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

whether

burdens they charged headlong

in

effortlessly before them as they

the air with their tusks. The

fast enough to move out of their path

into a grotesque mess under

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

the attackers closest to him and saw that

toward the gargantuan beast that lumbered its way toward

of the men closes and

as he charged headlong down the gap in the ranks of their

the most dangerous opponent

dispatch the most obvious threat on

a matter of finishing off the stragglers. The smaller

an issue because of their numbers. His

ears, and his breath was beginning to come in ragged

within striking distance and as they launched their attack against the rotting

and the beast relatively unbothered

to be doing, a deep sense of dread

the tiny figures

leg and swept it sidewards, knocking 2

field, soaring above the enemy before landing in the middle of a large

as

to avoid the first sweep and roared in fury as

redoubled his efforts.

the magick flew past rapidly now, narrowly missing him

on bringing the beast down

efforts creating large holes in the body as it

with their attacks, swatting at the figures

lazy swing of its gargantuan arm, the enormous

of the smaller creatures that had taken him by

enough for the second

Sending him soaring into the air, before crashing into

his body now lying

laughter intensified from within the cage as

provided to see them safely to their

surely,

of the cart, gripping his concealed dagger tightly as

him and came to

curiously.

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

stepping over the dead that now littered the

forlornly as it lumbered after the tiny figure in front as

and the driver looked back