Alpha Nocturne"s Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 172 She Would Never Be Free

“Get out and seal the doors. No one leaves this chamber until I am finished, am I

clear?” He growled as Ely scurried backward like a frightened mouse and fled through

the doorway, the heavy doors swinging closed with an ear-splitting bang.

Before Ada could steal a frightened glance at her mother, the male’s boots appeared

in front of her limited line of vision again and she felt a slight breeze ripple across her.

It was obvious that he had now grabbed Narcissa roughly by the throat and lifted her

into the air beside her, as the only thing visible from her position were the tips of her

mother’s boots dangling above the ground.

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“Now, Narcissa. It seems you have forgotten the great honor that was bestowed upon

you all those years ago.” the male chastised in a bored tone over the sounds of

Narcissa struggling for breath.

His footsteps receded a little and Ada raised her head slightly. It was such a small

movement but it allowed her to follow the progress of her mother’s feet across the

expansive room as the male strolled leisurely along holding her aloft in the air by her

neck.

“I have such an exquisite array of punishments lined up for you my dear. You’re going

to have so much fun. But, you know how easily I get bored dishing these…

‘necessities’… out myself… so I brought some friends…”

A whimper escaped from Narcissa’s lips as she gasped for air and looked upon the

impassive face of her master, Lord Eromaug. No pride shone in those empty pools

anymore as he looked at her,

precious

as he stopped just outside of the

shadow and pulled her closer to him, so that

my coven into disrepute, failed in your assigned tasks, and failed

take responsibility for all of the failings that lay with

from you, I must admit that

had such promise.” He sighed, his

back into one devoid of

watched Narcissa gasp for air a moment longer, almost as if he were savoring

committing it to memory before

abruptly continued towards the ominous sounds concealed within

hem, his favored daemons, scuttling about in the darkness

exactly what

foolishly lost his magick when

the worst crimes that she

she would pay the price that he, and his

soul.

with a terrifying mix of

darkness, their figures appearing as if they

writhing cloud closed over them and left no trace of their

only seconds later that the screams began and Ada knew without a

her mother would never be the same

and minutes seemed to turn

the time as she remained frozen in

silent tears rolled

go on

echoes of the screams subsided, the

of flesh squelching

cycle of screams and silence seemed to repeat

passed out at some

when she awakened, the hair-raising screams

much as Ada wanted to cover her ears and block out the

couldn’t. She wasn’t certain, but beyond the curtain

gaze that focused intently on her as

She could just be paranoid in her assumptions at this point,

beautiful man was clearly capable of true horrors beyond her imagination,

she wouldn’t put her unborn child’s life at risk. Long after Ada’s

subsided and her tears had dried up, the figure of the beautiful

striding nonchalantly towards