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.

their burdens they charged headlong

in

before them

their tusks. The unfortunate victims that were either

attention or simply weren’t fast enough to

under the stampeding of their

flicked across to where the beasts forced their way through

attackers closest to him and

beast that lumbered its

few of the men closes and

down the gap in the ranks of

the most dangerous opponent on

could dispatch the most obvious threat on the battlefield quickly,

a matter of finishing off the stragglers. The smaller

because of their numbers. His heart

to come in ragged bursts as they finally

striking distance and as they launched their attack against the

in chunks and the beast relatively unbothered by the

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

creature glanced down at the tiny figures slicing

leg and swept it sidewards, knocking 2 of the guard

before landing in

as

lead guard had managed to avoid the first sweep and roared

redoubled his efforts.

past rapidly now,

to focus their efforts on bringing the beast down before

the body as it began to become

their attacks, swatting at the figures as if they were

its gargantuan arm,

shot but one of the smaller

the guard enough for the second swing

air, before crashing into a broken heap

floor, his body now lying

intensified from within the cage as the elite escort that

them safely to their new prison where they

death sentences was slowly, but surely, whittled down until

stood silently by the side of the cart,

lumbered towards him and came to a halt, peering

curiously.

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

over the dead

as it lumbered after the tiny figure in front

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