Chapter 0699

Enzo

My eyes locked onto the enormous bear that was now thundering toward me, six-hundred pounds of snarling fury and dagger-length claws. The deafening roar that escaped the bear's throat almost seemed to shake the very stone beneath my paws.

Every instinct screamed to brace for impact as the grizzly charged at me.

"What the hell?" I thought to my wolf. "How—"

"Don't even question it," my wolf commanded. "Just don't get killed, dammit!"

My wolf was right; there was no time for speculation or awe. There was a wild beast hurtling toward me, reading to kill. Taking in a sharp breath, I lunged out of the way just before the bear collided with me. Up above, the vicious cries erupted from the crowd and caught my momentary attention.

"Rip his throat!"

"Flay the mongrel!"

I didn't know which one of us they were cheering for-me or the bear.

Nonetheless, I filtered out the madness of the crowd, my frenzied thoughts strategizing escape routes desperately feint left then sprint right for the gate, which was still open? No, I could never outpace this monster in this wide open

arena.

"Kill him! Kill him!" the crowd cheered menacingly.

upper lip curling back to reveal a row of sharp teeth. There was only one

at being cornered for bloodsport. If Mila wanted a gory show of dominance from her 'chosen mate', then...

claws. Then,

any rational thought-no, I didn't want

from fur as

as another brutal swat of the bear's enormous paw connected with my shoulder, hurling me across the blackened floor. Agonized gasps echoed from the

bear charged again instantly, his maw wide

and fangs, offense versus defense in a frenzy to simply survive. My strikes were fueled

crowd screeched. "Blood! Bathe the floors in

slicked the black obsidian tiles, its metallic tang coating my muzzle

lacerations. My vision swam as the pain mounted beyond anything I had endured before even the

on destroying me. And if I had any chance, even a flicker of a chance, at getting out of here

had to be the one

writhing chaos, Mila's piercing cries prodded at my overflowing fury:

mid-charge, letting its enormous momentum carry it skidding past me. Before it could regain balance I seized its exposed nape, clamping down with an immense strength fueled entirely by nothing but pure, primal

between my canines. The grizzly's choked bellows rang out, matching the spectators' fevered screams... And then its

impossible clash. But at a devastating cost that was now carved into my soul forever. I had killed in the

me had

I shifted back into my human form and fell to my knees, the tiles warm and damp with blood now beneath my palms. What little strength I had was gone now; my wolf was spent. The cries of the crowd faded into a hum, into

I needed to see

carcass that laid before me began to ripple, blurring until it became a bloodied naked man splayed out on the tiles. Of course this was no regular bear; he had been a shifter,

me, his body destroyed beyond all belief by my unwilling attacks. Hot revulsion

of them, although I didn't know what it was;

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