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

their burdens they charged headlong into the fray,

everyone in

effortlessly before them as they surged forward,

the air with their tusks. The

enough to move

trampled into a grotesque mess under the stampeding of their heavy

flicked across to where the beasts forced their way

and saw that they were effectively

the gargantuan beast that lumbered its

whistled to a few of the men closes and immediately they switched

charged headlong down

toward the most dangerous opponent on the

they could dispatch the most obvious threat on

a matter of finishing off the stragglers. The smaller creatures that

only an issue because of their numbers. His heart pounded

and his breath was beginning to come in ragged bursts as

and as they launched their attack

flesh falling in chunks and the beast relatively unbothered by the

a deep sense of dread began to take

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

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

field, soaring above the enemy before landing

as

lead guard had managed to avoid the first sweep

redoubled his efforts.

past rapidly now, narrowly missing him

on bringing the beast down

the body as

with their attacks, swatting at the figures as

swing of its gargantuan arm, the enormous monstrosity

but one of the smaller creatures that had taken him

the second swing to

him soaring into the air, before crashing into

floor, his body now lying

woman’s laughter intensified from within the cage

been provided to see them safely to their new prison where they would await

death sentences was slowly, but surely, whittled

side of the cart,

him and came

curiously.

“It f**’**g took you long enough you rotten

over the dead that now littered

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

on the cart and the driver looked back at