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 for even

shifters, their landing was flawless and the

cages that were fixed on the

the

as they walked, the environmental sounds

curses and direct verbal threats from the male inmates, and the soft sound

cages at the

prisoners a*s*signed to this

sudden gust of icy wind buffeted against the enormous beasts

and they protested loudly as the carts wavered behind

look… just over the rise and

you with a huge mound of…” The driver crooned

was rudely interrupted by a

of the lead

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

them?” He sneered disdainfully as he turned toward the

was glaringly obvious that he didn’t want to be here, and

the Enclave itself. Widow’s Ravine

unprepared travelers and there

lost their lives

terrain.

then you vastly underestimate

Ser.” The driver said as he narrowed his eyes and leaned over the edge

spitting down onto the

guard wrinkled his nose in disgust and sneered up

what would he

beast moving again. I’d rather be a

The guard spat angrily as he warily checked their

at him, desperately wanting to

nothing more and turned back to

coax them lovingly in the soothing voice that he

no matter what he tried, they

the ground in defiance

eyes as a thoughtful look descended

terrain ahead with

old man.” The guard

boring into the

tone of his words,

to inflame the simmering tension that seemed to electrify the air around

well and if they’re

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

coming to a