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.

discovered, he had heard of their incarceration and impending

of the speed

the

beforehand.

perfectly executed rescue mission in the barren

surrounded the Containment facility was almost

one had seen it coming, and no one

from in the first

that he had utilized in his attack had mostly

another, so he had no problem unleashing

had already served their

the intricacies of fleshcraft, and he had no further

pleased with the performance of his

level of intelligence, although

unwavering loyalty

combat and he had already begun to

that it could be

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

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

been forcefully whisked away by Ely, and forced into

had felt sure would be the end of

sanctuary and the end

heart had seemed to sink to new depths of despair the

come to it. It looked to be nothing more

of the

ambient sounds

life, she actually wished that she had paid a

received in

Perhaps it might have given her the confidence to

living for herself and her

input of her mother

that if she was separated from either of

wilderness, there was no way that she would

away from civilization.

were impassive as they passed

that barred

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

uncertainty as she tried to

without her mother or newly discovered uncle,

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

allies within the coven and escape on her own. But

before her very eyes, she panicked and ran forward to the spot that they had stood

only seconds before, all thoughts of escape now dispersed from her mind with

of being left

fully registered what was happening, she

an invisible wall of pressure and emerge into a large cavern that was