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

their landing was flawless and the crates were

cages that were fixed on the narrow

the final part

The wind howled relentlessly as they walked,

verbal threats from the

cages at the back that

a*s*signed to

of icy wind buffeted against the

protested loudly as the carts wavered behind them in the strong

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

you with a huge mound of…” The driver crooned as he

he was rudely interrupted by a loud

of

understand you… why do

disdainfully as

that he didn’t want to be here, and wouldn’t

direct orders from the Enclave itself.

travelers

lost their lives

terrain.

then you vastly underestimate

narrowed his eyes and

rail, spitting down onto

The guard wrinkled his nose in disgust and sneered up

f****’g hybrid, what would he

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

guard spat angrily as he warily checked their surroundings

him, desperately

guards prejudice, but he said nothing more and turned back

to coax them lovingly in the soothing voice that he

no matter what he tried, they simply wouldn’t take another step forward

they stomped the ground in defiance

The driver narrowed his eyes as a thoughtful look descended over his features and

scanned the terrain ahead with

“Why are they not moving yet, old man.” The

gaze boring into the

Ignoring the insult and the tone of his words,

to inflame the simmering tension that seemed

“Listen, these girls know these ranges well and

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

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