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.

Ada discovered, he had heard of their incarceration and

sources, but because of the speed

to gather the

beforehand.

turned out, his perfectly executed rescue mission

surrounded the Containment

seen it coming, and no one would have the slightest idea of

come from in the

The creations that he had utilized in his attack

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

almost certain death. They had already served their purpose

and he

with the performance

to have some level of intelligence,

teamed with the unwavering loyalty of a dog.

combat and he

it could be

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

left the confines of her cage, but before she

much on it she had been forcefully whisked away by

sure would be the

approached the sanctuary and the end

heart had seemed to sink to new depths of despair the closer she

to it. It looked to be nothing more than a crumbling ruin and an eerie

of the surrounding untamed undergrowth, making her skin

none of the subtle, ambient sounds of wildlife within these ruins

wished that she had paid a

she had received

might have given her the confidence to part ways

a living for herself and

input of her mother someplace far

well that if she was separated from either of

wilderness, there was no way that she would be able

away from civilization.

Ely and Narcissa’s expressions were impassive

barred entry to

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

uncertainty as she tried to study

mother or

way they had come, then perhaps

coven and escape on her own. But as Narcissa and Ely

her very eyes, she panicked and ran forward

seconds before, all thoughts of escape now dispersed from her

being

had fully registered what was happening, she suddenly

of pressure and emerge into