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

close to them whether friend or foe. As soon as they had

from their burdens they charged headlong

everyone in

before them as they surged forward,

air with their tusks.

attention or simply weren’t fast enough to

a grotesque mess under the stampeding of

The guard’s eyes flicked across to where the beasts forced

attackers closest to him and saw that

the gargantuan beast that lumbered

whistled to a few of the

following his lead as he charged headlong down the gap in

dangerous opponent on the

obvious threat

of finishing off the stragglers. The

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

and his breath was beginning to come

distance and as they launched their attack against the rotting

chunks and the beast relatively unbothered by

doing, a deep sense of dread began to

tiny figures slicing away

his leg and swept

above the enemy before landing in the middle of a

as

The lead guard had managed to avoid the first

redoubled his efforts.

past rapidly now,

efforts on bringing the

creating large holes in the body as it

swatting at the

gargantuan arm, the enormous

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

second swing to connect violently

air, before

his body now lying

woman’s laughter intensified from within the cage as the

safely to their new prison where they would

surely, whittled down until only

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

towards him and came to a halt, peering down at

curiously.

you long enough you

past him, stepping over the dead

forlornly as it lumbered after the tiny figure in

and the driver looked