Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate 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.
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.
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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 hade from in the
first ce.
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 f*orc*efully
whisked away by Ely, and f*orc*ed 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 hade to it. It looked to be nothing
more than a crumbling ruin and an eerie silence 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.
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.”