Alpha Nocturne"s Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 151 Shipping Convicts

The wind howled through the mountain passes as the ominous storm clouds scudded

overhead, the threat of them dumping their heavy load over the convoy below was

ever-present as the guards walked in silence at the side of their dangerous cargo.

Each one of them knew the dire threat that they had been charged with keeping

subdued, and they were acutely aware of the fate that awaited them if anything went

wrong.

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The Iron cage rattled over stones and boulders as the heavy guard scanned the

dangerous terrain all around them as if expecting a threat to appear at any second.

The Elders of the Royal Enclave had wasted no time in preparing and shipping these

convicts off to their final destination.

As soon as the verdicts had been announced, the two female figures, one

unrepentant and defiant, the other sobbing and defeated as she clutched her swollen

belly protectively, had been unceremoniously hauled away and bundled together in a

high-security convoy with other condemned inmates destined for the Containment

facility in the desolate

Northern Tips mountain range.

So far, everything had gone smoothly. The individual crates that held the condemned

were loaded onto the transport and secured tightly.

The Dragon flew with escorts on either side and the smaller wyverns with riders

backed them up from the air in case of any foul play.

The flight from the enclave took roughly an hour and a half and they landed without

incident at the outpost that guarded the entrance to the ravine they would have to

traverse on foot.

the howling winds that made the mountain ranges unsafe

riders and shifters, their landing was flawless and the crates

unloaded onto the secure cages that were fixed on the

the final

The wind howled relentlessly as they walked, the

direct verbal threats from the

the cages at the back that contained the only

a*s*signed

gust of icy wind buffeted against the enormous beasts

the carts wavered behind them

look… just over the rise and there’s

stall waiting for you with a huge mound of…” The

he was rudely interrupted by a loud snort of

of the lead

you…

them?” He sneered disdainfully as he turned toward

want to be here, and wouldn’t have been if

from the Enclave itself.

the lives of unprepared travelers and there were countless tales of

that had become complacent having lost their lives as they

terrain.

“If you think that’s the case then

narrowed his eyes and

down onto the ground

in disgust and

hybrid, what

beast moving again. I’d rather be

as he warily checked their surroundings

him, desperately

he said nothing more and turned back to his

in the soothing

matter what he tried, they simply wouldn’t

ground in defiance and snorted as they tossed

The driver narrowed his eyes as a thoughtful look descended over his

scanned the terrain ahead with a

not moving yet, old man.” The guard demanded

into the man before

and the tone of

simmering tension

these girls know these ranges well and

out there that they don’t want to be

knickers in a twist about them coming to a stop isn’t gonna help either. They