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

came close to them whether friend or foe.

unhooked from their burdens they charged headlong into

everyone in front of

path effortlessly before them as they surged forward, tossing

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

fast enough to move out of their path

under the stampeding of

The guard’s eyes flicked across to where the beasts forced

to him and saw that they

toward the gargantuan beast that lumbered

the

his lead as he charged headlong down the gap in the ranks

opponent on the field

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

matter of finishing off the stragglers. The smaller creatures that swarmed

an issue because of their numbers. His heart

was beginning to come in ragged

as they launched their attack

and the beast relatively unbothered by the damage

be doing, a deep sense of dread

at the tiny figures slicing away at his

leg and swept

before landing

as

managed to avoid the first sweep and roared

redoubled his efforts.

flew past rapidly now,

users began to focus their efforts on bringing

holes in the body as it began to become

with their attacks, swatting at the figures as

of its gargantuan arm, the

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

enough for the second swing to connect violently with

air, before crashing into a broken

floor, his body now lying

from within the cage

them safely to their new prison

slowly, but surely, whittled

by the side of the cart, gripping his concealed dagger tightly as

lumbered towards him and came to a

curiously.

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

casually past him, stepping over the dead that now littered

beast groaned forlornly as it lumbered after the tiny figure in front

the cart and the driver looked back at it with