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

to them whether friend or foe. As

burdens they charged headlong into the fray,

in front of

before them as they surged forward, tossing

the air with their tusks. The

attention or simply weren’t fast enough to move

grotesque mess under the stampeding of

flicked across to where the beasts forced their way through

to him and saw

toward the gargantuan beast that lumbered its way toward

the men closes and

headlong down

toward the most dangerous opponent on

could dispatch the most obvious threat on the battlefield quickly,

matter of finishing off the stragglers.

of their numbers. His heart pounded

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

as they launched their attack

chunks and the beast relatively unbothered by the

deep sense of dread

tiny figures slicing away at his

lifted his leg and swept it sidewards,

before landing in the middle of a

screaming as they were

guard had managed to avoid the first sweep and roared in fury as

redoubled his efforts.

of the magick flew past

on bringing the beast down before them,

the body as

irritated with their attacks, swatting at the figures as if

of its gargantuan arm, the enormous monstrosity missed

first shot but one of the smaller creatures

the second

him soaring into the air, before crashing into a broken heap

his body now lying

The woman’s laughter intensified from within the cage as the

see them safely to their new prison where they

sentences was slowly, but surely, whittled

of the cart, gripping

gargantuan beast lumbered towards him and came to a

curiously.

you long enough you rotten S*hi*t…’1 he grumbled as he

him, stepping over the dead that now littered

lumbered after

and