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

riders and shifters, their landing

onto the secure cages that were fixed on the

to make the final part

wind howled relentlessly as they

from the male inmates, and the soft

the cages at the back that contained the only

prisoners a*s*signed

buffeted against the enormous beasts

as the carts wavered behind them in the

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

mound of…” The driver crooned as he attempted

he was rudely

from one of the

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

them?” He sneered disdainfully as he turned toward

he didn’t want to

the Enclave itself.

the lives of unprepared travelers and

become complacent having lost their lives as they traveled through

terrain.

“If you think that’s the case then you

narrowed his eyes and leaned over the edge

down onto

nose in disgust and sneered up at the

what would he

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

guard spat angrily as he warily checked their

at him, desperately wanting to retort angrily against

guards prejudice, but he said nothing more and turned back to his animals,

the soothing voice that

he tried, they simply wouldn’t take another step

stomped the ground in defiance and snorted as they tossed their

his eyes as a thoughtful

ahead

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

into the man before

of his words, the driver responded carefully, trying

not to inflame the simmering tension that seemed to electrify the air around

“Listen, these girls know these ranges well

there that they don’t want to be

twist about them coming to a