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.

the howling winds that made the

experienced riders and shifters, their landing was flawless and

that were fixed on the

make the final

relentlessly as they walked, the environmental

by curses and direct verbal threats from the male inmates, and the

one of the cages at the

a*s*signed to

of icy wind buffeted

loudly as the carts wavered behind

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

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

he was

of

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

He sneered disdainfully as he turned toward

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

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

the lives of unprepared travelers and there were countless tales of

that had become complacent having lost their lives as they traveled

terrain.

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

The driver said as he narrowed his eyes and leaned

rail, spitting down

in

what

moving again. I’d rather

guard spat angrily as he warily checked their surroundings

him, desperately wanting to retort

said nothing more and

to coax them lovingly in the soothing voice that he had

tried, they simply wouldn’t take another

in defiance

his eyes as a thoughtful look descended over his features

ahead with a suspicious

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

into the

of his words, the driver responded

not to inflame the simmering tension that seemed to electrify the

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

that they don’t

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