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

them whether friend or foe. As soon

burdens they charged headlong into the fray,

everyone in

effortlessly before them

wantonly through the air with their tusks. The unfortunate

fast enough to move out of their path were

grotesque mess under the stampeding

flicked across to where the beasts forced their way through as

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

direct path toward the gargantuan beast that lumbered its way toward

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

headlong down the gap in the ranks of their

most dangerous opponent on the field

could dispatch the most obvious threat on the battlefield quickly,

a matter of finishing off the stragglers.

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

was beginning to come in ragged

distance and as they launched their attack against the rotting

flesh falling in chunks and the beast relatively

deep sense of dread began to

glanced down at the tiny figures slicing away at his legs and

swept it sidewards,

soaring above the enemy before landing in the middle of a large

as they were

avoid the first sweep and roared in

redoubled his efforts.

of the magick flew past rapidly now, narrowly

focus their efforts on bringing the

the body as

at the figures as if they

of its gargantuan arm, the

with his first shot but one 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,

body

intensified from within the cage as the

see them safely to their new prison

was slowly, but surely, whittled down until only

side of the cart, gripping his

came to a halt, peering down

curiously.

f**’**g took you long enough you

stepping over the dead that now littered the

The beast groaned forlornly as it lumbered after the tiny figure

on the cart and the driver looked back at it