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

experienced riders and shifters, their landing was flawless and

secure cages that were fixed

used to make the final part of

The wind howled relentlessly as they walked, the environmental sounds

by curses and direct verbal threats from the male inmates, and the

at the back that contained the

a*s*signed

sudden gust of icy wind buffeted

loudly as the carts wavered behind them in the strong

further look… just over the rise and

a huge mound

beasts, but he was rudely interrupted by a

of the lead

can’t f**‘**g understand you… why do

He sneered disdainfully as he turned toward the

didn’t want to be here,

wasn’t for the direct orders from the Enclave itself. Widow’s Ravine

lives of unprepared travelers and there were countless tales of

having lost

terrain.

then you vastly

narrowed his eyes and leaned over the edge

the rail, spitting down onto the ground

in disgust

what

I’d rather be a moving target than

guard spat angrily as he warily

driver glowered at him, desperately wanting to retort angrily against the

he said nothing more and

in the

tried, they

stomped the ground in defiance and snorted

as a thoughtful

ahead

old man.” The guard demanded

gaze boring into

insult and the tone of his words, the driver

the simmering tension that seemed to electrify

know these ranges well and if they’re refusing

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

your knickers in a twist about them coming to