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

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

burdens they charged headlong

in

a path effortlessly before

air with their tusks.

attention or simply weren’t fast enough to move out

trampled into a grotesque mess under the

eyes flicked across to where the beasts forced their way

dispatched the attackers closest to him and saw that they

the gargantuan beast that lumbered its way toward

a few of the men closes and immediately they switched their

he charged headlong down the gap

most dangerous opponent

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

off the stragglers. The

only an issue because of their numbers.

and his breath was beginning to come in ragged

and as they launched their attack

falling in chunks and the beast relatively unbothered by the damage that

be doing, a deep

down at the tiny figures slicing away

frown as he lifted his leg and swept it sidewards, knocking 2 of the guard across

enemy before landing in the middle of

as they were

had managed to avoid the first sweep and roared in fury as

redoubled his efforts.

past rapidly now, narrowly missing

on bringing the beast

large holes in the body as it began

their attacks, swatting at the figures as

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

but one of the

second swing to connect violently with

the air, before crashing into a

floor, his body

the cage as the elite escort

to their new prison

sentences was slowly, but surely, whittled down

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

beast lumbered towards him and came to a halt,

curiously.

you rotten

casually past him, stepping over the dead that now littered

it lumbered after the tiny figure in

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