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.

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

guards the 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

Ann gasped in horror.

at least tell me about this? Warn me at all?” She

a one-way ticket there…” Adam grimaced as he sighed heavily, “Hindsight is a

having returned to her Coven in order to either further their plans or concoct some

stood and headed over to their walk-in wardrobe and slid the door to the side, disappearing inside momentarily before coming out and offering

you put this back

In his hand was the necklace that he had given to Ann, which had been inherited from 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

hair to the side as

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 you didn’t tell me. We need to look

Adam nodded silently.

her, but at the time he truly thought that it was for the best. He would do

a feeling that neither Ann nor Maeve,

on, removing it only for cleaning, in order to protect herself from any future attacks that