Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 98 Return to the Palace

As soon as the Royal Court of Elders had released them into the hands of their specially trained guards, they were escorted back to the palace in an unmarked car with blacked-out windows and no trace of the usual pomp and ceremony that followed them everywhere.

They sat in silence as they headed towards the palace, the guards watching them like hawks with impassive expressions on their faces.

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The trial had been a disaster for all of them, especially Leopold.

This latest installment in the saga of events that revolved around Ada’s obsession with trying to destroy Ann had exposed the long-standing defects and flaws that Narcissa had spent so long cultivating in Leopold’s character.

The time and energy it had taken to chip away at his sense of righteousness, the seduction and whispered persuasion that it had taken to twist his mind with her poisonous words, and the sacrifices of flesh that she had been f0rced to make over the years to bind his heart to hers, ensnaring his wolf in a bottomless void so that she could take control of his every move…

She had been so damn close…

Narcissa raised her eyes carefully to sneak a look at her husband and her heart sank as the cold stare that met her was devoid of all emotion.

work had been completely undone now that Ada’s lies had been revealed. The trust was gone and with that,

careful handling, something her pathetic

to look at Ada’s sullen countenance

intensity of her gaze as she glanced up uncertainly and visibly paled

there

her. Although they wouldn’t be able to move against the

knew that her mother’s love was entirely conditional on her usefulness, and with the verdict of the trial, her usefulness

subconsciously and patted her tiny bump soothingly as her

to find a way out of this, for her unborn child’s

most important thing in her life and she would fight until her dying breath in order for her baby to

of her thoughts as the guards moved them fluidly

above even the king. If anyone dared to move against them in the line

Ada traipsed glumly in through the ornate front doors and through the

crew now thanks to sanctions imposed during the investigation. Not that Ada minded, it was fewer people to have to keep an eye on. She wouldn’t be accepting food or drink from anyone anytime soon anyway. She had seen how easily her mother employed her poisons and she refused to be on

as he strode forward wordlessly and

asked in a quiet voice edged with a hint of

mother, especially with the

paused on the stairs and turned his head slightly over his shoulder. He seemed to have aged

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