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

them whether

they charged headlong

everyone in

cleared a path effortlessly before them as they surged forward,

with their tusks. The

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

mess under the stampeding of their

guard’s eyes flicked across to where the beasts forced their way through as

and saw

path toward the gargantuan beast that lumbered its

of the men closes and immediately

his lead 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 it was

the

because of their numbers. His heart pounded loudly in

was beginning to come in

distance and as they launched their

flesh falling in chunks and the beast

deep sense of dread

glanced down at the tiny figures slicing away at his

lifted his leg and swept it sidewards, knocking 2 of the

before landing in the

screaming as they were

avoid the first

redoubled his efforts.

static of the magick flew past

their efforts on bringing the beast

large holes in the body as it began

swatting at

With a lazy swing of its gargantuan arm,

but one of the smaller creatures that had

second

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

floor, his body now

from within the cage as the elite escort

to see them safely to their new prison where they

death sentences was slowly, but surely, whittled down

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

came to a halt, peering down

curiously.

you rotten

the dead that now

it lumbered after

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