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.

guards the slip one night in the cells when they

to a more secure cell with better magic-nullifying qualities

enough to inhibit

despite our best

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

brutally k*il*led and

Ann gasped

“And you didn’t think to at least tell me about this? Warn me at all?”

know the containment facility exists,

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

thing…” he smiled bitterly. Ann sat back

and thought for a while

“So Esmerelda is out there somewhere…

order to either further their plans or concoct

clicking her

stood and headed over

door to the side, disappearing inside

hand to Adam.

put this back on for

as he took the item

palm. In his hand was the necklace that

had been inherited from his grandparents. If

then, Narcissa’s words had only strengthened

had never taken this off, and if even Narcissa

to dark magic, then this necklace

stood and gently moved Ann’s hair to the side as he

around her neck.

mad at you, Adam…” Ann said softly as

“I’m

soon as I’m crowned, and we’re

running around

Adam nodded silently.

not telling her, but at the time he truly thought that it was for

Luna… his mate.

from her

to work hard to change that mindset because he had