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 ranges unsafe for even the

landing was flawless and the

onto the secure cages that were fixed on the

to make the

relentlessly as they walked,

threats from the male inmates, and

one of the cages at

a*s*signed to

buffeted against the enormous

protested loudly as the carts wavered behind them in

a little further look… just over the

for you with a huge mound of…” The

the nervous beasts, but he was rudely interrupted by a loud snort of

of

understand you… why do you waste

He sneered disdainfully as he turned toward the

didn’t want to be here, and

the Enclave itself. Widow’s

unprepared travelers and there were countless tales

lost their lives as they traveled

terrain.

think that’s the case then you vastly underestimate

driver said as he narrowed his eyes

down onto the ground

guard wrinkled his nose in disgust

what would

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

angrily as

glowered at him, desperately wanting to

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

the soothing voice that he had

what he tried, they simply wouldn’t take another step

they stomped the ground in defiance and snorted as they tossed their

narrowed his eyes as a thoughtful look descended

terrain ahead with

yet, old man.” The guard demanded

into the man before

insult and the tone of

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

girls know these ranges well and if they’re refusing

something out there that they don’t want to be

them coming to a stop