Alpha Nocturne's Contracted Mate

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They had uncaringly left her in an exhausted heap on the floor and carried on without her when her legs gave way and if it hadn’t been for Ada’s terror at the prospect of becoming a meal for one of the many terrifying wild beasts that roamed the landscape and hid in the shadows at night, she would never have found the willpower to keep moving.

Her mother had made it very clear once she caught up with them, that if it happened again, she would leave her behind in a heartbeat. So Ada had fought desperately to ignore the exhaustion and persevered as best she could, remaining mostly silent about her difficulties throughout the rest of the arduous trek.

She wasn’t entirely sure that this was any better than a death sentence. Out here, her unborn child’s life was not guaranteed, and at this point, that was all that mattered to her.

Although her mother refused to engage her in conversation for too long, other than biting ad disparaging words, Ely didn’t seem too averse to engaging her in conversation. If anything, he seemed to enjoy the irritation that their chattering brought to Narcissa.

and impending trial from one of his sources, but because of the speed thatthe trial was conducted at, he simply didn’t have the time

the barren landscape that

it coming, and no one would have the

for one reason or another, so he had no problem unleashing them on the hapless convoy to face their

have some level of intelligence, although it was closer to a child’s simple thinking and teamed with the unwavering loyalty of a

smell of the rotting corpses that had greeted her as she left the confines of her cage, but before she could

sink to new depths of despair the closer she had come to it. It looked to be nothing more than a crumbling ruin and an eerie silence hung in the air of

wildlife within these ruins and for once in her life, she actually wished that she had paid a little more attention to the tutoring she had

to part ways with these two madmen and try to at least scratch

if she was separated from either of them out here in the wilderness, there was no way that she would be able to survive this far away

were impassive as they passed through the barrier

already twisted into an expression of apprehension and uncertainty as she tried to

allies within the coven and escape on her own. But as Narcissa and Ely disappeared before her very

she suddenly felt herself burst through an invisible wall of

surprise, completely unprepared for the sight that had greeted her and Narcissa turned to her with a scowl, casting her

with hatred as she glowered at her for