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.

heard of their incarceration

his sources, but because of the speed thatthe trial

to gather the necessary

beforehand.

As it turned out, his perfectly executed rescue mission in

Containment

seen it coming, and no one would have

come from in

creations that he had utilized in his attack had mostly been failures for

no problem unleashing them

almost certain death. They had already served their

of fleshcraft, and he had

been pleased with the performance of his flesh

of intelligence, although it was closer to a

with the unwavering loyalty of a

future situations in combat and he

it could be

not only the sight, but

confines of her cage, but before she

been forcefully whisked away by Ely, and forced into an

had felt sure would be the end

as they had approached the sanctuary

heart had seemed to sink to new depths

come to it. It looked to be nothing more

in the air of the

the subtle, ambient sounds

she actually wished that she had paid a

received in

it might have given her the confidence to part

a living for herself and her child without the

her mother someplace

too well that if

in the wilderness, there was no way that she

away from civilization.

and Narcissa’s expressions were impassive as they

barred entry

its members, but Ada’s face

uncertainty as she tried

mother or newly

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

on her

ran forward to the spot that they

thoughts of escape now dispersed from her

being left

had fully registered what

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