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, and a strong sense of impartial

than she had originally feared brought her peace of mind and the seeming lack of

tell she was dying to say more, but she

hear testimony from Ann. Then we will confer and render judgment. So, if

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

and wondered how she had never 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 love or

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

not been there when the attack occurred, and only hearing the

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 face

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

dreamed that my own step-daughter would be so vicious as to attempt to take the life of her sister’s unborn child, purely out

apparent in the relationship between them both?” A female voice questioned

were made…” Leopold interrupted with a

within the courtroom and

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 in some ways, the outcome.

He ground out imperiously as Narcissa and Ada glanced toward him with

tasked with holding all subjects of