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

landing was flawless

unloaded onto the secure cages that were fixed on the narrow

the

howled relentlessly as they walked,

verbal threats from the

from one of the cages at the back that contained the only

a*s*signed

buffeted against

as the carts wavered behind them in the

now, just a little further look… just

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

soothe the nervous beasts, but he was rudely interrupted

from one of the

f**‘**g understand you… why

as he turned toward

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

from the Enclave

lives of unprepared travelers

had become complacent having lost their lives as they traveled through

terrain.

“If you think that’s the case then

animals, Ser.” The driver said as he narrowed

the rail, spitting down

wrinkled his nose in disgust

f****’g hybrid, what would he

again. I’d rather be a moving target than a

as

him, desperately

nothing more and turned back to his

coax them lovingly in the soothing voice that

However, no matter what he tried, they simply wouldn’t take another

defiance and snorted as

The driver narrowed his eyes as a thoughtful look

terrain ahead with a

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

boring into the man before

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

the simmering tension that seemed to

these ranges well

there’s something out there that they

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