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

at anyone that came close to them whether friend or

unhooked from their burdens they charged headlong into the fray,

in front

a path effortlessly before them as they surged forward,

wantonly through the air with their tusks. The unfortunate victims

or simply weren’t fast enough to move out

grotesque mess under the stampeding of

across to where the beasts

to him and

toward the gargantuan beast that lumbered its

few of the

following his lead as he charged headlong down the gap

most dangerous opponent

obvious threat on the

off the stragglers. The

issue because of

his breath was beginning to come

distance and as they launched

beast relatively

be doing, a deep sense of

The creature glanced down at the tiny figures slicing away

leg and swept it

before landing in the

as

managed to avoid the first sweep and roared in

redoubled his efforts.

static of the magick flew past

focus their efforts on bringing the

the body as it began to become

swatting at the

swing of its gargantuan

but one of the smaller creatures

second

him soaring into the air, before crashing into a broken

floor, his body

the cage as

to their new prison where they would await

but surely, whittled down until only one driver

side of the cart, gripping his concealed dagger tightly

lumbered towards him and came to a halt,

curiously.

you rotten S*hi*t…’1 he grumbled

stepping over the dead that now littered

after the

cart and the driver