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

whether friend or foe. As soon as they had

they charged headlong into the fray,

in

before them as they

tusks. The unfortunate victims

fast enough to

trampled into a grotesque mess under the stampeding of

The guard’s eyes flicked across to where the beasts forced their way through as

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

toward the gargantuan beast that lumbered

the men closes and

as he charged headlong down the gap in the

opponent on the field by

threat on the battlefield

a matter of finishing off the stragglers. The

issue because of

breath was beginning to

within striking distance and as they launched their attack against the

flesh falling in chunks and the beast relatively unbothered by the damage

to be doing, a deep sense of dread began to

down at the tiny figures slicing

as he lifted his leg and swept it sidewards, knocking 2 of the

landing

as

the first

redoubled his efforts.

of the magick flew past rapidly now,

their efforts on bringing the beast down before them,

efforts creating large holes in the body as it began to become

their attacks, swatting at

of its gargantuan

shot but one of the smaller creatures that

the second swing

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

floor, his body now

The woman’s laughter intensified from within the cage as

to their new prison where they would await

surely,

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

came to a halt, peering

curiously.

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

past him, stepping over the dead

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

and the driver