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 friend or foe. As soon as they

their burdens they charged headlong

in

cleared a path effortlessly before them as

through the air with their tusks. The

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

grotesque mess under the stampeding

across to where the

the attackers closest to him and

path toward the gargantuan beast that lumbered its way toward

few of the men closes and

his lead as he charged headlong down the gap in the ranks of

dangerous opponent

dispatch the most obvious threat on the

the stragglers. The smaller creatures that swarmed

an issue because of their numbers. His heart pounded loudly

to come in ragged bursts as they

and as they launched their attack

chunks and the beast relatively unbothered

doing, a deep sense of dread began

down at the tiny figures slicing away at

leg and swept it sidewards,

before landing in the middle

screaming as

guard had managed to avoid the first sweep and

redoubled his efforts.

flew past rapidly

to focus their efforts on

holes in the body as

with their attacks, swatting at the figures as if they

a lazy swing of its gargantuan arm, the enormous

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

distracted the guard enough for the second

body. Sending him soaring into the air, before crashing

his body now lying

within the cage as the elite escort that

safely to their new prison

but surely, whittled down

He stood silently by the side of the

lumbered towards him and came to a halt,

curiously.

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

over the dead that now littered the

The beast groaned forlornly as it lumbered after the tiny figure in

and the driver looked back at it with