Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate By A E Randell Chapter 170
Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell
CHAPTER 170 Return to The Coven
The trio had traveled for days with Ely as their guide to see them safely through the
treacherous terrain that they had found themselves in.
Ada had made the mistake of falling behind due to her exhaustion, but she had been
met with nothing but scorn from both her mother and her new-found uncle. There was
no sympathy or allowances made for the fact that she was pregnant and unfamiliar
with this sort of physical activity. The fact that she hadn’t eaten properly for days also
seemed to bear no weight with either of them.
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They had uncaringly left her in an exhausted heap on the floor and carried on without
her when her legs gave way and if it hadn’t been for Ada’s terror at the prospect of
bing a meal for one of the many terrifying wild beasts that roamed thendscape
and hid in the shadows at night, she would never have found the willpower to keep
moving.
Her mother had made it very clear once she caught up with them, that if it happened
again, she would leave her behind in a heartbeat. So Ada had fought desperately to
ignore the exhaustion and persevered as best she could, remaining mostly silent
about her difficulties throughout the rest of the arduous trek.
She wasn’t entirely sure that this was any better than a death sentence. Out here, her
unborn child’s life was not guaranteed, and at this point, that was all that mattered to
her.
Although her mother refused to engage her in conversation for too long, other than
biting ad disparaging words, Ely didn’t seem too averse to engaging her in
conversation. If anything, he seemed to enjoy the irritation that their chattering brought
to Narcissa.
As Ada discovered, he had heard of their incarceration and impending trial from one of
his sources, but because of the speed thatthe trial was conducted at, he simply didn’t
have the time to gather the necessaryponents tounch a rescue attempt
beforehand.
As it turned out, his perfectly executed rescue mission in the barrenndscape that
surrounded the Containment facility was almost wless.
No one had seen iting, and no one would have the slightest idea of where it had
The creations that he had utilized in his attack had mostly been failures for one reason
or another, so he had no problem unleashing them on the hapless convoy to face their
almost certain death. They had already served their purpose in enriching his
knowledge on the intricacies of fleshcraft, and he had no further use for them.
He had been pleased with the performance of his flesh golem though. That beast at
least seemed to have some level of intelligence, although it was closer to a child’s
simple thinking and teamed with the unwavering loyalty of a dog. Yet this still bode
well for future situations inbat and he had already begun to envision situations
that it could be deployed in.
Ada had been horrified at not only the sight, but the smell of the rotting corpses that
had greeted her as she left the confines of her cage, but before she could dwell too
much on it she had been forcefully whisked away by Ely, and forced into an arduous
trek that she had felt sure would be the end of her.
However, as they had approached the sanctuary and the end of their journey in
silence, Ada’s heart had seemed to sink to new depths of despair the closer she had
hung in the air of the surrounding untamed undergrowth, making her skin crawl.
There was none of the subtle, ambient sounds of wildlife within these ruins and for
once in her life, she actually wished that she had paid a little more attention to the
tutoring she had received in regard to survival skills.
Perhaps it might have given her the confidence to part ways with these two madmen
and try to at least scratch a living for herself and her child without the interference and
input of her mother somece far away.
Unfortunately, she knew all too well that if she was separated from either of them out
here in the wilderness, there was no way that she would be able to survive this far
away from civilization.
Ely and Narcissa’s expressions were impassive as they passed through the barrier
that barred entry to their
Coven’s sanctuary to all but its members, but Ada’s face had already twisted into an
expression of apprehension and uncertainty as she tried to study her surroundings
carefully without her mother or newly discovered uncle, catching on.
If she could at least remember the way they hade, then perhaps she could find
allies within the coven and escape on her own. But as Narcissa and Ely disappeared
before her very eyes, she panicked and ran forward to the spot that they had stood at
only seconds before, all thoughts of escape now dispersed from her mind with the fear
of being left alone.
Before she had fully registered what was happening, she suddenly felt herself burst
through an invisible wall of pressure and emerge into arge cavern that was bustling
with people.
Ada yelped in surprise,pletely unprepared for the sight that had greeted her and
Narcissa turned to her with a scowl, casting her eyes over her disdainfully.
“Such a disappointment.” She tutted, her words loaded with hatred as she glowered at
her for a moment more before Ely interjected.
“You can’t expect her to be as hardy as us. You raised her around the weaklings and
that is who she has learned from. If you really want someone to me for her
inept*itude, then it’s your fault alone, Narcissa.” Ely stated with a shrug, drawing a
furious hiss from Narcissa.
“You know nothing, brother! If I had been discovered then it would have been the end
of that plot! I couldn’t risk losing everything we had worked so hard for!” She
reasoned.
Elyughed mockingly at her as he began to make his way down the roughly hewn
steps into the wide expanse of the cavern below.
“Then, again, you would have failed, dear sister and it would have been yourfault for
not being more careful. You failed anyway so this conversation is pointless.”
“I did not fail! Everything was going as nned until Ada failed to control herself!”
Narcissa hissed with a murderous nce over her shoulder toward Ada as she
hurried down the steps after Ely.
“I would call that a failure, sister. As will our Lord.” Ely shrugged nonchntly. “You
know that everything is ck and white when ites to him. There are no areas of
grey at all. It either is or it isn’t.”
Narcissaughed bitterly.
“So, what are you saying? This wasn’t a rescue? You simply brought us back to face
his judgment?” She asked incredulously.
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Ely stopped suddenly and turned to face Narcissa with a bored expression, causing
both Narcissa and Ada to stop suddenly.
“Us? Oh no, dear sister, you have it all wrong.” Ely grinned unnervingly, “It seems that
you’ve spent so much time away from us, that you’ve forgotten how things work. Ada
does not shoulder any of the me for this farce at all.”