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.

Despite the howling winds that made the mountain ranges unsafe for even

landing was

onto the secure cages that were fixed on the

to make the final part

as they walked,

threats from the male inmates, and the soft sound

of the cages at the back that contained the only two

prisoners a*s*signed to this

buffeted against the enormous beasts

carts wavered behind them in the strong

look… just over the rise and there’s

with a huge mound of…” The driver crooned

soothe the nervous beasts, but he was

from one of the lead

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

He sneered disdainfully as he

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

orders from the Enclave itself. Widow’s Ravine

claiming the lives of unprepared travelers

lost their

terrain.

“If you think that’s the case then you vastly underestimate the intelligence

narrowed his eyes and leaned over

rail, spitting down onto

guard wrinkled his nose in disgust and sneered

what would

again. I’d rather be a moving

The guard spat angrily as he warily checked

him, desperately wanting to retort angrily against

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

them lovingly in the soothing voice that

However, no matter what he tried, they simply

in defiance and snorted as they tossed

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

ahead with a

not moving yet, old man.”

into

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

simmering tension that seemed to electrify the air

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

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

twist about them coming to a stop isn’t gonna help