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

landing

the secure cages that were fixed

to make the final part

as they

and direct verbal threats from the male inmates, and

from one of the cages at the back that contained the

a*s*signed to

sudden gust of icy wind buffeted

they protested loudly as the carts wavered behind them

“Come on now, just a little further look… just over the rise and there’s

a huge mound

beasts, but he was rudely interrupted by a loud snort of

from one of the

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

sneered disdainfully as he turned toward the

obvious that he didn’t want

for the direct orders from the Enclave

the lives of unprepared travelers and there

having lost their lives as they traveled

terrain.

case then you vastly underestimate the intelligence of

driver said as he narrowed his eyes and leaned over the

spitting down

guard wrinkled his nose in disgust and

f****’g hybrid, what would he

“Just get the beast moving again. I’d rather be a moving target than

The guard spat angrily as he warily checked their surroundings

glowered at him, desperately wanting

more and turned back to his animals,

coax them lovingly in the soothing voice that he had used

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

stomped the ground in defiance and snorted as they

his eyes as a thoughtful look descended over his

scanned the terrain ahead with a suspicious

old man.” The guard demanded impatiently, his

boring into the man before

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

tension that seemed to electrify the air around

“Listen, these girls know these ranges well

that’s because there’s something out there that

them coming to