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.

give the guards the slip

her to a more secure cell with better magic-nullifying

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

best efforts, she remained unaccounted

night, every single one of the Elders that

brutally k*il*led and

gasped

least tell me about this? Warn me

containment facility

should have been put on a one-way ticket there…” Adam grimaced

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

and thought for a while before she

there somewhere… more than likely

order to either further their plans or concoct some

clicking her

stood and headed over to

side, disappearing inside momentarily before

hand to Adam.

you put this back on

“What is it?” Adam asked as he took the item from her outstretched hand and

opened his palm. In his hand was the necklace that he had given to Ann,

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

authenticity back then, Narcissa’s words had only strengthened

never taken this off, and if even Narcissa had heard

to dark magic, then this necklace most definitely was

to the side as he carefully fixed

around her neck.

you, Adam…” Ann said

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

as I’m crowned, and we’re installed at

left running around

Adam nodded silently.

telling her, but at the time he truly thought that it was for the

do anything to protect his Luna… his mate. Even if that meant hiding

from her that wasn’t

that he would have to work hard to change that mindset because