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.

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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

pathetic daughter still failed to

look at

from his disdainful

felt the intensity of her

met the cold calculating gaze of

from her and Ada

could do until they were in

grateful for the protection that these

wouldn’t be able

plans would have to be put on hold… at

where

Ada might be impulsive and acted rashly,

entirely conditional on her usefulness, and

the trial, her usefulness had just about

She wrapped her arms around her stomach subconsciously and

the hot feeling of unshed tears, threatening

burst free.

find a way out of this, for her unborn child’s sake. Ada’s

uncomfortably.

or felt, this baby was the most important thing in

dying breath in order for her

day.

stop abruptly, shaking Ada out

them fluidly out of the car

guards and shoving

do to go against

dared to

and

Narcissa, and Ada traipsed glumly

through the

to a skeleton crew now thanks to

imposed during the investigation. Not that Ada minded, it was

eye on. She wouldn’t be accepting

anyway. She had seen how easily her mother employed her

on the receiving end purely because she was an

said nothing as he strode forward wordlessly and continued

staircase.

bed?” Ada asked in a