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 or foe. As

from their burdens they charged headlong

in

effortlessly before them as they

air with their tusks. The unfortunate victims that

enough to move out of

a grotesque mess under the stampeding of their

to where the beasts forced their way through

attackers closest to him and

gargantuan beast that lumbered

to a few of the men closes and immediately they switched

headlong down the gap in the ranks

most dangerous opponent on

threat on the battlefield quickly, then it

off the stragglers. The

were only an issue because of their

beginning to come in

striking distance and as they launched their attack against the rotting

beast relatively unbothered by

deep sense of dread

at the tiny figures slicing away at

frown as he lifted his leg and swept it sidewards, knocking

the enemy before landing in the middle of a

screaming as

had managed to avoid the

redoubled his efforts.

past rapidly now, narrowly missing him as

focus their efforts on bringing the beast down before them,

creating large holes in the

attacks, swatting at the

gargantuan arm, the enormous monstrosity missed the

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

for the second swing to

him soaring into the air, before crashing into

his body now lying

laughter intensified from within the cage as the elite

to their new prison

slowly, but surely, whittled down until only one driver

stood silently by the side of the cart, gripping

beast lumbered towards him and came to a halt, peering

curiously.

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

casually past him, stepping over the dead that now littered

lumbered after the tiny figure

cart and the driver looked back at it with a