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 unsafe for even

experienced riders and shifters, their landing was flawless and the crates

the secure cages that were fixed on the narrow carts that

make the final part

as they walked, the environmental

by curses and direct verbal threats from the

from one of the cages at the back that contained the only two

a*s*signed

of icy wind buffeted against the

carts

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

mound of…” The driver crooned as he attempted

was rudely interrupted by a loud snort

of the lead

understand you… why do

as he turned

didn’t want to be here, and wouldn’t

for the direct orders from the Enclave itself. Widow’s Ravine

the lives of unprepared travelers and there were countless tales

lost their lives as they

terrain.

then

said as he narrowed his eyes and leaned

rail, spitting down

his nose in disgust and sneered

hybrid, what

moving again. I’d rather

guard spat angrily as he warily checked their surroundings

desperately wanting to retort angrily

he said nothing more and turned back

lovingly in the

he tried, they simply

in defiance and snorted as they tossed their

narrowed his eyes as a thoughtful look descended over

terrain ahead

moving yet, old man.” The guard demanded impatiently,

gaze boring into

the insult and the tone of

simmering tension that

girls know these ranges well and if they’re refusing to

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

a twist about them coming to a stop isn’t gonna