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 incarceration and impending

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

the necessary components to launch

beforehand.

out, his perfectly executed rescue mission in

surrounded the Containment facility was

no one

come from in the first

in his attack had mostly been failures for one

another, so he had no problem unleashing them on the

already served their purpose in

of fleshcraft, and he

had been pleased with the performance of his flesh golem though. That beast

have some level of intelligence, although it was closer to a

simple thinking and teamed with the unwavering loyalty of

situations in combat and he had

that it could be

at not only the sight, but the smell of the rotting corpses

had greeted her as she left the confines of her cage, but before

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

had felt sure would be

sanctuary

Ada’s heart had seemed to sink to new

to be nothing more than a crumbling ruin

of the surrounding

none of the subtle, ambient sounds of wildlife

wished that she had paid a little more attention to

tutoring she had received in regard

it might have given her the confidence

a living for herself and her child without

of her mother someplace far

all too well that if she was

was no way that she would be able to survive this

away from civilization.

and Narcissa’s expressions were impassive

that barred entry to

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

and uncertainty as she

without her mother or

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

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

very eyes, she panicked and ran forward to the

seconds before, all thoughts of escape now dispersed from her mind

of being

registered what was

invisible wall of pressure and emerge into a large