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

unhooked from their burdens they charged headlong into the fray,

in

path effortlessly before them

wantonly through the air with their tusks. The

weren’t fast enough to move out of

mess under the stampeding of their

guard’s eyes flicked across to where the beasts forced

attackers closest to him and saw

direct path toward the gargantuan beast

the

down the gap in the

most dangerous opponent on the field by

dispatch the most obvious threat on the battlefield quickly,

off the stragglers. The smaller creatures

an issue because of their

his breath was beginning to come

distance and as they launched their attack

in chunks and the beast relatively unbothered

to be doing, a deep sense of dread

creature glanced down at the tiny figures slicing away at

leg and swept it sidewards, knocking 2 of the guard across

above the enemy before landing in the middle of

as they

lead guard had managed to avoid the first sweep and

redoubled his efforts.

past rapidly now, narrowly missing him as the

focus their efforts on bringing the beast down

holes in the body as it began

irritated with their attacks, swatting at

gargantuan

the smaller creatures that had

distracted the guard enough for the second swing to

him soaring into the air, before crashing into a broken

his body now lying

the cage as the elite escort that

been provided to see them safely to their new prison where they would await

surely, whittled down until only one

side of the cart, gripping his concealed

beast lumbered towards him and came to a

curiously.

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

stepping over the dead that now

The beast groaned forlornly as it lumbered after the tiny figure in

and the