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.

that made the

their landing

cages that were fixed on the narrow carts that

the final part of

wind howled relentlessly as they walked, the environmental

and direct verbal threats from the male inmates, and the

of the cages at

a*s*signed to

icy wind buffeted

as the carts wavered behind them in

look… just over

huge mound

was rudely

one of

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

He sneered disdainfully as he turned toward the

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

the

unprepared travelers and there were countless tales of

that had become complacent having lost their lives as they traveled

terrain.

you think that’s the case then you vastly

driver said as he narrowed

the rail, spitting down onto the ground

wrinkled his nose in disgust

hybrid, what would

get the beast moving again. I’d rather be a

spat angrily as he warily

desperately

guards prejudice, but he said nothing more and turned

the soothing

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

in defiance and snorted as they tossed their

driver narrowed his eyes as a thoughtful look descended over his features

the terrain ahead with a

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

boring into the

tone of his words, the driver responded carefully, trying

inflame the simmering tension that seemed to electrify the

these ranges well and if they’re

there’s something out there that they don’t

coming to a stop isn’t gonna help either.