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 foe. As soon as they had

unhooked from their burdens they charged

in front of

effortlessly before them as they

tusks.

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

into a grotesque mess under the

to where the

and saw that they were effectively making

beast that

the men closes

charged headlong down the gap in

the most dangerous opponent on the field by

could dispatch the most obvious threat on

a matter of finishing off the stragglers. The smaller creatures that

of their

beginning to come in

distance and as they launched their attack against the rotting

the beast

a deep sense of dread began to take

creature glanced down at the tiny figures slicing away at his

and swept

soaring above the enemy before landing in the middle

as they

avoid the first sweep and roared

redoubled his efforts.

the magick flew past rapidly

on bringing the beast down before them,

holes in the body as

irritated with their attacks, swatting at the figures as if they

lazy swing of its gargantuan

shot but one of the smaller creatures

enough for the second swing to

the air, before

floor, his body

laughter intensified from within the cage as the elite escort that

to their new prison where they would

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

of the cart, gripping his concealed dagger tightly

lumbered towards him and came to a halt, peering down

curiously.

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

past him, stepping over the dead that now littered the

lumbered after the tiny figure

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