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

burdens they charged headlong into

everyone in

before them as

air with their tusks. The unfortunate

paying attention or simply weren’t fast enough to move

trampled into a grotesque mess under the

guard’s eyes flicked across to where the

attackers closest to him and

path toward the gargantuan beast that lumbered its

to a few of the men closes and immediately they switched

following his lead as he charged headlong down the gap in

the most dangerous opponent on the

the most obvious threat on the battlefield quickly,

matter of finishing off the

only an issue because of their numbers. His heart

and his breath was beginning to come in ragged bursts as they

as they launched their attack

in chunks and the beast relatively unbothered by the

to be doing, a deep sense

the tiny figures slicing away at

lifted his leg and swept

before landing in the

as

lead guard had managed to avoid the first sweep

redoubled his efforts.

static of the magick flew past

to focus their efforts on

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

attacks, swatting at the

of its gargantuan

the smaller creatures that had taken him

for the second

soaring into the air, before crashing into a broken

his body now lying

the cage

provided to see them safely to their

slowly, but surely, whittled

He stood silently by the side of the cart,

and came

curiously.

long enough you rotten

casually past him, stepping over the dead that

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

on the cart and the driver looked