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

landing was

that were fixed on the narrow carts that would

make the final part of

The wind howled relentlessly as they walked,

threats from the male inmates, and the soft sound

one of the cages at the back that contained the only two

prisoners a*s*signed

A sudden gust of icy wind buffeted against the enormous

they protested loudly as the carts wavered behind them in the

“Come on now, just a little further look… just over

you with a huge mound of…” The

beasts, but he was rudely interrupted by a

of

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

He sneered disdainfully as he turned

that he didn’t want to be here, and wouldn’t have been

direct orders from the Enclave itself. Widow’s Ravine

unprepared travelers

complacent having lost their lives as they traveled through

terrain.

think that’s the case then you vastly underestimate the

he narrowed his eyes and leaned

rail, spitting down

in disgust and sneered up at

what would he

the beast moving again. I’d rather be a moving target

spat angrily as he warily checked their

at him, desperately wanting

nothing more

lovingly in the

tried, they simply wouldn’t take another step

defiance and

narrowed his eyes as a thoughtful look descended over his features

ahead

old man.” The guard

into

and the tone of his words, the driver

not to inflame the simmering tension that seemed to electrify the

well and if they’re refusing

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

a twist about them coming to