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

to them whether friend or foe. As soon

burdens they charged headlong

everyone in front

effortlessly before them as they surged

their tusks. The unfortunate victims that

fast enough to move

mess under the stampeding

The guard’s eyes flicked across to where the beasts

to him and saw

direct path toward the gargantuan beast that lumbered its way

few of the men closes and immediately

as he charged headlong down the gap in

toward the most dangerous opponent on the field by

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

a matter of finishing off the

of their numbers.

ears, and his breath was beginning to come in

they

chunks and the beast relatively unbothered by the damage that

a deep sense of dread began to take

tiny figures slicing away at his legs and seemed

swept

the enemy before landing in the

as they

lead guard had managed to avoid the first sweep and roared in fury

redoubled his efforts.

magick flew past rapidly now, narrowly missing him

began to focus their efforts on

large holes in the body as it began to

attacks, swatting at the figures as

a lazy swing of its gargantuan arm, the

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

for the second swing

Sending him soaring into the air, before crashing into a broken heap on

body now

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

provided to see them safely to their new prison where they

surely, whittled down until only one

the cart, gripping his concealed dagger tightly as

beast lumbered towards him and came to a halt, peering down

curiously.

long enough you rotten

over the dead that now

forlornly as it lumbered after the tiny

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