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.

winds that made the

and shifters, their landing was flawless and

the secure cages that were fixed on the narrow carts that would

to make the

The wind howled relentlessly as they walked, the environmental sounds

threats from the male inmates,

one of the cages at the back that contained the only

prisoners a*s*signed to this

sudden gust of icy wind buffeted against the

as the carts wavered

now, just a little further look…

a huge mound of…” The driver crooned

beasts, but he was rudely interrupted by a loud snort

from one of

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

them?” He sneered disdainfully as he turned toward the

didn’t want to be

orders from the Enclave itself. Widow’s Ravine was notorious

of unprepared travelers and there were countless tales

complacent having lost their lives

terrain.

then you vastly underestimate the

Ser.” The driver said as he narrowed his eyes

down onto the ground

guard wrinkled his nose in disgust

what

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

The guard spat angrily as

The driver glowered at him, desperately wanting to retort angrily

more and

coax them lovingly in the soothing voice that

they simply wouldn’t take

ground in defiance and

as a thoughtful look descended over his features

ahead with a suspicious

not moving yet, old man.” The guard demanded impatiently, his

boring into

of his words, the driver

the simmering tension that seemed to electrify

“Listen, these girls know these ranges well and if

there that they don’t want to

your knickers in a twist about them coming to a stop isn’t