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

at anyone that came close to them whether friend or foe. As soon as they had

burdens they charged headlong into

everyone in

effortlessly before them

air with their tusks. The unfortunate victims

attention or simply weren’t fast enough to move out

under the stampeding of their heavy

across to where the beasts forced

attackers closest to him and saw that they

direct path toward the gargantuan beast that lumbered its way toward

the men

his lead as he charged headlong down the

the most dangerous opponent

If they could dispatch the most obvious threat on the battlefield quickly, then

the stragglers. The smaller creatures that

were only an issue because of their numbers. His

his breath was beginning to come in ragged

within striking distance and as they launched their

and the beast

to be doing, a deep sense of dread began

glanced down at the tiny figures slicing away

frown as he lifted his leg and swept

before landing in

as they were

guard had managed to avoid the

redoubled his efforts.

past rapidly now, narrowly missing him as the

to focus their efforts on bringing the beast down before

holes in the body as it began

irritated with their attacks, swatting at the figures

a lazy swing of its gargantuan arm, the enormous

shot but one of the smaller creatures

the guard enough for the second swing to

the air, before crashing into a broken heap

body now lying

intensified from within the cage

safely to their new prison where they

sentences was slowly, but surely, whittled

the side of the cart, gripping his concealed

gargantuan beast lumbered towards him and came to a

curiously.

you

the dead that now

as it lumbered after the tiny figure in front as they

on the cart and the driver looked