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.

made the mountain ranges unsafe for

landing was flawless and the crates

onto the secure cages that were fixed

to make the final part of the

wind howled relentlessly as they walked, the

from the

sobbing from one of the cages at the

a*s*signed to

wind buffeted

protested loudly as the carts wavered behind them in

a little further look… just over

stall waiting for you with a huge mound of…” The driver crooned

but he was rudely interrupted by

of the lead

you… why do

them?” He sneered disdainfully as he turned toward the

he didn’t want to be here, and

orders from the Enclave itself. Widow’s Ravine

unprepared travelers and there were countless tales of

become complacent having lost their lives as they

terrain.

then you vastly underestimate the

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

the rail, spitting down onto

in disgust and sneered

hybrid, what would

moving again. I’d rather be a

The guard spat angrily as he warily checked

driver glowered at him, desperately wanting to

said nothing more and turned back to

to coax them lovingly in the soothing

matter what he tried, they

defiance and snorted

a thoughtful look

scanned the terrain ahead with a

they not moving yet, old man.”

into the man

tone of his words, the driver responded carefully,

inflame the simmering tension that seemed to electrify the

“Listen, these girls know these ranges well and if

there’s something out there that they

coming to a stop isn’t gonna help either.