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

them whether friend or foe. As soon as they

their burdens they

in front of

effortlessly before them as they surged forward,

through the air with their tusks. The unfortunate

enough to move out of their

a grotesque mess under the stampeding of their heavy

eyes flicked across to where the

the attackers closest to him and

path toward the gargantuan beast

whistled to a few of the men closes and immediately they

charged headlong down the gap in the

dangerous opponent on the

could dispatch the most obvious threat on the battlefield quickly, then it

off the stragglers. The smaller creatures

issue because of their numbers. His heart pounded loudly in

ears, and his breath was beginning to come in

striking distance and as they launched their attack

falling in chunks and the beast relatively unbothered by the damage that

a deep sense of

tiny figures slicing away at his legs and seemed

frown as he lifted his leg and swept it sidewards,

soaring above the enemy before landing in the middle of

screaming as

lead guard had managed to avoid the first

redoubled his efforts.

of the magick flew past rapidly

efforts on bringing

the body

with their attacks, swatting at the figures as if

a lazy swing of its gargantuan arm,

but one of the smaller creatures that had

guard enough for the second

body. Sending him soaring into the air, before crashing into

his body now lying

from within the cage as

them safely to their new prison

slowly, but surely, whittled

the side of the cart, gripping his concealed dagger

beast lumbered towards him and came to a halt, peering

curiously.

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over the dead that now littered

forlornly as it lumbered after the tiny figure

way to the cages on the cart and