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. As soon as they

from their burdens they charged

in front

before them as they surged

with their tusks.

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

trampled into a grotesque mess under the stampeding of their heavy

where the beasts forced their way through as

and saw that they

toward the gargantuan beast

a few of the

charged headlong down the gap in the ranks of

opponent on the

most obvious threat on the battlefield quickly, then

the stragglers.

issue because of their numbers. His

his breath was beginning to come in

within striking distance and as they launched their attack against

chunks and the beast relatively

appeared to be doing, a deep sense of dread began to take

down at the tiny figures slicing away at his

he lifted his leg and swept it sidewards, knocking 2

above the enemy before landing

screaming as they were

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

redoubled his efforts.

The static of the magick flew past

their efforts on bringing the beast down before

holes in the body as it

at the figures

of its gargantuan arm, the enormous monstrosity missed

the smaller creatures that had taken him by

the guard enough for the second swing to connect violently

him soaring into the air, before crashing

body now lying

intensified from within the cage as

provided to see them safely to their new prison where they

slowly, but surely, whittled down

by the side of the cart, gripping his concealed

and came to a halt,

curiously.

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past him, stepping over the dead that now littered the

lumbered after the tiny figure in front

and the driver looked back at it with