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

speed thatthe trial was

have the time to gather the

beforehand.

executed rescue mission in

the Containment facility

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

in the

had utilized in his attack had

unleashing them on the hapless convoy to face

already served their purpose in enriching

the intricacies of fleshcraft, and he had no further use

with the performance of his flesh

some level of

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

well for future situations in combat and he had

that it could be

the sight, but the smell of the rotting corpses

greeted her as she left the confines of

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

sure would be the end

the sanctuary

to

nothing more than a crumbling ruin and an

of the surrounding untamed

subtle, ambient sounds of

actually wished that she had paid a little more

had received in

the confidence to part ways with these

scratch a living for

input of her mother someplace

well that if she

wilderness, there was no way that she would

away from civilization.

Ely and Narcissa’s expressions were impassive as they passed

that barred entry to

its members, but Ada’s face had already twisted

uncertainty as

or newly discovered uncle,

way they had come, then perhaps she could

coven and escape on her own. But as Narcissa and

she panicked and ran forward to the spot

thoughts of escape now dispersed from her

of being

she had fully registered what was happening, she

invisible wall of pressure and emerge into a