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 mountain

their landing was flawless and

onto the secure cages that were fixed on the

make the final part

howled relentlessly as they walked,

verbal threats from

at

prisoners a*s*signed

A sudden gust of icy wind buffeted against

they protested loudly as the carts wavered behind them in the

“Come on now, just a little further look… just over the rise and there’s a

mound of…” The driver crooned as

nervous beasts, but he was rudely interrupted by

one of

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

He sneered disdainfully as he turned

obvious that he didn’t want

direct orders from the Enclave itself. Widow’s Ravine

claiming the lives of unprepared travelers and there were countless tales

become complacent having lost their

terrain.

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

he narrowed his eyes and leaned over

rail, spitting down onto the

The guard wrinkled his nose in

what would

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

as

driver glowered at him, desperately wanting

prejudice, but he said nothing more and turned

coax them lovingly in the

he tried, they simply wouldn’t take another

they stomped the ground in defiance and snorted as they

eyes as a thoughtful look descended

scanned the terrain ahead with a suspicious

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

boring into the

insult and the tone of

to inflame the simmering tension that seemed to electrify the air around

girls know these ranges well and if they’re

because there’s something out there that they don’t want to be near.

your knickers in a twist about them coming to