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 themselves with

this was turning out to be far more impartially judged than she had originally feared brought her peace of mind and the seeming lack

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

hear from both Ann and Narcissa about the events leading to the alleged a*s*sault, as well as hear testimony from Ann. Then we will confer

her podium, Leopold’s eyes seemed to glaze over as he glanced at

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

but Ann was sure that it only lent more weight to the theory of

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

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

disbelief, she lifted her head and imitated perfectly the charade of trying to pull herself together as she took

never dreamed that my own step-daughter would be so vicious as to attempt to take the life of her sister’s unborn child, purely

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

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

dark chuckle rose from multiple members within the courtroom and he blanched slightly at

think you’ll find that a trial is the perfect place to go over 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. What is a

that it is necessary.” He ground out imperiously as

King, we are tasked with holding all subjects