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.

by their predecessors and specific qualities that they had conducted

of mind and the seeming lack of tolerance for outbursts outside of the appropriate times went a long way to

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

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, then

Leopold’s eyes seemed to glaze over as

very being and simply unable to tear his

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

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

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 in

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

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

And why would there be any jealousy apparent in the

aware of the… erm… mistakes that were made…” Leopold interrupted with a dismissive wave of his hand.

multiple members within the courtroom and he blanched slightly

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. What is a trial if not a close examination of past occurrences?” A wavering voice rose as the scowl on

don’t think that it is necessary.” He ground out imperiously as Narcissa and Ada glanced toward him

current presiding Elder Council, my King, we are tasked with holding all subjects of this kingdom