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 ranges unsafe for even the

and shifters, their landing was flawless and the crates

onto the secure cages that were fixed

the final part of the

wind howled relentlessly as they walked, the

threats from the

cages at the

a*s*signed to this

sudden gust of icy wind buffeted

protested loudly as the carts wavered behind them in

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

a huge mound of…” The driver crooned as he attempted

but he was rudely interrupted by a loud snort

of

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

He sneered disdainfully as he

obvious that he didn’t want to be here, and wouldn’t have been if

from the Enclave itself. Widow’s Ravine was notorious

the lives of unprepared travelers and

lost their lives as they

terrain.

that’s the case then you vastly underestimate the intelligence

Ser.” The driver said as he narrowed

spitting down onto the ground

in

hybrid, what would

get the beast moving again. I’d rather be

The guard spat angrily as he warily checked their

The driver glowered at him, desperately wanting to retort

guards prejudice, but he said nothing more and turned

coax them lovingly in the soothing voice that he

tried, they simply

stomped the ground in defiance and snorted as

a thoughtful

terrain ahead

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

into

the insult and the tone of his words, the driver responded

tension that seemed to electrify the air around

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

there’s something out there that they don’t want

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