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.

grimaced, my upper lip curling back to reveal a row of sharp teeth. There was

closed in for the kill, outrage roared through my soul at being cornered for bloodsport. If Mila wanted a gory show of dominance from her 'chosen mate', then... she

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

my panicked instinct hijacked any rational thought-no, I didn't want to kill. This

inch from fur as the bear whirled

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

his maw wide

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

crowd screeched. "Blood! Bathe the floors

slicked the black obsidian tiles, its metallic tang coating my muzzle until I could no longer differentiate mine from my unwilling

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

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

to be the one who

cries prodded at my overflowing fury: "Fight for me!" she cried out. "Prove

it could regain balance I seized its exposed nape, clamping down with an immense strength fueled entirely

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

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

me

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

needed to see

a bloodied naked man splayed out on the tiles. Of course this was no regular

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

what it was; but something in

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