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.

of their incarceration and impending

speed thatthe trial was conducted at, he simply

the necessary components to launch a rescue

beforehand.

As it turned out, his perfectly executed rescue mission in the

the Containment

No one had seen it coming, and no one would have

in

creations that he had utilized in his attack had

no problem unleashing them on the hapless convoy to

death. They had already served their purpose in

intricacies of fleshcraft, and he had no further

been pleased with the performance of

some level of intelligence, although it was closer

teamed with the unwavering loyalty of a

combat and he

it could be

Ada had been horrified at not only the sight, but the smell

the confines

it she had been forcefully whisked away by

that she had felt sure

as they had approached the sanctuary and the end of

sink to new depths

come to it. It looked to be nothing more

in the air of the surrounding

There was none of the subtle, ambient sounds

in her life, she actually wished that she

had received in

the confidence to part ways with these two

and try to at least scratch a living for

of her mother someplace

all too well that if she was separated

the wilderness, there was no way that she would be able

away from civilization.

and Narcissa’s expressions were impassive as

that barred entry

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

and uncertainty as she

or newly

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

escape on her own. But as Narcissa and

panicked and ran forward to the spot that they

of escape now dispersed from her mind

of being

registered what was happening, she suddenly

through an invisible wall of pressure and emerge into a