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.

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

grizzly bear whirled around closed in for the kill, outrage roared through my soul at being cornered for bloodsport. If Mila wanted a

as the grizzly lunged at me, narrowly evading the kill-swipe of its enormous claws. Then, I leaped with my fangs bared, aiming

any rational thought-no, I didn't

from fur as the bear whirled

connected with my shoulder, hurling me across the blackened

maw wide open and dripping with saliva.

endless flurry of claws and fangs, offense versus defense in a frenzy to simply survive. My strikes were fueled only by frantic desperation while animalistic

screeched. "Blood! Bathe the

tang coating my muzzle until I could no longer differentiate mine from my unwilling

like hours, both of us now gushing what felt like rivers of blood from deep lacerations. My vision swam as the pain mounted beyond

the tireless beast intent on destroying me. And if I

I had to be the one who

fury: "Fight for me!" she cried out.

letting its enormous momentum carry it skidding past me. Before it could regain balance

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

broken neck and staggered backwards, half-blinded by sweat and gore. Heaving raggedly, I knew I had survived the impossible clash. But at a devastating cost that was now carved into my soul forever. I had

part of me had

form and fell to my knees, the tiles warm and damp with blood now beneath my palms. What little strength I had

needed to

the tiles. Of course this was no regular bear; he had been a shifter, just

by my unwilling attacks. Hot revulsion bubbled up in my throat as I stared

them, although I didn't know what it was; but something in me roiled as I

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