Alpha Nocturne"s Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

CHAPTER 170 Return to The Coven

The trio had traveled for days with Ely as their guide to see them safely through the

treacherous terrain that they had found themselves in.

Ada had made the mistake of falling behind due to her exhaustion, but she had been

met with nothing but scorn from both her mother and her new-found uncle. There was

no sympathy or allowances made for the fact that she was pregnant and unfamiliar

with this sort of physical activity. The fact that she hadn’t eaten properly for days also

seemed to bear no weight with either of them.

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They had uncaringly left her in an exhausted heap on the floor and carried on without

her when her legs gave way and if it hadn’t been for Ada’s terror at the prospect of

becoming a meal for one of the many terrifying wild beasts that roamed the landscape

and hid in the shadows at night, she would never have found the willpower to keep

moving.

Her mother had made it very clear once she caught up with them, that if it happened

again, she would leave her behind in a heartbeat. So Ada had fought desperately to

ignore the exhaustion and persevered as best she could, remaining mostly silent

about her difficulties throughout the rest of the arduous trek.

She wasn’t entirely sure that this was any better than a death sentence. Out here, her

unborn child’s life was not guaranteed, and at this point, that was all that mattered to

her.

Although her mother refused to engage her in conversation for too long, other than

biting ad disparaging words, Ely didn’t seem too averse to engaging her in

conversation. If anything, he seemed to enjoy the irritation that their chattering brought

to Narcissa.

of their incarceration

sources, but because of the speed thatthe trial was conducted

gather the necessary components to launch a

beforehand.

executed rescue mission in the barren

Containment

seen it coming, and no one would

from in the

had utilized in his attack had mostly been failures for

or another, so he had no problem unleashing them on the hapless

already served their purpose in enriching

knowledge on the intricacies of fleshcraft, and he had no further use for

with the performance of his flesh golem

seemed to have some level of intelligence, although it was closer to

teamed with the unwavering

future situations in combat and he had already begun

it could be

been horrified at not only the sight, but the smell of the rotting corpses

her as she left the confines

forcefully whisked away by Ely, and forced into an

had felt sure would be the

sanctuary and the end of

to sink to new depths of despair the closer

nothing more than a crumbling ruin and an eerie

the surrounding untamed undergrowth, making her skin

ambient

once in her life, she actually wished that she had paid a little

she had received in regard

given her the confidence to part ways with these two

living for

input of her mother someplace far

knew all too well that if she was separated

there was no way that she would be able to survive

away from civilization.

were impassive

barred entry to

sanctuary to all but its members, but Ada’s face had already

expression of apprehension and uncertainty as she tried to study

or newly discovered uncle,

least remember the way they had come, then perhaps

escape on her own. But as Narcissa and Ely

and ran

only seconds before, all thoughts of escape

of being

she had fully registered what was

pressure and emerge into