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 their incarceration and impending trial from one

speed thatthe trial was conducted

gather the necessary components

beforehand.

As it turned out, his perfectly executed rescue mission

the Containment facility

one would have the slightest idea of

in the first

he had utilized in his attack

so he had no problem unleashing them on the hapless convoy to face

death. They had already

and he had

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

level of intelligence, although it was closer to a

the unwavering loyalty

and he had already begun to

that it could be

Ada had been horrified at not only the sight,

as she left the confines of

much on it she had been forcefully whisked away by Ely, and forced

trek that she had felt sure

sanctuary and the end

had seemed to sink to new depths of despair the closer

come to it. It looked to be nothing more than

the air of the surrounding

of the subtle, ambient sounds of wildlife within these

she actually wished that she had paid a little more attention to

received in regard

might have given her the confidence to part ways

a living for herself and her child without the

input of her mother someplace far

if she was separated from

in the wilderness, there was no way

away from civilization.

impassive as they passed through the

that barred entry to

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

as she tried to study her

mother or newly discovered

at least remember the way they had come, then

the coven and escape on her own. But as Narcissa

her very eyes, she panicked and ran forward

thoughts of escape now

of being

had fully registered what was happening,

through an invisible wall of pressure and emerge into