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

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

their burdens they

everyone in

effortlessly before

the air with their tusks. The unfortunate victims that

enough to move out of their path were

mess under the stampeding of

to where the beasts forced

to him and saw that they were effectively making

the gargantuan beast that

a few of the

headlong down the gap

dangerous opponent on the field by

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

finishing off the stragglers. The

only an issue because of

ears, and his breath was beginning to come in ragged bursts

striking distance and as they launched their attack against

the beast relatively unbothered by the damage

appeared to be doing, a deep

tiny figures

as he lifted his leg and swept it sidewards, knocking

field, soaring above the enemy before landing in the middle

as

guard had managed to avoid the first sweep and roared in

redoubled his efforts.

past rapidly now, narrowly

to focus their efforts on bringing the beast down before

holes in the body as it began

with their attacks, swatting at the figures as if

a lazy swing of its gargantuan arm, the enormous monstrosity missed

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

second swing to connect violently with the

air, before crashing into a broken

floor, his body now lying

from within the cage as the

safely to their new prison where they would

surely,

the side of the cart, gripping his concealed dagger tightly

came to a halt, peering down

curiously.

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

over the dead that

lumbered after the tiny figure

cart and the driver looked back at it