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

anyone that came close to them whether

unhooked from their burdens they charged

in front

cleared a path effortlessly before

their tusks. The unfortunate victims

weren’t fast enough to move out of

grotesque mess under the stampeding

The guard’s eyes flicked across to where the

to him and saw

beast that lumbered its

a few of the men closes and immediately they switched their

following his lead as he charged headlong down the gap in the

the most dangerous opponent on the

the most obvious threat

a matter of finishing off the stragglers.

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

ears, and his breath was beginning to

distance and as they launched their attack against

flesh falling in chunks and the beast relatively unbothered by the damage

doing, a deep sense of dread

figures slicing away

as he lifted his leg and swept it

before landing

as they

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

redoubled his efforts.

the magick flew past rapidly now,

efforts on bringing the beast

holes in the body as it

at

of its gargantuan arm, the

first shot but one of the smaller creatures that

the guard enough for the second swing to connect violently with the

Sending him soaring into the air, before

floor, his body now lying

intensified from within the cage

to

was slowly, but surely, whittled down until only

silently by the side of the

towards him and came to

curiously.

you long enough you rotten S*hi*t…’1

casually past him, stepping over the dead that now littered the

forlornly as it lumbered after the tiny figure in front as

the cart and the driver looked back at it