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.

howling winds that made the mountain ranges unsafe for even the

and shifters, their landing was flawless and the

that were

the final part of the

wind howled relentlessly as they walked,

and direct verbal threats from the male inmates, and

sobbing from one of the cages at

prisoners a*s*signed to

sudden gust of icy wind buffeted against the enormous beasts that pulled

protested loudly as the carts wavered

look… just

for you with a huge mound of…” The driver crooned as he

was rudely interrupted by a loud snort of

of the lead

know they can’t f**‘**g understand you… why

sneered disdainfully as he turned toward the

that he didn’t want

for the direct orders from the Enclave itself. Widow’s

lives of unprepared travelers and there were countless

become complacent having lost

terrain.

“If you think that’s the case then you vastly underestimate the intelligence of

narrowed his eyes and leaned over the edge

spitting down onto the

wrinkled his nose in disgust and sneered up at

hybrid, what would

moving again. I’d rather be

angrily as he warily checked

The driver glowered at him, desperately wanting to retort angrily against

he said nothing more and turned back to his animals,

lovingly in the soothing voice that he

what he tried, they simply wouldn’t take

they stomped the ground in defiance and snorted as they tossed their

as a thoughtful look descended over his features and

scanned the terrain ahead

are they not moving yet, old

into the man

Ignoring the insult and the tone of his words, the driver

simmering tension that seemed to electrify the air around

“Listen, these girls know these ranges well and if they’re

because there’s something out there that they don’t want to be near.

your knickers in a twist about them coming to a stop isn’t