Chapter 0690

Enzo

I scrambled to my feet, my palms scraping on the icy stone floor. The swirling portal had vanished, abandoning me alone in this strange place. Smooth obsidian walls surrounded me, broken only by a high, domed ceiling. There were no visible doors or windows in the expansive circular room.

Except, I wasn't alone. As I looked up, I saw them: the audience.

With growing unease, I slowly turned, taking in the faces that started at me from perches high above. Shadowy figures lurked around the room's perimeter, partially obscured by tall black pillars.

I inhaled sharply. The scents of multiple animals-but something more, something... wrong. These weren't just animals. They were shifters.

Mila smiled, baring a row of teeth that locked all too white in this dark place.

"Welcome, my subjects!" she called out theatrically, her voice booming and echoing through the high ceilings. "We have a very special guest tonight... my new mate!"

Revulsion and fury chumed in my stomach as the implications sank in. I already had a mate, and even if

But

the creatures around us shifted. Birds, cats, reptiles, animals I couldn't even recognize, turned into a sea of very 'human' faces. Their eyes glowed as they looked down at me hungrily, their mouths agape and their teeth

And then they spoke.

queen and her mate!" the

sense. I knew that there were different species of shifters out there, but there were a lot of them

over her head, while I looked on in disgusted shock. The people prostrated themselves, bowing to her

was some sort of barbarian queen? Where even was I? Was I even above ground? Was I in the human realm, or the supernatural realm? Was I in

and pipes suddenly echoed from nowhere and everywhere at once. The

"Mate... mate... mate..."

felt as if I was going to vomit. "No!" I growled, straining against the silver ropes still holding me in agony. We had to

and the music stopped. In the ringing silence she called out, "The claiming ceremony will

and squeals and cries as the crowd cheered. "For

flesh. I thrashed desperately against them, but the silver rope that they suddenly

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