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

close to them whether friend or foe. As soon as they had

burdens they charged

in

cleared a path effortlessly before them

with their tusks. The unfortunate victims

enough

trampled into a grotesque mess under the

flicked across to where

him and saw

path toward the gargantuan beast

the men closes and immediately they switched their

down the gap in the ranks of their

the most dangerous opponent on the field by

the most obvious threat on the battlefield quickly, then

a matter of finishing off the

were only an issue because of their numbers. His

to come

within striking distance and as they launched

and the beast relatively unbothered by the damage that

be doing, a deep sense of dread began

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

leg and swept

the enemy before landing in the middle of a large

screaming as they

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

redoubled his efforts.

past rapidly now, narrowly

efforts on

large holes in the body

swatting at the figures as if they were

lazy swing of its gargantuan arm,

with his first shot but one of the

enough for the second swing to connect violently

into the air, before

body

intensified from within the cage as the elite escort that

to

slowly, but surely,

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

and came to a halt, peering down at

curiously.

you long enough you

him, stepping over the dead that now littered the

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

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