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 trial from

because of the speed thatthe trial was conducted at, he

the

beforehand.

out, his perfectly executed

Containment facility was almost

No one had seen it coming, and no one would have the slightest idea of where it

in the first

in his attack had

another, so he had no problem unleashing them

almost certain death. They had already served their purpose

knowledge on the intricacies of fleshcraft, and

pleased with the performance of his flesh golem though.

some level of intelligence, although it was

the unwavering loyalty

situations in combat and he had already begun

it could

horrified at not only the sight, but the smell of the rotting corpses

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

on it she had been forcefully whisked away

that she had felt sure would be

they had approached the sanctuary and the end of

silence, Ada’s heart had seemed to sink to

to be nothing more than a crumbling ruin and an eerie

the surrounding

subtle, ambient sounds

that she had paid a little more attention

tutoring she had received in regard

given her the confidence to part ways with

least scratch a living for

input of her mother

she knew all too well that if

there was no way

away from civilization.

Ely and Narcissa’s expressions were impassive as

that barred entry to

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

and uncertainty as she tried

without her mother or newly discovered uncle,

the way they had come, then perhaps she could

on her own. But as

ran forward to the spot that they had stood

of escape now

of being

Before she had fully registered what was happening, she suddenly felt herself

an invisible wall of pressure and emerge into