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 mountain

experienced riders and shifters, their landing was flawless

the secure cages that were

the

The wind howled relentlessly as they walked, the environmental sounds

by curses and direct verbal threats from the male

the cages at the back that contained the

prisoners a*s*signed to

icy wind buffeted against the enormous beasts

they protested loudly as the carts wavered behind them in the

little further look… just

stall waiting for you with a huge mound

but he was rudely interrupted

of the lead

they can’t f**‘**g understand you…

as he turned

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

for the direct orders from the Enclave

unprepared travelers and there were

that had become complacent having lost their lives as they

terrain.

then

he narrowed

the rail, spitting down onto the ground

nose in disgust and sneered up at

f****’g hybrid, what would

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

angrily as he warily checked their

him, desperately wanting to retort angrily against the

more and turned back to his

to coax them lovingly in the soothing voice that

what he tried, they simply wouldn’t take

stomped the ground in defiance and snorted as they tossed

his eyes as a thoughtful look descended over

the terrain ahead with a

are they not moving yet, old man.” The guard demanded

gaze boring into the man before

of his words, the

the simmering tension that

well

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

knickers in a twist about them coming to a