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

at anyone that came close to them whether friend or foe. As soon as

unhooked from their burdens they charged headlong into the fray,

everyone in

before them as they surged

tusks. The unfortunate victims that were

weren’t fast enough to move out of

trampled into a grotesque mess under the stampeding of

across to where the beasts forced their way through as

attackers closest to him and saw

path toward the gargantuan beast that lumbered its way toward

few of the men closes and immediately

down the gap in the ranks of their

toward the most dangerous opponent on the field by

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

a matter of finishing off the

because of their numbers. His heart

beginning to come in ragged bursts as they finally

within striking distance and as they

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

to be doing, a deep sense of dread

tiny figures slicing away at his legs and

his leg and swept

the enemy before landing in the

screaming as they were

The lead guard had managed to avoid the first sweep and

redoubled his efforts.

flew past rapidly now, narrowly missing him as

to focus their efforts on

creating large holes in the body as

their attacks, swatting at

lazy swing of its gargantuan arm, the

shot but one of the smaller creatures that had taken him

the guard enough for the second swing to connect

into the air, before crashing into a broken

his body now

laughter intensified from within the cage as

been provided to see them safely to their new

slowly, but surely, whittled down until only one

stood silently by the side of the cart, gripping his concealed

towards him and came to a halt, peering down at

curiously.

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

over the

groaned forlornly as it lumbered after the tiny

to the cages on the cart and the driver