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

experienced riders and shifters, their landing was flawless and

were fixed on the narrow carts that would

to make the

The wind howled relentlessly as they walked,

verbal threats from the male inmates, and the

from one of the cages at the back that contained

prisoners a*s*signed to this

of icy wind buffeted against the enormous beasts that

loudly as the carts wavered behind

now, just a little further look…

huge mound of…” The driver crooned as he

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

of the lead

you…

as he turned toward the

that he didn’t want

from the Enclave itself. Widow’s Ravine was notorious

unprepared travelers and there were countless tales of

had become complacent having lost their lives

terrain.

you think that’s the case then you vastly underestimate the

said as he narrowed his eyes

rail, spitting down onto the

The guard wrinkled his nose in disgust and sneered

hybrid, what

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

The guard spat angrily as he warily

The driver glowered at him, desperately wanting to retort angrily against the

prejudice, but he said nothing more and turned back to

lovingly in the soothing voice that he

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

ground in defiance and snorted as they tossed their

as a thoughtful look descended over his

terrain ahead

old man.”

into the man

and the tone of his words, the driver

inflame the simmering tension that seemed to electrify the

these ranges well and if they’re refusing

out there that they

about them coming to a stop isn’t gonna help