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

anyone that came close to them whether friend or

from their burdens they charged headlong into

everyone in

before them as

tusks. The unfortunate victims that

or simply weren’t fast enough to move out

a grotesque mess under

where the beasts forced their way

closest to him and saw that

the gargantuan beast that lumbered

of the men closes and immediately they

lead as he charged headlong down the gap in the ranks

dangerous opponent on

dispatch the most obvious threat on the battlefield

finishing off the stragglers. The

because of their numbers. His heart pounded

breath was beginning to come in

striking distance and as they launched their attack against the

flesh falling in chunks and the beast relatively unbothered

a deep sense of dread began

down at the tiny figures slicing away at

his leg and swept it

landing in the middle

screaming as they were

had managed to avoid the first

redoubled his efforts.

past rapidly now, narrowly missing him as the

efforts on bringing the beast down

large holes in the body as it

at

a lazy swing of its gargantuan arm, the enormous

the smaller creatures that

guard enough for the second swing to connect violently with

air, before crashing into a broken heap

floor, his body now

intensified from within the cage as the elite escort that

them safely to their

but surely, whittled down until

the cart, gripping his concealed dagger tightly as

him and came to a halt,

curiously.

you rotten S*hi*t…’1 he

casually past him, stepping over the dead that now littered

lumbered after the

cart and the driver looked back at it with