Alpha Nocturne's Contracted Mate

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“You will be silent until your testimony is called for Princess Ada. These are serious proceedings with dire consequences for the accused if found guilty. You will respect the order of things here, do you understand?” An irritated male voice came from above.

One thing was for sure, the reputation of the Royal Court’s Elder Council certainly seemed to be true.

It made sense in a way, as the Royal Court undoubtedly had to have seen its fair share of power plays and false accusations over the centuries that they had presided over justice across the kingdom.

The Elders that sat in the Courtroom were the oldest, and most experienced across the Kingdom, many having surpassed their third century and it was rumored that the eldest among them had exceeded 500 years old recently.

all handpicked for excellence by their predecessors and specific qualities that they had conducted themselves with throughout their careers. Honesty, Integrity, Fairness, and a strong

out to be far more impartially judged than she had originally feared brought her peace of mind and the seeming lack of

and Ann could tell she was dying to say more, but she clenched

about the events leading to the alleged a*s*sault, as well as hear testimony

over the courtroom and as Narcissa was called up to her podium, Leopold’s eyes seemed

noticed it before. It was as if he was transfixed, utterly spellbound by her very being and simply unable to tear his eyes away from her. It wasn’t the look of doting

Narcissa began her testimony, but Ann was sure that it only lent more weight to the theory of their involvement

honest, about having not been there when the attack occurred, and only hearing the commotion from

open the door because Ann simply refused to let us in. They called out to her, as did we all, but she didn’t answer and I was positively frantic with worry. It was obvious that something terrible was happening inside of her office., but I never dreamed…” she trailed off, as she sniffed theatrically and made a great show of burying her

of shock and disbelief, she lifted her head and imitated perfectly the charade of trying to pull herself together as she

be so vicious as to attempt to take the

And why would there be any jealousy apparent in the relationship between them both?” A

you’re all aware of the… erm… mistakes that were made…” Leopold interrupted with a dismissive wave of his hand. “There’s

the courtroom

the perfect place to go over the past, as it establishes the facts of a case as well as any aggravating or mitigating factors as well as heavily dictating the charges brought and

think that it is necessary.” He ground out imperiously as Narcissa and Ada glanced toward him with an

King, we are tasked with