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

that came close to them whether friend

unhooked from their burdens they charged headlong into the fray,

in front

They cleared a path effortlessly before them as they surged forward,

the air with their tusks. The unfortunate victims that were either

paying attention or simply weren’t fast enough to move out of their path

trampled into a grotesque mess under the

across to where the beasts forced their way through

to him and

gargantuan beast that

few of the men closes and immediately

down

opponent on

could dispatch the most obvious threat on the battlefield quickly, then

a matter of finishing off the stragglers. The smaller creatures

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

and his breath was beginning to come in ragged bursts as

striking distance and as they launched their attack against

in chunks and the beast relatively unbothered by

doing, a deep

down at the tiny figures slicing away at his legs

his leg and swept it sidewards, knocking 2 of the guard

landing

screaming as

to avoid the first sweep and roared in

redoubled his efforts.

the magick flew past rapidly now, narrowly missing

efforts on bringing the beast down before

large holes in the body as it began

attacks, swatting at the figures as

gargantuan arm,

shot but one of the smaller creatures that had taken

enough for the second swing to connect

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

floor, his body now lying

laughter intensified from within the cage as the elite

to their new prison where

sentences was slowly, but surely, whittled down until only

silently by the side of the cart, gripping his concealed

lumbered towards him and came to

curiously.

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

him, stepping over the dead

as it lumbered after the tiny figure in front as they

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