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

burdens they

everyone in front of

a path effortlessly before

their tusks. The

paying attention or simply weren’t fast enough

into a grotesque mess under the stampeding of their

The guard’s eyes flicked across to where

dispatched the attackers closest to him and saw that they were effectively

direct path toward the gargantuan beast that lumbered

to a few of the

lead as he charged headlong down the gap in the ranks of their

most dangerous opponent

could dispatch the most obvious threat on

off the stragglers. The

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

his breath was beginning to come in ragged bursts as

striking distance and as they launched their attack against the rotting

in chunks and the beast

to be doing, a deep sense of dread began to

at the tiny figures slicing away at

and swept it sidewards, knocking 2 of the

soaring above the enemy before landing in the middle of a

screaming as they were

the first sweep

redoubled his efforts.

of the magick flew past rapidly now, narrowly

on bringing the beast down before

the body as it

irritated with their attacks, swatting at the figures as

a lazy swing of its gargantuan arm, the

shot but one of the smaller

distracted the guard enough for the second swing to connect violently with

into the air, before crashing into

floor, his body now

intensified from within the cage

to see them safely to their new

was slowly, but surely, whittled down until only one

silently by the side of the cart, gripping his concealed dagger tightly

and came to a halt, peering

curiously.

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casually past him, stepping over the dead

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

the cages on the cart and the driver looked back at it