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 their incarceration and impending trial from one

his sources, but because of the speed thatthe trial was conducted at,

to gather the necessary components to launch a rescue

beforehand.

out, his perfectly executed

surrounded the Containment facility was

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

in the first

utilized in his attack had mostly been failures

he had no problem unleashing them on the hapless convoy to

already served their

fleshcraft, and he had no further use for

had been pleased with the performance of his

have some level of

unwavering loyalty of a

future situations in combat and he had already begun to

could

horrified at not only the sight, but

confines

much on it she had been forcefully whisked away

sure would be the end

they had approached the sanctuary and

heart had seemed to sink to new depths

to be nothing more than a crumbling ruin and an

air of the surrounding untamed undergrowth,

none of the subtle, ambient sounds of wildlife

wished that she had paid a little more attention

tutoring she had received

the confidence

scratch a living for herself and her child without the

input of her mother

Unfortunately, she knew all too well that if she was separated

in the wilderness, there was no way

away from civilization.

impassive as they passed through

that barred entry

to all but its members, but

as she tried to

carefully without her mother or

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

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

very eyes, she panicked and ran forward to the spot that they had stood

before, all thoughts of escape now dispersed from her mind

of being

Before she had fully registered what was happening, she

and