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.

as he pulled out what looked like a leather book

met Adam’s gaza with mild confusion, his h*ands resting on

Brarthroroz.” He

that from your: ‘Oh! Lord Brarthroroz!’ comment when you answered

commander with a mild-mannered

me wonder why you haven’t advanced further in your career,” Bartholomew said with

who looked as though he had just been slapped, and waited

Bartholomew cleared his throat, “It seems

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

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

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

Daemon Wars?” Adam frowned, as he repeated the title

Bartholomew answered ponderously, peering down his nose as he marked off yet another location on the map, “Lord Brarthroroz seems to be of the opinion that Eromaug will most likely return to

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

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

in Lord Brarthroroz’s line of thinking and focused intently

a decoy, wouldn’t that

and his men, keeping the pressure on them.”