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

anyone that came close to them whether friend

from their burdens they charged headlong into the fray,

in front

before

tusks. The

fast enough to move out

mess under the stampeding

to where the beasts

attackers closest to him and

direct path toward the gargantuan beast that lumbered its

few of the men closes and immediately

down the gap in the ranks of

toward the most dangerous opponent on the field by

obvious threat on the battlefield quickly, then

matter of finishing off the stragglers. The smaller

an issue because of their numbers. His heart pounded

his breath was beginning to

distance and as they launched their attack against the

and the beast relatively unbothered by the damage that

deep sense of dread began to

at the tiny figures slicing away at his legs and

leg and swept

before landing

screaming as they were

to avoid the first sweep and roared in fury

redoubled his efforts.

of the magick flew past rapidly now, narrowly

their efforts on bringing

creating large holes in the body as it began to

with their attacks, swatting at the figures as if they

its gargantuan arm, the enormous monstrosity missed

first shot but one of the smaller creatures that had taken him

second swing to connect violently with the

Sending him soaring into the air, before

body

the cage as

to their new prison where they

slowly, but surely, whittled

by the side of the cart,

and came to

curiously.

you rotten S*hi*t…’1 he grumbled

him, stepping over the dead that now littered the

it lumbered after the tiny figure in front as they

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