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 mountain ranges unsafe for even

their landing was flawless and the

that were fixed on the narrow

make the final part of

howled relentlessly as they walked, the environmental sounds

and direct verbal threats from the male inmates, and the soft

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

a*s*signed to this

buffeted against

they protested loudly as the carts

just a little further look… just over the rise

a huge mound of…” The driver crooned as

soothe the nervous beasts, but he was rudely interrupted by a

of the lead

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

them?” He sneered disdainfully as

glaringly obvious that he didn’t want to

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

the lives of unprepared travelers and there were countless tales

having lost their lives as they traveled through

terrain.

“If you think that’s the case then

The driver said as he narrowed his eyes and leaned

spitting down

in disgust and sneered up at

hybrid, what

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

The guard spat angrily as

The driver glowered at him, desperately wanting to

but he said nothing more and

lovingly in the soothing voice that he

matter what he tried, they simply wouldn’t

ground in defiance and snorted as they

his eyes as a thoughtful look

ahead with

moving yet, old man.” The

boring into the man before

insult and the tone of his

to inflame the simmering tension that seemed to electrify the

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

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

twist about them coming to a stop isn’t gonna help either.