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

from their burdens they

in front

cleared a path effortlessly before them as

tusks. The unfortunate

enough to move out of their path were

under the

The guard’s eyes flicked across to where

attackers closest to him and saw that

toward the gargantuan beast that

a few of the men closes and immediately

lead as he charged headlong down the gap in the

most dangerous opponent on the field by

could dispatch the most obvious threat

a matter of finishing off the stragglers. The smaller creatures that

of their numbers. His heart pounded loudly

ears, and his breath was beginning to come in

and as they launched their attack against the

in chunks and the beast relatively unbothered by the damage that

be doing, a deep sense of dread

the tiny figures slicing away at his legs and seemed

frown as he lifted his leg and swept

before landing in the middle of a

as they were

The lead guard had managed to avoid the first sweep and roared in

redoubled his efforts.

the magick flew past rapidly now, narrowly

on bringing the beast down

the

attacks, swatting at the

gargantuan arm,

one of the smaller creatures that

second swing to connect violently with the

body. Sending him soaring into the air, before crashing into a broken heap on

his body

The woman’s laughter intensified from within the cage as

them safely to their new

slowly, but surely, whittled down until

silently by the side of the cart, gripping

came to a halt, peering down at

curiously.

you long enough you rotten S*hi*t…’1

casually past him, stepping over the dead

after the tiny figure in

and the driver