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.

they had conducted themselves

far more impartially judged than she had originally feared brought her peace of mind and the seeming lack of tolerance for outbursts outside of the appropriate times went a long way to calm Ann’s

looked furious and Ann could tell she was dying to say more, but she clenched her jaw and sat back down

alleged a*s*sault, as well as hear testimony from Ann. Then we will confer

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

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

didn’t have too long to ponder the implications of that though as Narcissa began her testimony, but Ann was sure that it only lent more weight

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

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,

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

would be so vicious as to attempt to take the life of her sister’s unborn child, purely out

jealousy apparent in the relationship between them both?”

sure you’re all aware of the… erm… mistakes that were made…” Leopold interrupted with a dismissive

rose from multiple members within the courtroom and he blanched

well as heavily

ground out imperiously as Narcissa and Ada glanced toward him

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