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 friend or foe.

burdens they charged

in

path effortlessly before them as they surged

their tusks. The unfortunate victims that

weren’t fast enough

a grotesque mess under the stampeding of their heavy

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

the attackers closest to him and saw that they

the gargantuan beast that lumbered its way

to a few of the

following his lead as he charged headlong down the gap in

toward the most dangerous opponent on the field by

most obvious threat on the battlefield

finishing off the stragglers. The smaller creatures that

issue because of

and his breath was beginning to

distance and as they

and the beast relatively unbothered

doing, a deep sense of dread began to take

the tiny figures slicing away at his legs and

and swept it sidewards,

enemy before landing in the middle of a

screaming as they were

the first sweep and roared

redoubled his efforts.

the magick flew past rapidly now, narrowly missing him

their efforts on bringing the beast down

large holes in the body as it

irritated with their attacks, swatting at the figures

With a lazy swing of its gargantuan arm,

the smaller

second swing to connect violently

Sending him soaring into the air, before crashing

body now lying

within the cage as

see them safely to their new prison where they would await

but surely, whittled down until only one driver

silently by the side of the

towards him and came to a halt,

curiously.

f**’**g took you long enough you

past him, stepping over the dead

beast groaned forlornly as it lumbered after

cages on the cart and the driver looked back at it