Alpha Nocturne"s Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate By A E Randell Chapter 132

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 132: Did You Ever Love Me At All?

“Guilty? You’ve already decided our fate then, my love?” Narcissa yelled as she raged

against the bars and glass of her cage. Leopold glanced across at her and his gaze

hardened.

“I don’t think I have ever been your love, not truly. I think, given all of the evidence

collected and testimony from various parties involved, that I was merely a means to

an end.” He said coldly as he stood from his seat and made his way down from the

dais towards the area where Narcissa and Ada’s cages sat.

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Narcissa watched him approach through narrowed eyes and smirked as he stood

almost nose to nose with her, separated only by the glass and iron bars between

them.

“What would you know about my goals or achievements, Leopold, hmm? No sooner

had you decided that you wanted me, did you whisk me away to your palace with the

promise of a happily ever after.” She laughed coldly. “Did you ever stop to think what I

wanted?”

Leopold narrowed his eyes slightly as he inhaled deeply.

“The guilt trips don’t work on me anymore Narcissa so you can drop the act. Your

words don’t seem to hold as much weight as they once did… curious, isn’t it?” He said

flatly. “Tell me… did you ever love me at all?”

As Narcissa cackled wildly in her cage and shook her head in disgust at the man

before her, a voice rang out from above.

“That is not why we are here, Leopold.”

Leopold glanced over his shoulder in the direction of the voice above and sighed

lightly.

“You know full well what the prerogatives of this investigation are the information that

we seek. Stick to what was agreed.” the ancient voice continued sternly.

“Very well.” He nodded in resignation as a small voice piped up from Ada’s cage.

“Father, please. Don’t do this. We don’t deserve this. You’ve got it all wrong.” She

pleaded miserably from her hunched position on the floor.

Leopold glanced across at her and seeing her in this state clearly caused him great

pain. After all, he had raised her all these years as his own daughter, with no reason

to believe that she was not. The only doubts that had ever been voiced were from

certain members of the nobility who questioned her lack of wolf. Regrettably, those

voices had long since been silenced.

“Ada, I have no choice, you have both brought this upon yourselves, and please…

refrain from calling me father, as it remains clear that although I have raised you,

biologically you are not of my blood.”

The muffled sobs of Ada filled the room as she hung her head in despair.

“Whether you knew it or not, not only did you seek to destroy the relationship between

myself and my blood daughter you also destroyed the bond of the moon-blessed fated

pairing between Ann and Brad. I am yet to discover just how much you actually knew

about your mother’s deceit over the years and whether or not either of you was

responsible for the severing of my own fated pairing.” He spat furiously.

The room descended into a heavy silence, the only sound was that of Leopold’s

furious breathing rippling through the air until Narcissa’s wild giggling began again.

“You really are pathetic Leopold. All these fanciful charges and you dare to think you

can prise a confession out of me?” Narcissa laughed again, “You’re delusional. You

always have been.”

“Did you sever the bond between myself and my fated mate, Narcissa?” Leopold

growled as Narcissa continued her manic giggling. “Perhaps you should look deep

inside yourself and ask why it is that your wolf has disappeared from your

consciousness, and left you helpless for so many years!” Narcissa hissed furiously,

throwing herself against the side of the cage suddenly, her nails d ragging down the

glass as she glowered at him furiously.

A low murmur rippled around the ranks above, punctuated by shocked gasps at

Narcissa’s words and all Leopold could do was seethe quietly.

“You’re all alone, Leopold.” Narcissa laughed, “Weak, abandoned, broken… why,

even your wolf has deserted you!” Narcissa was clearly reveling in the discomfort that

he was suffering and Leopold’s fists clenched at his side.

“Enough. Answer the question, Narcissa.” He growled through gritted teeth, his eyes

flashing dangerously.

She paused and frowned at the change in his eyes, peering intently through one of

the glass part*itions as she pressed her nose up against it. Leopold glared fiercely

back at her, feeling his fury grow the longer she stared.

“Narcissa, this is your last chance. Don’t make me do something that I don’t want to

do.”

She seemed to come back to her senses at his words and leaned back with a sly grin.

“Why should I change the habit of a lifetime, dearest?” she t*ittered, “I’ve been making

you do things that you didn’t want to for years. If you had been stronger and not so

focused on your human urges, then you could have resisted, but you men are all the

same.” She grinned. “There is nothing in this world that you can do to make me tell

you anything.”

Leopold growled loudly, the vibrations rippling through the room as he struggled with

his anger.

“Then you leave me no choice Narcissa…” he said darkly as he straightened himself

up and squared his shoulders, “By the goddess-given power invested in me through

my bloodline, endowed and recognized by the Royal Elder Council, I, Leopold Veritas

command you to speak only the truth whilst you remain within the boundaries of this

Kingdom.”

Ann turned to Adam with her eyes wide, and he met her gaze with the barest trace of

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It wasn’t common knowledge that the royal line held innate abilities unique to their

bloodline and passed down through the generations to each of their children. Now it

made perfect sense as to why the Elder Council had insisted that her father presides

over the hearing.

Ann wouldn’t yet come into her own abilities until she had been formally inaugurated

as the reigning Alpha Queen. Her father was the only person of royal blood who could

forcibly command Narcissa to speak the truth.

Ann knew a little of the abilities her father held, only through her own extensive private

tutoring that she had been forced to endure as a child when she was confined to the

walls of the palace.

She couldn’t recall a time in history when the royal commands had ever been used on

others in the presence of people outside of the royal circle. It was one of their greatest

kept secrets. This was an incredible occurrence for Adam, Allen, and Lexi most of all,

to witness this in person.

It went someway to quelling her fury at the evasiveness of Narcissa though. With his

use of that command, there was no possible way that Narcissa could talk her way out

of questioning now and Ann was more than ready to hear the truth of what had been

happening all these years.