Alpha Nocturne's Contracted Mate

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‘So much for a drama-free day.’ Maeve snorted sarcastically.

Ann stood at the office door with a blank expression on her face as she watched the chaos in front of her with mild amusement.

Narcissa was being manhandled by the guards that Adam had put in place, completely preventing her from proceeding down the corridor as Ada watched with wide eyes and an expression of frustration written all over her face as she hovered helplessly in the background.

Suddenly her eyes flicked up and locked with Ann’s and her face morphed into a simpering, pitiful-looking expression as she reached her arms out towards her, holding up a large basket in her direction.

“Please, Ann, I just want to make amends. Look, I brought a peace offering.” She said as she lifted the cloth covering the top of the basket and tilted it slightly so that Ann could see the contents.

continued trying to coax Ann into seeing

know we didn’t always get along, but I paid attention to

forehead wrinkled slightly as she chewed her

you dare! This is going to be some sort of ploy to cause chaos for you again, Ann.’ Maeve growled

if

indignation as a wave of incredulity at Ann’s naivety swept over

that’s happened so far, and your suspicions about them… you’re STILL going to

that I hold suspicions about them. All they know is that I’m still hurt and angry about Ada’s betrayal, but how else am I going to be able to gather information if I

over and attack them both. Finish this once and for all. There will be nothing left of either of them by the time I’m done.’ Maeve roared furiously,

her fury, but it made sense to Ann. She knew this was probably another trap they were

she shut them out completely then her father would be completely at the mercy of their schemes and at least for now, if anything untoward happened, she at least had access to the castle, enabling her to

some reason, Ann had the feeling that Ada wasn’t as skilled with her craft

her childhood had been, she hadn’t physically harmed Ann, when she could have gotten rid of her as

more restrained and a lot cleverer with her

whatever issues it causes, we’ll find a way to overcome it. But for now, it’s better that they continue thinking of me as the clueless and pathetically forgiving person that

to you. If nothing else at

still firmly fixed on Ann in the same wide-eyed innocent and pleading expression that had gotten her everything that she had wanted in

bump of the growing child in