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.

burdens they charged headlong into the

in front of

path effortlessly before them

their tusks.

paying attention or simply weren’t fast enough

a grotesque mess under the stampeding of

across to where the beasts forced their way through as

the attackers closest to him and saw that they were

path toward the gargantuan beast that

a few of the men closes

he charged headlong down the gap in the ranks of

most dangerous opponent on the field

dispatch the most obvious threat on the battlefield quickly, then

the stragglers. The smaller creatures

only an issue because of their

breath was beginning to come in ragged bursts

and as they launched their attack against the rotting

the beast relatively unbothered by the damage

be doing, a deep sense of dread

creature glanced down at the tiny figures slicing away at his legs

lifted his leg and swept it sidewards, knocking 2 of

above the enemy before landing in

as they

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

redoubled his efforts.

the magick flew past rapidly now,

their efforts on

holes in the

at the figures as

its gargantuan arm, the enormous

one of the smaller

enough for the second swing to connect

soaring into the air, before crashing into a broken

floor, his body

the cage as the elite escort that

safely to their new prison where they

surely, whittled down until only one driver

silently by the side of the cart, gripping his concealed

lumbered towards him and came to a halt, peering

curiously.

enough you rotten

over the dead that now

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

cages on the cart and the driver looked back at it with a