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

them whether friend or foe.

they charged headlong into the

in front

path effortlessly before them as they surged

with their tusks. The unfortunate victims that

or simply weren’t fast enough to move out

grotesque mess under the stampeding of

The guard’s eyes flicked across to where the

closest to him and

direct path toward the gargantuan beast that lumbered

of the

headlong down the gap in the

most dangerous opponent on the field by

most obvious threat on the battlefield quickly, then it was

matter of finishing off the stragglers. The smaller creatures that

of their

breath was beginning to come in ragged bursts

as they launched

flesh falling in chunks and the beast relatively unbothered by

a deep sense of dread began to

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

and swept it

above the enemy before landing in the middle of a

as they

guard had managed to avoid the first sweep

redoubled his efforts.

past rapidly now, narrowly missing him

users began to focus their efforts on bringing the beast down

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

their attacks, swatting at the figures as

a lazy swing of its gargantuan arm, the enormous monstrosity

the smaller creatures that had taken him by surprise

distracted the guard enough for the second swing to

into the air, before crashing into

floor, his body

within the cage as the elite escort that

been provided to see them safely to their new

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

the

towards him and came

curiously.

you rotten S*hi*t…’1 he

stepping over the dead that now littered the

groaned forlornly as it lumbered after the tiny figure in

the cart and the driver