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

they charged headlong into the

everyone in front of

cleared a path effortlessly before them as they surged forward,

their tusks. The unfortunate victims that

fast enough to move out of their path

a grotesque mess under the stampeding of their heavy

to where

him and saw

beast that lumbered its way toward

few of the men closes and immediately they switched

he charged headlong down the gap in the

dangerous opponent on

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

off the stragglers. The smaller creatures that swarmed

them were only an issue because of their numbers.

beginning to come

within striking distance and as they launched their attack

chunks and the beast relatively unbothered by

doing, a deep sense of dread began to

creature glanced down at the tiny figures slicing away at his

and swept it sidewards, knocking 2

landing in the middle of a

as they

managed to avoid the first

redoubled his efforts.

past rapidly now, narrowly missing

users began to focus their efforts on bringing the

creating large holes in the body as it began

with their attacks, swatting at the figures as

gargantuan arm, the enormous

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

distracted the guard enough for the second swing to connect violently

Sending him soaring into the air, before crashing into

his body

laughter intensified from within the cage as the

see them safely to their new prison

sentences was slowly, but surely, whittled

silently by the side of the cart,

lumbered towards him and came to a halt, peering

curiously.

you rotten

stepping over the dead that now littered

The beast groaned forlornly as it lumbered after the

cart and the driver looked back at it with a