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

that came close to them whether

from their burdens they charged headlong into

everyone in front

a path effortlessly before them as

their tusks. The

weren’t fast enough

into a grotesque mess under the stampeding

where the beasts forced their

him and saw that they were effectively making

gargantuan beast that lumbered

whistled to a few of the

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

most dangerous opponent on the field by

most obvious threat on the

the stragglers. The smaller creatures

were only an issue because of their

ears, and his breath was beginning to come in ragged bursts as

striking distance and as they launched their

beast relatively

doing, a deep sense of dread began to

down at the tiny figures

lifted his leg and swept it sidewards, knocking 2 of the guard across

landing in the

screaming as they

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

redoubled his efforts.

of the magick flew past rapidly now, narrowly missing him as the

efforts on bringing the beast down before them,

efforts creating large holes in the

attacks, swatting at the

its gargantuan arm, the enormous monstrosity missed the

his first shot but one of the smaller creatures

the second swing

body. Sending him soaring into the air, before crashing into a broken heap

body

from within the cage

see them safely to their

death sentences was slowly, but surely, whittled down

the side of the cart, gripping his concealed dagger tightly as

gargantuan beast lumbered towards him and came to a halt, peering down at

curiously.

took you long enough you

past him, stepping over the dead that now

forlornly as it lumbered after

their way to the cages on the cart and the driver