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.

and specific qualities that they had conducted themselves with throughout their careers. Honesty, Integrity, Fairness,

judged than she had originally feared brought her peace of mind and the seeming lack of tolerance for outbursts outside of the appropriate times

tell she was dying to say more, but she clenched her jaw and sat back down after casting

the events leading to the alleged a*s*sault, as well as hear testimony from Ann. Then we will confer and render judgment. So, if there are no more inappropriate outbursts,

fell over the courtroom and as Narcissa was called up to her podium, Leopold’s eyes seemed to glaze over as he glanced at her, becoming transfixed

before. It was as if he was transfixed, utterly spellbound by her very being and simply unable to tear his eyes away from her.

implications of that though as Narcissa began her testimony, but Ann was sure that it only lent more weight to

attack occurred, and only

then the guards were f0rced to break 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

was done with her little performance of shock and disbelief, she lifted her head and imitated perfectly the charade of trying to pull herself together as she took a deep breath

attempt to take the life of her sister’s unborn child, purely out

apparent in the relationship between them

with a dismissive wave of his hand. “There’s no need to go over the past

multiple members within the courtroom and he blanched slightly at the

well as heavily dictating the charges brought and in some ways,

I don’t think that it is necessary.” He ground out

we are tasked with holding all subjects of this kingdom