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

her.

was nothing if not volatile and required careful handling, something

pathetic daughter still failed

shifted her eyes to look at Ada’s sullen countenance as

released her from his

must have felt the intensity of her gaze

met the cold calculating gaze of her

Ada knew she

could do until they were in the relative

For once, she was immensely grateful for the protection that these

provide for her. Although they wouldn’t be able to move against the guards and

have to be put on hold… at least her

where

acted rashly, but she wasn’t entirely

conditional on her usefulness,

trial, her usefulness had just about

around her stomach subconsciously and patted

with the hot feeling of unshed tears, threatening

burst free.

had to find a way out of this,

uncomfortably.

her mother said or felt, this baby was the most important thing in

her dying breath

day.

stop abruptly, shaking Ada out of

out of the car and

guards and shoving

could do to go against the Elders Guards, they

If anyone dared to move against them in the line of

be swift, and brutal consequences for

Ada traipsed glumly in through the ornate

the dimly lit

be whittled down to a skeleton crew now

Ada minded,

eye on. She wouldn’t be accepting food or

easily her mother employed her

the receiving end

he strode forward wordlessly and continued toward

staircase.

going straight to bed?” Ada asked in a quiet