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

they charged headlong

everyone in

effortlessly before them

air with their tusks. The unfortunate victims that were either

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

mess under the stampeding of

eyes flicked across to where the beasts forced their way

dispatched the attackers closest to him and saw that they were effectively making

direct path toward the gargantuan beast

to a few of the men closes and immediately they

headlong down

opponent on the field

threat on the battlefield quickly, then it

of finishing off the stragglers. The smaller

of their numbers.

and his breath was beginning to come in ragged bursts

and as they launched their attack against the

beast

a deep sense of dread began

figures

his leg and swept

before landing in the middle of

as

avoid the first sweep

redoubled his efforts.

The static of the magick flew past rapidly now, narrowly

efforts on bringing the beast

creating large holes in the body as it

their attacks, swatting at

With a lazy swing of its gargantuan

his first shot but one of the

the second swing to

soaring into the air, before crashing into a broken

body now

The woman’s laughter intensified from within the cage as the

to see them safely to their new prison where they would

surely, whittled down until only

silently by the side of the cart, gripping his concealed

beast lumbered towards him and came to a halt,

curiously.

long enough you rotten

past him, stepping over the dead that

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

cages on the cart and the driver looked back at