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

came close to them whether friend or foe. As soon as they

unhooked from their burdens they charged headlong into

in

before them as they surged forward,

the air with their tusks. The unfortunate victims that were

fast enough to move

a grotesque mess under the

The guard’s eyes flicked across to where

and saw that they were effectively making

path toward the gargantuan beast that lumbered its way

a few of the men closes

lead as he charged headlong down the gap in the

the most dangerous opponent on the

most obvious threat

finishing off the stragglers. The smaller

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

was beginning to

striking distance and as they launched their attack against

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

a deep sense of dread

down at the tiny figures slicing away at his legs and seemed

as he lifted his leg and swept it

enemy before landing in the middle of a large group

screaming as they were

to avoid the first sweep and roared in fury as

redoubled his efforts.

static of the magick flew past rapidly now, narrowly missing him as

efforts on bringing the beast down

holes in the body as

attacks, swatting at the figures as if

a lazy swing of its gargantuan arm, the enormous monstrosity

but one of the smaller creatures that had taken him by

for the second swing to connect

the air,

body now

from within the cage as the

provided to see them safely to

was slowly, but surely, whittled down until

silently by the side of the cart, gripping his concealed

beast lumbered towards him and came

curiously.

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

the dead that

groaned forlornly as it lumbered after the

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