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

from their burdens they charged headlong into the fray,

in front of

effortlessly before them as they surged

air with their tusks. The

simply weren’t fast enough

trampled into a grotesque mess under the

to where the

dispatched the attackers closest to him and saw that they

toward the gargantuan beast

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

his lead as he charged headlong down the gap in the ranks of

most dangerous opponent on the field

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

of finishing off the stragglers. The smaller

only an issue because of their numbers. His heart pounded loudly in

ears, and his breath was beginning to come in ragged

and as they launched their attack

and the beast relatively

a deep sense

the tiny figures slicing away at his legs

he lifted his leg and swept

before landing in

as they were

guard had managed to avoid the first sweep and roared in

redoubled his efforts.

The static of the magick flew past rapidly now, narrowly missing him as

their efforts on bringing the

concerted efforts creating large holes in the body as it began to

their attacks, swatting at the

its gargantuan arm,

but one of the smaller creatures that had taken him by

distracted the guard enough for the second swing to connect violently with the

soaring into the air,

floor, his body now

within the cage as the elite

to their new

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

by the side of the cart,

and came to a halt, peering down at

curiously.

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

casually past him, stepping over the

groaned forlornly as it lumbered after the tiny figure in front as

on the cart and the driver looked back at