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

their landing

secure cages that were fixed on

used to make the final part of the

wind howled relentlessly as they walked, the environmental sounds

verbal threats from the male inmates,

of the cages at the back that contained

prisoners a*s*signed to

icy wind buffeted against the enormous beasts that

the carts wavered behind them in the strong

now, just a little further look… just over the rise

a huge mound of…” The driver crooned

was rudely interrupted by a loud snort

one of the lead

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

disdainfully as he turned toward the

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

orders from the Enclave itself. Widow’s Ravine was

unprepared travelers and there were countless tales of

had become complacent having lost their lives as they traveled through

terrain.

then you vastly underestimate

animals, Ser.” The driver said as he narrowed his eyes

rail, spitting down onto the

The guard wrinkled his nose in disgust and sneered up at

hybrid, what would he

I’d rather

spat angrily as he warily

desperately

he said nothing more and turned back

to coax them lovingly in the soothing voice that

matter what he tried, they simply

in defiance and snorted as

his eyes as a thoughtful look descended over his features and

scanned the terrain ahead with a suspicious

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

boring into the

Ignoring the insult and the tone of his words, the

to inflame the simmering tension that seemed to electrify

these girls know these ranges well and if they’re

that they don’t want to be near.

knickers in a twist about them coming to a stop isn’t gonna help either. They