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.

As Ada discovered, he had heard of

of the speed thatthe trial was conducted at,

the time to gather the necessary

beforehand.

out, his perfectly executed rescue mission

Containment facility was

and no one

from in the

creations that he had utilized in his attack had mostly

no problem unleashing them on the hapless convoy to

had already served their

knowledge on the intricacies of fleshcraft, and

He had been pleased with the performance of his flesh golem though.

to have some level of intelligence, although it

the unwavering loyalty of a

situations in combat and he had already begun to envision

it could be

had been horrified at not only the sight,

greeted her as she left the confines of her cage, but before

it she had been forcefully whisked

that she had felt sure would

sanctuary

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

to be nothing more than

of the surrounding untamed undergrowth, making her

of the subtle, ambient sounds of

wished that she

she had received

might have given her the

living for herself and her child

of her

Unfortunately, she knew all too well that if she was separated

was no way that she would

away from civilization.

expressions were impassive as they passed

that barred entry

members,

apprehension and uncertainty as she tried to study

her mother or newly discovered

she could at least remember the way they had come, then

allies within the coven and escape on her own. But as Narcissa

panicked and ran forward to the

escape now dispersed from her mind

of being

she had fully registered what was

invisible wall of pressure and