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. As

their burdens they

everyone in

before them

air with their tusks. The

attention or simply weren’t fast enough to

trampled into a grotesque mess under the stampeding of their heavy

flicked across to where the beasts forced their way through as

attackers closest to him and saw

toward the gargantuan beast

He whistled to a few of the men closes and immediately they

as he charged headlong down

the most dangerous opponent on

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

finishing off the stragglers. The smaller creatures that swarmed

only an issue because of their numbers. His heart pounded

breath was beginning to come in ragged bursts as

they launched

chunks and the beast relatively unbothered by the damage

be doing, a deep sense of dread began

the tiny figures slicing

and swept it sidewards, knocking 2 of the

before landing in

screaming as they

managed to avoid the first sweep

redoubled his efforts.

of the magick flew past rapidly now, narrowly missing him

focus their efforts on bringing the beast

the

swatting at the figures as if they were

lazy swing of its gargantuan arm, the enormous

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

the second

air, before crashing into a broken

floor, his body now lying

The woman’s laughter intensified from within the cage as the elite escort that

to

but surely, whittled

stood silently by the side of the cart, gripping his concealed dagger

and came to a halt, peering down

curiously.

f**’**g took you long enough you rotten S*hi*t…’1 he grumbled

over the dead that

The beast groaned forlornly as it lumbered after the tiny

cart and the driver looked back at it with a