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.

were all handpicked for excellence by their predecessors and specific qualities that they had conducted themselves with

was turning out to be 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

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

both Ann and Narcissa about the events leading to the alleged a*s*sault, as well as hear testimony

was called up to her podium, Leopold’s eyes seemed to glaze over as he

was as if he was transfixed, utterly spellbound by her very being and simply unable to

but Ann was sure that it only lent more

attack occurred, and only hearing the commotion from the outside of the

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 face in her hands as she took a few shaky

and disbelief, she lifted her head and imitated perfectly the charade

attempt to take the life of her

would there be any jealousy apparent in the

aware of the… erm… mistakes that were made…” Leopold interrupted with

the courtroom and he

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. What is a trial if not a close examination of past

ground out imperiously as Narcissa

King, we are tasked with holding all subjects of this kingdom accountable for their actions…