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

the speed thatthe trial

the time to gather the necessary components to

beforehand.

turned out, his perfectly executed rescue mission in the

surrounded the Containment facility was almost

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

in

utilized in his attack had mostly been failures for

problem unleashing them on the hapless

almost certain death. They had already served

intricacies of fleshcraft, and

pleased with the performance of

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

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

combat and he had already begun

that it could be deployed

horrified at not only the sight, but

left the confines of her cage, but before

much on it she had been forcefully whisked away by

felt sure would be the

had approached the sanctuary and the end of their

heart had seemed to sink to new depths of despair the closer she

nothing more than a crumbling ruin

hung in the air of the

was none of the subtle, ambient sounds of wildlife

actually wished that she had paid a little

tutoring she had received in regard

her the confidence to part ways with these two

scratch a living for herself and her child without the

input of her mother

too well that if she was

wilderness, there was no way that she would be

away from civilization.

Ely and Narcissa’s expressions were impassive as they

that barred entry to

but its members, but

as she tried to

her mother or newly

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

escape on her own. But as Narcissa

eyes, she panicked and ran forward

seconds before, all thoughts of escape now dispersed from her

of being left

she had fully registered what was happening, she suddenly felt

and emerge into a large cavern that