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

that came close to them whether friend or

unhooked from their burdens they charged headlong

in front of

effortlessly before them as they

the air with their tusks.

attention or simply weren’t fast enough

trampled into a grotesque mess under the stampeding of their

eyes flicked across to where the beasts forced their way through as

the attackers closest to him and saw that they were effectively making

path toward the gargantuan beast

of the men

charged headlong down the gap in the ranks of their

opponent on the field

threat on the battlefield

matter of finishing off the stragglers. The smaller creatures

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

ears, and his breath was beginning to come in ragged bursts as they

striking distance and as they launched their

chunks and the beast

be doing, a deep sense of dread began to

down at the tiny figures slicing away at his

lifted his leg and swept

soaring above the enemy before landing in the

as

the first sweep and roared in fury as

redoubled his efforts.

past rapidly now, narrowly missing

efforts on bringing the

efforts creating large holes in the body as it

irritated with their attacks, swatting at the figures as

lazy swing of its gargantuan

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

distracted the guard enough for the second swing

Sending him soaring into the air,

floor, his body now

from within the cage as

see them safely to their new prison where they would await

but surely,

by the side of the cart, gripping his concealed dagger tightly

towards him and came

curiously.

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

the dead that now littered

after the

the cart and the driver looked back at it with