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 impending trial from

his sources, but because of the speed thatthe trial

time to gather the

beforehand.

out, his perfectly executed rescue mission in the barren

Containment facility

had seen it coming, and no one would

come from in the

The creations that he had utilized in his attack had mostly been

problem unleashing them on the hapless convoy

already served their

on the intricacies of fleshcraft, and

had been pleased with the performance

least seemed to have some level of intelligence,

and teamed with the unwavering loyalty of a dog. Yet this

for future situations in combat and he had already

could

the sight, but the smell of the

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

forcefully whisked away by Ely, and forced into

trek that she had felt sure

they had approached the sanctuary and the end of

sink to new depths

It looked to be nothing more than

the surrounding untamed undergrowth, making

subtle, ambient sounds of wildlife within these ruins and

wished that she had paid

she had received in

it might have given her the confidence to part ways with these

scratch a living for herself and her child without the interference

of her mother

too well that if she was separated from either of

there was no way that she would be able to

away from civilization.

were impassive as they

barred

but its members, but Ada’s face had already

of apprehension and uncertainty as

or newly discovered uncle,

remember the way they had

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

panicked and ran forward to the spot that they

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

being

had fully registered what was happening,

wall of pressure and emerge