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.

that made the mountain ranges unsafe for even the

their landing

unloaded onto the secure cages that were fixed

used to make the final part of the

The wind howled relentlessly as they walked,

verbal threats from the

cages at the back

prisoners a*s*signed to

A sudden gust of icy wind buffeted against the enormous beasts that

carts wavered behind them

little further look… just over the rise and

huge mound of…”

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

from one of

you… why

sneered disdainfully as

It was glaringly obvious that he didn’t want to be here,

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

travelers and there were countless tales of

that had become complacent having lost their

terrain.

case then you vastly underestimate the

The driver said as he narrowed his eyes and leaned over

rail, spitting down onto the ground

The guard wrinkled his nose in disgust

hybrid, what

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

spat angrily as he warily

at him, desperately wanting to retort

guards prejudice, but he said nothing more

to coax them lovingly in the soothing voice that he had used

tried, they simply wouldn’t take another

in defiance and

a thoughtful look descended over his features

ahead

“Why are they not moving yet, old

boring into the man before

tone of his words, the driver

to inflame the simmering tension that

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

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

knickers in a twist about them coming to a stop isn’t