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

to them whether friend or foe. As soon as they

burdens they charged

everyone in front of

before them as they surged forward,

the air with their tusks.

attention or simply weren’t fast enough

mess under

The guard’s eyes flicked across to where the beasts forced their way through as

him and saw that they were effectively

path toward the gargantuan beast that lumbered

whistled to a few of the

lead as he charged headlong down the gap in

opponent on the field

threat on the battlefield quickly, then it

off the stragglers. The smaller

only an issue because of their numbers. His heart pounded

beginning to come in ragged bursts

as they launched their attack

beast relatively unbothered

to be doing, a deep sense of dread began to

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

and swept

above the enemy before landing in the middle

as

the first sweep and roared

redoubled his efforts.

past rapidly now, narrowly missing him as the

users began to focus their efforts on bringing the beast down before

efforts creating large holes in the body as it began to

irritated with their attacks, swatting at the figures as if they were

gargantuan arm, the enormous monstrosity missed

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

the second swing to connect violently with

him soaring into the air, before crashing into a broken heap

floor, his body now lying

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

see them safely to

was slowly, but surely, whittled down until only

side of the cart, gripping his concealed dagger tightly

towards him and came to

curiously.

f**’**g took you long enough you

over the dead that

groaned forlornly as it lumbered after the

cart and the driver looked back at it