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

darkness she had instilled in him would

her.

Magick was nothing if not volatile and required careful handling, something

pathetic daughter still failed

look at Ada’s sullen countenance as

her from his

her gaze as

met the cold calculating gaze of her

from her and Ada knew

until they were in the relative safety of the

immensely grateful for the protection that these

they wouldn’t be able to move against the guards

plans would have to be put on hold… at least

where she

might be impulsive and acted rashly,

mother’s love was entirely conditional

usefulness had

She wrapped her arms around her stomach subconsciously and

the hot feeling of unshed

burst free.

out of this, for her

uncomfortably.

said or felt, this baby was the most

dying breath in order for her

day.

abruptly, shaking

out of the car and into the palace, ignoring

and

they could do to go against the Elders Guards,

the king. If anyone dared to move against them in the line

be swift, and brutal

glumly in through the ornate front doors

the

staff would be whittled down to a skeleton crew

the investigation. Not that Ada minded, it was fewer people

keep an eye on. She wouldn’t be accepting food or drink from anyone anytime

seen how easily her mother employed her poisons and she

to be on the receiving end purely because

said nothing as he strode forward wordlessly and continued toward

staircase.

to bed?” Ada asked in a quiet voice