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.

uttered distractedly as he pulled out what looked like a leather book and sat it

resting on both books, before the realization suddenly

was Lord Brarthroroz.” He said as the Commander snorted

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

the commander with

conversation, Commander. It makes me wonder why you haven’t advanced further in your career,” Bartholomew said with the

commander who looked as though he had just been slapped, and waited for Bartholomew to

saying,” Bartholomew cleared his throat, “It

However, Lord Brarthroroz seems to think that his brother will have a second, well

murmuring to himself as he did so before placing it down on the desk and moving to untie the leather bindings on the folder, revealing

down at the pages of the book and only had time to read the title across the top of the page before

the Daemon Wars?” Adam frowned,

the map, “Lord Brarthroroz seems to be of the opinion that Eromaug will most likely return

defensively that wouldn’t be a feasible

repelled, explorations of the structures they left behind were halted after multiple exploration parties failed to

Lord Brarthroroz’s line of thinking and focused intently on the

wouldn’t that mean that any of these ruins

his men, keeping the pressure on them.” Adam mused as he located the old factory that Greyson and his men had repurposed