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 foe. As soon as they had

burdens they charged

in

effortlessly before them as

air with their tusks. The

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

under the stampeding of

eyes flicked across to where the beasts forced their

the attackers closest to him and

direct path toward the gargantuan beast that

few of the men closes and immediately

lead as he charged headlong down the gap in the

toward the most dangerous opponent on

most obvious threat on the

off the stragglers. The smaller creatures that swarmed

an issue because of their numbers. His

his breath was beginning to come in ragged bursts

distance and as they launched their attack against the

flesh falling in chunks and the beast relatively unbothered

appeared to be doing, a deep sense

the tiny figures slicing

as he lifted his leg and swept

soaring above the enemy before landing in the middle of a large

as they were

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

redoubled his efforts.

past rapidly

to focus their efforts on bringing

creating large holes in the body as it began

irritated with their attacks, swatting at the

With a lazy swing of its gargantuan arm, the enormous monstrosity

one of the smaller creatures that had

second swing to

the air, before crashing into a

body

from within the cage as

see them safely to their new

surely, whittled

by the side of the cart,

came

curiously.

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past him, stepping over the dead that now littered the

as it lumbered after the

cages on the cart and the driver looked back