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

speed thatthe trial was conducted at,

to gather the necessary components

beforehand.

As it turned out, his perfectly executed rescue mission in

surrounded the Containment

one had seen it coming, and no one would

in

in his attack had mostly been

had no problem unleashing them on the hapless

almost certain death. They had already served their purpose in

and he had

He had been pleased with the performance of his flesh

least seemed to have some level of intelligence, although it was

and teamed with the unwavering loyalty

and he had already begun to envision

it could

not only the sight, but the smell of the rotting

greeted her as she left the confines of

she had been forcefully whisked away by Ely,

she had felt sure would

the sanctuary and the

sink to new

come to it. It looked to be nothing more than a crumbling ruin and

the surrounding untamed

of the subtle, ambient sounds of

actually wished that she had paid a little more attention to

received in

have given her the confidence to part ways

least scratch a living for herself and her child without

her mother someplace

she knew all too well that if

wilderness, there was no way that she

away from civilization.

impassive

that barred entry

all but its members, but

uncertainty as she tried to study her

carefully without her mother or newly discovered uncle,

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

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

very eyes, she panicked and ran forward to the

of escape now dispersed from her

of being

fully registered what was happening, she suddenly

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