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

speed thatthe trial was conducted

time to gather the necessary components to launch

beforehand.

executed rescue mission in the barren

the Containment facility was almost

no one would

from in

in his attack had mostly been failures for one

so he had no problem unleashing them on the hapless convoy

They had already served

the intricacies of fleshcraft, and he had no further use for

with the performance of his

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

and teamed with the unwavering

and he had already begun

could be

had been horrified at not only the sight, but the

left the confines of her cage, but before

she had been forcefully whisked away

that she had felt sure would be the

However, as they had approached the sanctuary and

seemed to sink to new depths of despair the closer

come to it. It looked to be nothing more than a crumbling ruin and an eerie

of the surrounding untamed undergrowth, making

none of the subtle, ambient sounds

wished that she had paid a little

received in regard to

might have given her the confidence to part ways with

least scratch a living for herself and her

of her

Unfortunately, she knew all too well that if

no way that she would be able to survive

away from civilization.

expressions were impassive as

barred entry

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

of apprehension and uncertainty as she tried to study

carefully without her mother or newly discovered

at least remember the way they had come, then

the coven and escape on her own.

and ran

before, all thoughts of escape

of being left

Before she had fully registered what was happening,

pressure and emerge into a