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. As

from their burdens they charged headlong into the fray,

everyone in

They cleared a path effortlessly before them as they

through the air with their tusks. The unfortunate victims

enough to move out of their path

trampled into a grotesque mess under

flicked across to where the beasts forced

closest to him and saw that they were effectively

path toward the gargantuan beast

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

following his lead as he charged headlong down the

toward the most dangerous opponent on the field

they could dispatch the most obvious threat on the battlefield

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

were only an issue because of their numbers. His

to come in

within striking distance and as they launched their attack

and the beast relatively unbothered by the damage

be doing, a deep sense of dread began

The creature glanced down at the tiny figures

and swept it sidewards, knocking 2

enemy before landing in the

screaming as

the first sweep and

redoubled his efforts.

of the magick flew past rapidly now, narrowly missing

their efforts on bringing the beast

holes in the body as it began to become

irritated with their attacks, swatting at the figures as if

a lazy swing of its gargantuan arm, the enormous monstrosity

but one of the smaller creatures that had taken him by surprise

guard enough for the second

body. Sending him soaring into the air,

body now

intensified from within the cage as the elite escort

to see them safely to their new prison

was slowly, but surely, whittled down until only one

of the cart,

beast lumbered towards him and came to a

curiously.

took you long enough you rotten

casually past him, stepping over the

The beast groaned forlornly as it lumbered after the tiny figure in

to the cages on the cart and the driver