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

burdens they charged

everyone in front

path effortlessly before them as they

with their tusks. The

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

into a grotesque mess under the

The guard’s eyes flicked across to where the beasts

closest to him and

the gargantuan beast that lumbered

a few of the men closes and immediately

headlong down the gap in

dangerous opponent

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

of finishing off the stragglers. The

were only an issue because of their numbers. His heart pounded

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

they launched their attack against the rotting

the beast relatively unbothered by the damage

a deep sense of dread began to take

the tiny figures slicing away at his legs

lifted his leg and swept it

landing in the middle of a

screaming as they were

to avoid the

redoubled his efforts.

The static of the magick flew past

on

holes in the body as it began

swatting at

gargantuan arm, the

of the smaller creatures that had

second swing to connect

air, before crashing into a

floor, his body

from within the cage

provided to see them safely to their new prison where they

death sentences was slowly, but surely,

silently by the side of the cart, gripping his

came to a halt, peering down at

curiously.

long enough you rotten S*hi*t…’1 he

past him, stepping over the dead that

it lumbered after the

and the driver looked back at it