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

them whether friend or foe. As

their burdens they charged headlong into

in front

cleared a path effortlessly before

with their tusks.

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

a grotesque mess under the stampeding

where the beasts forced their

attackers closest to him and saw that they were effectively making

the gargantuan beast that lumbered its way

to a few of the men closes and immediately they switched

following his lead as he charged headlong down the gap

most dangerous opponent on

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

the stragglers. The smaller creatures

only an issue because of their numbers. His heart pounded loudly in

breath was beginning to come

and as they launched their

beast relatively unbothered by the damage

be doing, a deep sense of dread

tiny figures slicing

swept it

field, soaring above the enemy before landing in the middle

as

the first sweep and roared

redoubled his efforts.

of the magick flew past

users began to focus their efforts on bringing the beast down

concerted efforts creating large holes in the

their attacks, swatting at the figures as

a lazy swing of its gargantuan arm, the enormous

shot but one of the smaller creatures that had

distracted the guard enough for the second swing to

him soaring into the air, before

floor, his body now

the cage

to their new prison where they would

was slowly, but surely, whittled down until only one

of the cart, gripping his concealed dagger tightly

him and came to a halt, peering down at

curiously.

you rotten S*hi*t…’1 he

stepping over the dead that now littered

groaned forlornly as it lumbered after the tiny figure in front as they

to the cages on the cart and