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

whether friend

their burdens they charged

in front of

before them as they surged forward, tossing

with their tusks.

weren’t fast enough to move out of their

into a grotesque mess under

The guard’s eyes flicked across to where the beasts forced their way through

and saw that they were

direct path toward the gargantuan beast that lumbered

few of the men closes

following his lead as he charged headlong down the gap in the ranks

most dangerous opponent on the

If they could dispatch the most obvious threat on the

off the

issue because of their numbers. His heart

beginning to come in ragged

distance and as they launched

beast relatively unbothered by

deep sense of dread began to

figures

swept it sidewards, knocking 2 of the guard across

enemy before landing in the middle of a large

as they

The lead guard had managed to avoid the first sweep

redoubled his efforts.

magick flew past rapidly now, narrowly missing him as the

focus their efforts on bringing the beast down before

efforts creating large holes in the

swatting at the figures as if

its gargantuan arm,

with his first shot but one of the smaller creatures that had taken him by surprise

enough for the second swing to connect

soaring into the air,

body

woman’s laughter intensified from within the cage

to their

slowly, but surely, whittled down

by the side of the cart, gripping

him and came to a halt, peering down at

curiously.

long enough you rotten S*hi*t…’1 he grumbled as

the

it lumbered after the tiny figure in front

their way to the cages on the cart and the driver looked back at