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.

Despite the howling winds that made the mountain

landing was

the secure cages that were fixed on the narrow carts

to make the final part

as they walked, the environmental sounds

direct verbal threats from the

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

prisoners a*s*signed to this

icy wind buffeted against the

as the carts wavered behind them in the strong

on now, just a little further look… just over the

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

he was rudely interrupted by a loud

from one of the lead

f**‘**g understand you… why do you waste your

them?” He sneered disdainfully as

didn’t want to

for the direct orders from the Enclave itself. Widow’s Ravine was notorious

the lives of unprepared travelers and there were countless tales of

lost their lives as they traveled

terrain.

case then you

narrowed his

rail, spitting down onto the

wrinkled his nose in disgust and

what would he

“Just get the beast moving again. I’d rather

spat angrily as he warily checked their

glowered at him, desperately wanting to retort angrily against

said nothing more and turned back

coax them lovingly in the soothing voice

no matter what he tried, they simply wouldn’t take

defiance and snorted as they tossed their

driver narrowed his eyes as a thoughtful look descended

the terrain ahead

are they not moving yet, old man.”

into

Ignoring the insult and the tone of

the simmering tension that seemed

well

something out there that they don’t want to

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