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.

reveal a row of sharp teeth. There was

through my soul at being cornered for bloodsport. If Mila wanted

the kill-swipe of its enormous claws. Then, I leaped with my fangs bared,

rational thought-no, I didn't want to kill. This wasn't

teeth snapped shut an inch from fur as the bear whirled

with my shoulder, hurling me across the blackened floor. Agonized

maw wide open and dripping with saliva.

an endless flurry of claws and fangs, offense versus defense in a frenzy to simply

screeched. "Blood!

metallic tang coating my muzzle until

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

the tireless beast intent on destroying me. And if I

I had to be the one who

cries prodded at my overflowing fury: "Fight

a savage snarl I hurled myself behind the bear mid-charge, letting its enormous momentum carry it skidding past me. Before it could regain balance I seized its

bellows rang out, matching the spectators' fevered screams... And

impossible clash. But at a devastating cost

part of me

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

I needed to see

became a bloodied naked man splayed out on the tiles. Of course

his body destroyed beyond all belief by my unwilling attacks. Hot revulsion bubbled up in my

didn't know what it was; but something in me roiled as I saw it, and suddenly, recognition washed

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