Alpha Nocturne"s Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 152 The Most Dangerous Opponent

The ground beneath them seemed to erupt as vile, twisted creatures emerged as far

as the eye could see, bringing with them a stench that was so overpowering a

mult*itude of hands flew upwards to cover their faces with the masks of their attire as

they gagged violently.

The rotting flesh of the gargantuan beast that seemed to detach itself from the

mountainside rippled disgustingly as it lumbered towards them, vile fluids oozing from

the open sores and dripping down onto the ma*s*s of creatures swarming below it.

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The entire convoy seemed to freeze momentarily in pure, unadulterated terror as the

scene that looked as though it had been ripped straight from a horror movie unfolded

before them.

In seconds, the Enclave’s guards sprung into action. Those that couldn’t shift readied

their weapons and offensive magick as the sound of breaking bones whilst the shifters

changed filled the air. An eerie symphony rippled through the landscape, filled with the

cacophony of grunts and otherworldly shrieks, punctuated by the snap of bones and

hum of magick in the air, the only human sounds were the hastily shouted orders and

the manic laughter that seemed to spring incessantly in their ears.

“With me!” The lead guard roared as he rushed forward, his glaive glinting

dangerously as it arced through the air in a murderous rampage.

The guards rushed forward, engaging the a*s*sailants head-on, the predatory shifters

savaging those that dared to come within reach as bursts of magick were fired

overhead, decimating the ranks of the creatures that swarmed them.

The drivers scrambled down from their positions as the beasts began to panic, lunging

anyone that came close to them whether friend or foe. As soon as they

they charged headlong into

everyone in

cleared a path effortlessly before them as they surged

the air with their tusks. The unfortunate

weren’t fast enough to move out of their path were

mess under the stampeding of their

to where the beasts forced

attackers closest to him and saw that they

the gargantuan beast that lumbered its

He whistled to a few of the men closes and immediately they

he charged headlong down the gap

the most dangerous opponent on

dispatch the most obvious threat on the battlefield quickly, then it

finishing off the stragglers. The smaller

issue because of their numbers. His heart

ears, and his breath was beginning to come in ragged bursts as they finally

striking distance and as they launched their

falling in chunks and the beast relatively unbothered by the

doing, a deep sense of dread began

creature glanced down at the tiny figures slicing away at

swept it sidewards, knocking 2 of the guard across

field, soaring above the enemy before landing in the middle

as

had managed to avoid the first sweep and roared in fury

redoubled his efforts.

The static of the magick flew past rapidly now, narrowly

on bringing

the

with their attacks, swatting at the figures as if they

its gargantuan

with his first shot but one of the smaller creatures that had taken

for the second swing to connect

him soaring into the air, before crashing into a

body now lying

The woman’s laughter intensified from within the cage as

see them safely to

slowly, but surely,

He stood silently by the side of the cart, gripping his concealed

lumbered towards him and came

curiously.

you long enough you

over the dead that now littered the

lumbered after

way to the cages on the cart and the driver looked back at it