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

from their burdens they

in front

They cleared a path effortlessly before them as they surged forward, tossing

air with their tusks. The unfortunate victims

simply weren’t fast enough

trampled into a grotesque mess under

across to where the beasts forced

attackers closest to him and saw that they were effectively making

toward the gargantuan beast that lumbered its

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

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

most dangerous opponent on the field

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

the stragglers. The smaller creatures that

of their numbers.

beginning to come in ragged

and as they launched their attack against the rotting

the beast relatively unbothered

be doing, a deep

creature glanced down at the tiny figures slicing away at his legs and seemed

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

before landing in the

screaming as

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

redoubled his efforts.

flew past

on bringing the beast down before them,

the body as it began

their attacks, swatting at the figures as if they

gargantuan arm,

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

second swing to connect violently with the

soaring into the air, before crashing

floor, his body now lying

laughter intensified from within the cage

to

death sentences was slowly, but surely, whittled

the cart, gripping his concealed dagger tightly as

came to a

curiously.

you rotten S*hi*t…’1 he

casually past him, stepping over the dead

after the tiny figure in front

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