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

came close to them whether friend or foe. As

they

everyone in

a path effortlessly before them

their tusks.

simply weren’t fast enough to move out of their path

trampled into a grotesque mess under the stampeding of

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

to him and saw

beast that

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

headlong down the gap

opponent on the

most obvious threat on the battlefield quickly, then it

off the stragglers.

because of their numbers. His

and his breath was beginning to come in ragged

they launched their attack against the

beast relatively unbothered

a deep sense of dread began to

the tiny figures slicing away at his legs and seemed

he lifted his leg and swept it

above the enemy before landing in

as they were

lead guard had managed to avoid the

redoubled his efforts.

flew past rapidly now, narrowly missing him as

their efforts on bringing the beast down before them,

efforts creating large holes in the body

attacks, swatting at the figures as if they

its gargantuan arm, the enormous monstrosity missed the

of the smaller creatures that had taken him by

enough for the second swing to connect violently with

Sending him soaring into the air, before crashing into

floor, his body

woman’s laughter intensified from within the cage as the elite escort that

safely to their

was slowly, but surely, whittled down until

of the cart, gripping his concealed dagger

lumbered towards him and came to a halt,

curiously.

you long enough you rotten

casually past him, stepping over the dead that

groaned forlornly as it lumbered after the tiny

their way to the cages on the cart and the driver looked back