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

came close to them whether friend or foe. As soon as they had

unhooked from their burdens they

in front

a path effortlessly before them as they surged forward,

tusks. The unfortunate victims

weren’t fast enough to move out of their path

into a grotesque mess under the

across to where the beasts forced their way

closest to him and saw that they were effectively

direct path toward the gargantuan beast that

few of the men closes and

his lead as he charged headlong down the

dangerous opponent on the field by

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

of finishing off the stragglers. The smaller creatures

of their

was beginning to come in ragged

striking distance and as they launched

and the beast relatively unbothered by

be doing, a deep sense of

tiny figures slicing away at his legs

as he lifted his leg and swept it sidewards, knocking 2 of the

enemy before landing in

as

to avoid the first sweep and roared in fury

redoubled his efforts.

magick flew past rapidly now,

began to focus their efforts on bringing the

creating large holes in the

attacks, swatting at

With a lazy swing of its gargantuan arm, the enormous

his first shot but one of the smaller creatures that

the guard enough for the second swing to connect

soaring into the air, before crashing into a

floor, his body

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

see them safely to

death sentences was slowly, but surely, whittled down until only one driver

of the cart, gripping

and came to a

curiously.

“It f**’**g took you long enough you rotten S*hi*t…’1 he

past him, stepping over the dead that now littered

it lumbered after the tiny figure in

to the cages on the cart and the driver looked back at it with a