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

whether friend or foe.

unhooked from their burdens they charged headlong

everyone in

effortlessly before them as

through the air with their tusks.

enough to

grotesque mess under the stampeding

flicked across to where the beasts forced their way

and saw that they were

toward the gargantuan beast that lumbered its way toward

whistled to a few of the men closes

he charged headlong down the gap in

most dangerous opponent

dispatch the most obvious threat on the battlefield

finishing off the stragglers. The smaller

an issue because of their numbers. His heart pounded loudly

was beginning to come in ragged bursts

and as they launched their attack

falling in chunks and the beast relatively unbothered by the damage

a deep sense of dread began to take

at the tiny figures slicing away

frown as he lifted his leg and swept it sidewards, knocking

before landing in the middle of a

as

to avoid the

redoubled his efforts.

the magick flew past rapidly now, narrowly missing him as the

their efforts on bringing

the body

with their attacks, swatting at the figures as

of its gargantuan arm,

of the smaller creatures that had

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

body. Sending him soaring into the air, before crashing into a broken heap

body now lying

from within the cage

to their new prison where they would

surely, whittled down until

by the side of the cart, gripping his

towards him and came to a halt,

curiously.

enough you rotten S*hi*t…’1

stepping over the dead that now

after the tiny figure in front

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