Alpha Nocurne's Contracted Mate

Bartholomew was mid discussion with Adam and the Enclave’s Commander of the guard when his office phone rang.

He stared at it in bemusement and exhaled a short laugh.

“I rarely get calls directed here…” He mused as he reached for the receiver.

The Enclave’s commander grunted in annoyance and threw himself down on the chair, resuming the animated discussion with Adam regarding the reinforcements due to leave in less than an hour’s time. “Oh! Lord Brarthroroz!”

Title of the document

Bartholomew exclaimed as Adam’s head turned violently towards him and he focused his attention on the conversation.

“Yes, Yes I can do that. Let me call you back, I just need a few minutes to check the records. I’m sure I have it in here somewhere.” Bartholomew’s face took on a thoughtful expression as he said goodbye, hung up and made his way over to the bookcase.

Adam and the Commander exchanged a look, and as no explanation was forthcoming, Adam cleared his throat loudly and looked towards Bartholomew expectantly.

But Bartholomew paid him no mind as he browsed the shelves with a deep frown until finally, his face lit up and he pulled a book from the shelves, scurrying back to his desk with it and rifling through his drawers as he took his seat.

“Do you want to tell us what that was about?” Adam asked curiously as he leaned onto Bartholomew’s desk.

looked like a leather book and sat it on his desk before

mild confusion, his h*ands resting on both books, before the

My apologies. That was Lord Brarthroroz.” He said as the

from your: ‘Oh! Lord Brarthroroz!’ comment when you answered your phone.” The Commander offered

at the commander with a mild-mannered smile on

your career,” Bartholomew said

own as he side-eyed the commander who

was saying,” Bartholomew cleared

he wishes to pursue. The most recent assumption was that Eromaug and his coven had holed up inside the containment facility, having recruited the inmates to his side. However, Lord Brarthroroz seems to think that his brother will have a second, well hidden but decidedly less guarded entrance in addition to the one that he is currently presenting to us. Using it as a decoy if

before placing it down on the desk and moving to untie the leather bindings on the folder,

and only had time to read the title across the top of the page before Bartholomew picked it up again and began scouring

frowned, as he repeated the

the map, “Lord Brarthroroz seems to be of the opinion that Eromaug will most likely return to one of the previous haunts that the darkness occupied back in

why would he do that? Inhabit a ruin I mean. Surely defensively that wouldn’t be a feasible option.” The Commander asked, suddenly intrigued as he approached the desk

are wrong, Commander. They may be ruins on the outside, but on the inside, underground in the caverns and tunnels that they spent centuries constructing, the structures are perfectly sound. After the Daemons were repelled, explorations of the structures they left behind were halted after multiple exploration parties failed to return. Instead, they were sealed and hidden from sight by the most powerful Magick users that were in

logic in Lord Brarthroroz’s line

facility is indeed a decoy, wouldn’t that mean that

need to be able to attack and resupply and reinforce that stronghold, whilst having the ability to harass Greyson and his men, keeping the pressure on them.” Adam mused as he located the