Alpha Nocturne"s Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 140 Not Mad at You

Adam looked at her with a complex expression before leaning his neck back on the

edge of the cushion and staring at the ceiling in resignation.

“I didn’t want you to worry…”

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“Well, it’s a little late for that now.” Ann snapped, crossing her arms in front of her.

“Ann, be realistic, we’ve barely had time to breathe with everything that was going

on..” “I don’t care, Adam… what happened? Why won’t you tell me?”

Adam lowered his chin again and reached for her arms, pulling them apart and taking

hold of her hands with his. “I guess it’s more important now that we know the full

details of NArcissa’s coven’s plot. Honestly, I thought the woman must have just

slipped the guards and escaped…”

“What do you mean escaped, Adam? What about the Elders?”

Adam sighed heavily and stared at her intently.

“The Elders were contained easily enough, and we were even able to question a few

of them. They said that Esmerelda had wormed her way into Tomas’s life a few years

ago and that he had gradually changed his opinions and his stance on a lot of topics

once he began spending more and more time with her. Eventually, it got to a point

where they were barely ever apart. None of them thought to question it as he was old,

had never found his fated mate and… well… male urges and all that.” He said

clearing his throat.

the slip

her to a more secure cell with better magic-nullifying qualities as

wasn’t strong enough to inhibit her use of magic. We

escaped and despite our best efforts, she

night, every single one of the Elders that were left in

brutally k*il*led and

Ann gasped

tell me about this? Warn me at all?” She

we know the containment facility

a one-way ticket there…” Adam grimaced

“Hindsight is a wonderful thing…” he smiled bitterly. Ann sat back

for a while before

somewhere… more than likely having

their plans or concoct

clicking

over to their walk-in wardrobe and

inside momentarily

hand to Adam.

you put this

Adam asked as he took the item from her

palm. In his hand was the necklace

inherited from his grandparents. If he hadn’t have been certain

then, Narcissa’s words had

and if even Narcissa had heard

resistance to dark magic, then this necklace most definitely was the

gently moved Ann’s hair to the side

around her neck.

said softly as he

kiss on the top of her head. “I’m just sad that you didn’t tell me. We need

as I’m crowned, and we’re installed at the palace.

left running around

Adam nodded silently.

at the time he truly thought that

anything to protect his Luna… his mate.

from her that

that he would have to work hard to