Alpha Nocurne's Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 140 Not Mad at You

Adam looked at her with a complex expression before leaning his neck back on the edge of the cushion and staring at the ceiling in resignation.

“I didn’t want you to worry…”

“Well, it’s a little late for that now.” Ann snapped, crossing her arms in front of her.

“Ann, be realistic, we’ve barely had time to breathe with everything that was going on..” “I don’t care, Adam… what happened? Why won’t you tell me?”

Adam lowered his chin again and reached for her arms, pulling them apart and taking hold of her hands with his. “I guess it’s more important now that we know the full details of NArcissa’s coven’s plot. Honestly, I thought the woman must have just slipped the guards and escaped…”

“What do you mean escaped, Adam? What about the Elders?”

Adam sighed heavily and stared at her intently.

able to question a few of them. They said that Esmerelda had wormed her way into Tomas’s life a few years ago and that he had gradually changed his opinions and his stance on a lot of topics once he began spending more and more time with her. Eventually, it got to a point where they were barely ever apart. None of them thought to question

slip one night in the cells when they were transferring her to a more secure cell with better magic-nullifying qualities as the dampening cell wasn’t strong enough to inhibit her use of magic. We a*s*sumed she had escaped and despite our best efforts, she remained unaccounted for. The same night, every single one of the Elders that were left in the cells, including Tomas, were brutally k*il*led

Ann gasped in horror.

you didn’t think to at least tell me about this? Warn

should have been put on a one-way ticket there…” Adam grimaced as he sighed heavily, “Hindsight is a wonderful thing…” he smiled bitterly. Ann sat back on the sofa and thought

likely having returned to her Coven in order to either further their plans or concoct some other scheme.” She mused,

the door to the side, disappearing inside momentarily before coming out and offering her hand

this back on for

his grandparents. If he hadn’t have been certain of its authenticity back then, Narcissa’s words had only strengthened his belief. His grandmother had never taken this off, and if even Narcissa had heard of his family’s resistance to dark magic, then this necklace

the side as he carefully fixed the

at you, Adam…” Ann said softly as he smoothed her hair back and planted a kiss on the top of her head. “I’m just sad that

Adam nodded silently.

he truly thought that it was for the best. He would do anything to protect his Luna… his mate. Even if that meant hiding

knew that he would have to work hard to change that mindset because he had a feeling that neither Ann

that it would be prudent to always keep this necklace on, removing it only for cleaning, in order to protect herself from any future attacks that might be directed her way from the Excidium Coven