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 foe.

from their burdens they

in front of

effortlessly before them as they surged forward, tossing

wantonly through the air with their tusks. The unfortunate victims that

attention or simply weren’t fast enough to move out

into a grotesque mess under the stampeding of

flicked across to where the

to him and saw

toward the gargantuan beast that lumbered

of the men

headlong down the gap in the ranks of their

most dangerous opponent on the field

most obvious threat on the battlefield quickly,

finishing off the stragglers.

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

to come in ragged bursts as they

they

the beast relatively unbothered by the damage that

doing, a deep

creature glanced down at the tiny figures slicing

swept it sidewards, knocking 2 of the guard across

field, soaring above the enemy before landing in the middle of a large

as they were

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

redoubled his efforts.

past rapidly now, narrowly missing him

on

in the

at the figures as if

of its gargantuan arm, the enormous monstrosity missed

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

the guard enough for the second swing to connect violently with

into the air, before crashing into a broken heap on

floor, his body now

within the cage

to see them safely to their new prison

death sentences was slowly, but surely, whittled down until only one driver

the side of the cart, gripping his concealed dagger tightly

gargantuan beast lumbered towards him and came to

curiously.

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

the dead that now

as it lumbered after the tiny figure

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