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

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

her.

nothing if not volatile and required careful

daughter still failed to

shifted her eyes to look at Ada’s sullen countenance

her from his disdainful

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

met the cold calculating gaze

fury radiated from her and Ada knew she was in big

she could do until they were in

was immensely grateful for the protection

provide for her. Although they wouldn’t be able to move

on hold… at least

blood where she

Ada might be impulsive and acted rashly, but she wasn’t entirely

entirely conditional on her usefulness, and with the

her usefulness

wrapped her arms around her stomach

with the hot feeling

burst free.

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

uncomfortably.

matter what her mother said or felt, this baby

until her dying breath in order for her baby to see the

day.

stop abruptly, shaking Ada

moved them fluidly out of the car and into

palace guards and shoving

do

If anyone dared to move against them in

be swift, and brutal consequences for

and Ada traipsed glumly

through the dimly

down to a skeleton

imposed during the investigation. Not that Ada minded, it was fewer people to have

wouldn’t be accepting food or drink from anyone anytime

easily her mother employed her poisons and she

to be on the receiving end purely

he strode forward wordlessly

staircase.

going straight to bed?” Ada asked in a