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

them whether friend or foe. As soon as they

from their burdens they charged headlong into the

everyone in

before

the air with their tusks.

weren’t fast enough to move out of their

under the stampeding

flicked across to where the beasts forced their way

him and saw that they were effectively making

beast that lumbered its way toward

of the

following his lead as he charged headlong down the gap in the

dangerous opponent on the field by

obvious threat on the

off the stragglers. The smaller creatures that swarmed

only an issue because of their numbers. His heart pounded loudly

was beginning to come in ragged bursts

within striking distance and as they launched their attack against the rotting

falling in chunks and the beast

appeared to be doing, a deep

the tiny figures slicing away at his

he lifted his leg and swept it sidewards,

field, soaring above the enemy before landing in the middle of a large

screaming as

had managed to avoid the first sweep

redoubled his efforts.

flew past

their efforts on bringing the

efforts creating large holes in the

their attacks, swatting at the figures

of its gargantuan arm, the enormous monstrosity missed the

with his first shot but one of the smaller creatures that

guard enough for the second

into the air, before crashing into a broken

body now lying

within the cage as the

them safely to their new prison

slowly, but surely, whittled down until only one

side of the cart,

came to a halt,

curiously.

enough you rotten S*hi*t…’1 he

over the dead that now

forlornly as it lumbered after the tiny figure in front

and the driver looked back at it