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

from their burdens they charged headlong

in front

before them as they

with their tusks. The unfortunate victims

weren’t fast enough to move out of their

a grotesque mess under the stampeding of their

across to where the beasts forced

and saw that

beast that lumbered its way

He whistled to a few of the

he charged headlong down the gap in

dangerous opponent on the field by

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

finishing off the stragglers. The smaller

were only an issue because of their

ears, and his breath was beginning to come in ragged

distance and as they launched their attack against the

in chunks and the beast relatively

a deep

figures slicing away at his legs and

leg and swept it sidewards, knocking

landing in the middle of a

as they were

the

redoubled his efforts.

of the magick flew past rapidly now, narrowly missing

on bringing the beast down

in the body as it

irritated with their attacks, swatting at the figures

swing of its gargantuan arm, the enormous monstrosity missed the

but one of the smaller creatures that had taken

the second

into the air, before crashing into a

his body now

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

see them safely to their new prison where they

death sentences was slowly, but surely, whittled down until

silently by the side of the cart, gripping his

and came to a halt,

curiously.

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

past him, stepping over the dead

as it lumbered after the tiny figure

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