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

close to them whether friend

unhooked from their burdens they

everyone in front of

They cleared a path effortlessly before

with their tusks.

fast enough to move out of their path

under the stampeding of

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

the attackers closest to him and saw that they were effectively making

gargantuan beast that lumbered its

whistled to a few of the men closes

charged headlong down the gap in the

toward the most dangerous opponent on the field

they could dispatch the most obvious threat on the battlefield quickly,

of finishing off the stragglers. The smaller creatures that swarmed

them were only an issue because of their numbers. His heart pounded loudly

to come in ragged bursts

they launched their

falling in chunks and the beast relatively unbothered by the damage

be doing, a deep sense of dread began to

The creature glanced down at the tiny figures slicing away at

swept

enemy before landing in

screaming as

to avoid the first

redoubled his efforts.

past

to focus their efforts on bringing the beast down before them,

efforts creating large holes in the

attacks, swatting at the figures as if

of its gargantuan arm,

with his first shot but one of the smaller creatures that had taken him by

distracted the guard enough for the second swing to connect violently

air, before

body now lying

within the cage as

to see them safely to

death sentences was slowly, but surely, whittled down until only one driver

side of the

came

curiously.

you long enough you

over the dead that

The beast groaned forlornly as it lumbered after the

cart and