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

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

unhooked from their burdens they

everyone in front of

effortlessly before them as

through the air with their tusks.

or simply weren’t fast enough

trampled into a grotesque mess under the stampeding of

across to where the beasts forced

the attackers closest to him and saw that they were

gargantuan beast that

whistled to a few of the men closes and immediately they

as he charged headlong down the gap in the ranks

dangerous opponent on the field by

dispatch the most obvious threat on

a matter of finishing off the stragglers. The

issue because of their numbers.

to come in ragged bursts as

as they

falling in chunks and the beast relatively

to be doing, a deep

at the tiny figures slicing away at his legs

frown as he lifted his leg and swept it sidewards,

the enemy before landing in the middle of a

screaming as they were

guard had managed to avoid the first sweep and

redoubled his efforts.

the magick flew past rapidly now,

on bringing the

in the

their attacks, swatting at

of its gargantuan arm, the enormous monstrosity missed

one of the smaller creatures that had taken him by

distracted the guard enough for the second swing to connect

soaring into the air, before crashing into

his body

from within the

them safely to their new

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

the cart,

towards him and came to a halt, peering down at

curiously.

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

stepping over the

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

the cart and the driver looked