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

their burdens they charged headlong

in front

a path effortlessly before them

tusks. The unfortunate victims that were either

or simply weren’t fast enough

under the stampeding of

guard’s eyes flicked across to where the beasts forced

closest to him and saw that they were effectively making

the gargantuan beast

of the men

as he charged headlong down the gap in the

opponent on the field by

If they could dispatch the most obvious threat on the battlefield

the stragglers. The

an issue because of their numbers. His heart pounded loudly

beginning to come

as they launched

chunks and the beast relatively unbothered by the damage that

deep sense of

glanced down at the tiny figures slicing

and swept it sidewards, knocking 2

landing in the middle of a large

as they

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

redoubled his efforts.

the magick flew past rapidly now, narrowly missing him

their efforts on

in the body

attacks, swatting at the figures as if they were

of its gargantuan arm,

of the smaller creatures that had

for the second swing to connect violently with

into the air, before crashing

body now lying

from within the cage as the

see them safely to their new

but surely, whittled

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

gargantuan beast lumbered towards him and came to

curiously.

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

stepping over the

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

their way to the cages on the cart and the driver