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

because of the speed thatthe trial was conducted

time to gather the necessary components to launch a

beforehand.

his perfectly executed rescue mission in the barren landscape

surrounded the Containment

No one had seen it coming, and no one

come from in

had utilized in his attack had mostly been

no problem unleashing them on the

They had already served their purpose in enriching

fleshcraft, and he

with the performance of his flesh golem though. That beast

seemed to have some level of intelligence, although

teamed with the unwavering loyalty of a

combat and he

that it could be

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

her as she left the confines

much on it she had been forcefully whisked away by

she had felt sure would be

the sanctuary and the end of

silence, Ada’s heart had seemed to sink to new depths of despair the closer she

to it. It looked to be nothing more than

in the air of the surrounding untamed undergrowth, making her

was none of the subtle, ambient sounds of

her life, she actually wished that she had paid a little more attention to

received

might have given her the confidence to part

try to at least scratch a living for herself and her child without the

her

knew all too well that if she was separated from

here in the wilderness, there was no way that she would be able to survive

away from civilization.

Narcissa’s expressions were impassive as

barred entry

members, but

and uncertainty as she tried to study her

mother or newly discovered

remember the way they

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

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

thoughts of escape now dispersed from

being left

registered what

of pressure and emerge