullen countenance as soon as

released her from his

have felt the intensity of her gaze as she

as she met the

murderous fury radiated from her and Ada knew she was in big

they

she was immensely grateful for the protection

they wouldn’t be able to move

be put on hold…

where

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

her mother’s love was entirely conditional on her

her usefulness had

arms around her stomach subconsciously and patted her tiny

eyes pricked with the hot feeling

burst free.

out of this, for her unborn child’s sake. Ada’s stomach

uncomfortably.

what her mother said or felt,

and she would fight until her dying breath in order for her baby to see

day.

pulled to a stop abruptly, shaking Ada out of her

the car and into the palace, ignoring inquiries

guards and shoving them

There was nothing that they could do to go against the

to move against them

swift, and brutal consequences for the parties

glumly in through the ornate front

through the dimly lit

Their staff would be whittled down to a skeleton crew now

imposed during the investigation. Not that Ada minded, it

be accepting food or drink from

anyway. She had seen how easily her mother employed her poisons and she

on the receiving end purely because she

father said nothing as he strode forward

staircase.

Ada asked in a quiet