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 throughout their careers.

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 appropriate times went a

dying to say more, but she clenched

as hear testimony from Ann. Then we will confer and render judgment. So, if there are no more inappropriate outbursts,

was called up to her podium, Leopold’s

if he was transfixed, utterly spellbound by her very being and

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

honest, about having not been there when the attack

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

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

would be so vicious as to attempt to

so? And why would there be any jealousy apparent in the relationship between them both?” A

you’re all aware of the… erm… mistakes that were made…” Leopold interrupted with a dismissive wave of his hand. “There’s no need

from multiple members within the courtroom and he

case as well as any aggravating or mitigating factors as well as heavily

King, I don’t think that it is necessary.” He ground out imperiously as Narcissa and Ada

as the current presiding Elder Council, my King, we are tasked with