Alpha Nocturne's Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 183 Elder Linus

Ann stared at the women who stood silently in front other, herself utterly lost for words. They had

actively sought help from her father and Narcissa and instead of helping them, they had gone straight

to the accused and let him know about the Omega’s allegations?! This was insane!

“How long has this been going on?” Ann asked quietly.

“For around five years now, your highness.”

“It stops now.” Adam growled, “Give me his name and the girls involved.”

The Omega’s looked at each other cautiously, but it was Coral who lifted her head and spoke. “Elder

Linus, your highness. I don’t know about all the girls involved, but these two should be able to give you

the details,” she answered shakily.

Ann nodded and approached her slowly.

“Thank you. I promise that it will be dealt with as soon as we have finished here. Ladies, if you could

give Adam a list of all the girls involved, and anyone else that is implicated in any way, I want to move

on this tonight. I won’t tolerate this sort of behavior, do you understand?”

“Yes, my queen.” The three of them nodded in unison.

Ann’s mouth set in a tight line as she reached out for Coral’s arm and touched it gently. “Now, this isn’t

the ideal time to tell you, but I don’t really have a choice. I didn’t ask you to gather your things to throw

you out as you might have first thought, Coral” Ann continued gently as Coral met her eyes with a

confused expression.

“Eva will be collecting you tomorrow morning, and taking you to stay with her for a week or two in order

to oversee your training,” Ann said with a smile, patting her arm reassuringly.

“My training?” Coral echoed, her brows creased in confusion until suddenly it dawned on her, “Oh my

Goddess, you were serious?”

Ann chuckled.

“I was indeed. When you return, you will be acting as my Personal Assistant within the Enclave. Where

I go, you go and I expect you to keep track of my appointments for me so I don’t miss anything. Eva will

explain it in detail for you.”

Coral stared at her with wide eyes that were quickly filling with unshed tears.

“I honestly don’t know what to say! I really didn’t think you were serious! Thank you, my Queen! I’ll

study hard, I promise!” She gushed gripping hold of Ann’s hands tightly, utterly overwhelmed with the

rapid change that this was going to bring to her life.

Ann patted her hands gently and smiled.

“Things are going to change around here Coral, for everyone. It’s going to be hard, but as long as my

people are behind me, I’ll fight for every last one of them. You’ll stay here tonight Coral, so you know

that you’re safe.” “But…”

“Enough. I won’t hear any arguments. You two will be stationed across the hall from us as well.” Ann

said gesturing towards the two Omegas that stood with Adam. “When we have gathered your

statements, we’ll make sure this is taken care of tonight. After we leave the room, I expect you to stay

inside your own rooms and do not open the door for anyone. Do you understand?”

The Omega’s nodded in agreement as Ann and Adam began making preparations.

Ann was not overly familiar with Elder Linus so she made the decision to call Bartholomew’s office on

the off-chance that he was still squirreled away in there poring over his books.

She was right.

He answered the phone almost instantly, sounding surprised that the phone had rung at all.

“Bartholomew? It’s me, Ann. Don’t say anything yet, are you alone?” she asked hurriedly. “Yes, my

Queen, I was just about to get myself ready to greet the guests. Is everything alright?” “Have they

arrived already?”

“Not yet, but anytime now. The sentries called ahead when they passed the entrance.” Ann swore

internally. She really didn’t want this to happen in front of guests, especially the first time she met

them. It wasn’t the best impression to leave.

“Okay. We don’t have much time then. What can you tell me about Elder Linus?” Bartholomew snorted

derisively at the other end of the phone line.

“Forgive my language my Queen, but I have a deep dislike for the man. I do not trust him as far as I

could throw him, and considering my advanced age and dwindling strength… I’m sure you can

appreciate where I am going with this.”

This was the first time that Ann had ever heard Bartholomew speak ill of anyone. He had always at

least tried to retain a sort of polite disapproval when talking about her father and Narcissa, but she

could almost feel the hatred in his voice as he spoke.

“Where will he be right now?”

“Not that I care, but he will most likely be getting ready to greet Alpha Felix as well, my Queen. Forgive

me, but why the interest out of the blue like this?”

Ann pursed her lips as she explained the situation as quickly as she could to an almost deafening

silence on Bartholomew’s end.

“I’ll summon the Royal guards, my queen,” Bartholomew said in a tone that made the hairs on the back

of her neck stand on end.

“We’ll meet you in the entrance hall, Bartholomew. Wait until we’re there before you move on him,

okay?”

“Yes, my Queen.”

Ann hung up and smiled bitterly to herself. It looked like the clean-up of those that were not worthy to

claim a place in the Enclave was going to start a little sooner than she had intended.

If there was one thing she would make sure of, it was that he would never see the light of day again for

what he had done to these vulnerable women.