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.

their burdens they charged

everyone in front

path effortlessly before them as they

wantonly through the air with their tusks. The

paying attention or simply weren’t fast enough to move out of their path were

mess under the

across to where the beasts forced

attackers closest to him and saw

gargantuan beast

He whistled to a few of the men closes and

charged headlong down the gap in the ranks of their

toward the most dangerous opponent

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

matter of finishing off the stragglers. The smaller creatures

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

beginning to

within striking distance and as they

falling in chunks and the beast relatively unbothered by the

deep

the tiny figures slicing away

as he lifted his leg and swept it sidewards,

landing

as they

lead guard had managed to avoid the first sweep and roared

redoubled his efforts.

the magick flew past rapidly now, narrowly missing him as

their efforts on bringing the beast down before them,

large holes in the body as it

at the figures as

With a lazy swing of its gargantuan arm, the enormous monstrosity

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

distracted the guard enough for the second swing to connect violently with the

air, before crashing into a

body

from within the cage as the

safely to their new

slowly, but surely, whittled down until only

of the cart, gripping his concealed dagger tightly as

beast lumbered towards him and came

curiously.

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

him, stepping over the dead that now

after the tiny figure in front as they

on the cart and the driver looked