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.

Title of the document

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

they charged headlong

everyone in front

a path effortlessly before

with their tusks. The unfortunate

attention or simply weren’t fast enough to move out

trampled into a grotesque mess under the stampeding of

across to where the beasts

and saw

path toward the gargantuan beast that lumbered its

of the men closes and immediately

down the gap in the ranks of their

most dangerous opponent on the field

they could dispatch the most obvious threat

a matter of finishing off the stragglers. The

because of their numbers.

breath was beginning to come in ragged bursts as they finally

distance and as they

the beast relatively

doing, a deep sense of dread began to

tiny figures slicing away at his legs and

as he lifted his leg and swept it sidewards, knocking 2

landing in the middle of a large

screaming as

to avoid the first

redoubled his efforts.

flew past rapidly now, narrowly missing him as the

users began to focus their efforts on bringing the

concerted efforts creating large holes in the

irritated with their attacks, swatting at the

a lazy swing of its gargantuan arm, the enormous

his first shot but one of the smaller

guard enough for the second swing to connect violently with

into the air,

floor, his body now

within the cage as the

see them safely to their new prison where

death sentences was slowly, but surely, whittled down until only one

He stood silently by the side of the cart, gripping his

and came to a

curiously.

enough you rotten S*hi*t…’1 he grumbled as

stepping over the dead that now littered the

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

on the cart and the driver looked back at it with a