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

riders and shifters, their landing was flawless and the crates were

cages that were fixed on the narrow

used to make the

as they walked, the environmental sounds

from the male inmates, and the

cages at the back that contained the only

a*s*signed to

icy wind buffeted against the enormous beasts that pulled the

the carts wavered behind them in

a little further look… just over the rise and there’s

mound of…” The driver crooned as

nervous beasts, but he was

one of the lead

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

them?” He sneered disdainfully as he turned toward the

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

wasn’t for the direct orders from the Enclave itself. Widow’s Ravine

travelers

that had become complacent having lost their lives as they

terrain.

the case then

he narrowed his eyes and

spitting down onto the

wrinkled his nose in disgust and sneered

hybrid, what would

beast moving again. I’d rather be a moving target than a sitting

The guard spat angrily as he warily checked their surroundings

desperately wanting to retort angrily

guards prejudice, but he said nothing more

in the soothing voice that

no matter what he tried, they simply wouldn’t

in defiance and snorted as they tossed their

The driver narrowed his eyes as a thoughtful look descended

ahead with

yet, old man.” The guard

gaze boring into

tone of his words, the driver responded

inflame the simmering tension that seemed to electrify the air around

know these ranges well and if

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

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