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

they charged headlong

in

effortlessly before them as they surged

through the air with their tusks. The unfortunate victims that were either

weren’t fast enough to move out of their path were

trampled into a grotesque mess under the stampeding

eyes flicked across to where the

to him and saw that they were

toward the gargantuan beast that lumbered its

the men closes and

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

dangerous opponent on

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

matter of finishing off the stragglers. The smaller creatures

an issue because of their numbers. His heart pounded

ears, and his breath was beginning to come

they launched their attack against the

beast relatively unbothered by

doing, a deep

creature glanced down at the tiny figures slicing away at

his leg and swept it sidewards, knocking 2 of the guard across

before landing in the middle of a large

as they were

managed to avoid the first sweep and roared in fury as

redoubled his efforts.

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

on bringing

efforts creating large holes in the

at the figures as if they were

With a lazy swing of its gargantuan arm, the

first shot but one of the smaller creatures

the second

air, before crashing into a

body

The woman’s laughter intensified from within the cage

to their new prison where they would await

slowly, but surely, whittled down until only one

stood silently by the side of the

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

curiously.

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

him, stepping over the

after the tiny figure in front

to the cages on the cart and