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

close to them whether friend or foe. As soon as

from their burdens they charged headlong into

everyone in

cleared a path effortlessly before them as

with their tusks. The unfortunate victims

simply weren’t fast enough to move

under the stampeding of

eyes flicked across to where the beasts forced their way

him and saw that they were effectively

toward the gargantuan beast that lumbered its way toward

a few of the men closes

down the gap in

dangerous opponent on the

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

off the

only an issue because of their numbers. His heart

his breath was beginning to come in

distance and as they

the beast relatively unbothered by

be doing, a deep

tiny figures slicing

his leg and swept it sidewards,

the enemy before landing in

as

to avoid the first

redoubled his efforts.

of the magick flew past rapidly now, narrowly

users began to focus their efforts on bringing the beast

efforts creating large holes in the body as it began to

their attacks, swatting at the figures as if

swing of its gargantuan

shot but one of the smaller creatures that had taken him by surprise

guard enough for the second swing

air, before

floor, his body now

the

safely to their new prison where they would await

death sentences was slowly, but surely, whittled down

He stood silently by the side of the cart, gripping

beast lumbered towards him and came to a halt, peering down at

curiously.

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

stepping over the dead

as it lumbered after the tiny figure

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