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.

row of sharp teeth. There was only one hope of survival now: I needed to stand and

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

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

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

teeth snapped shut an inch from fur

hurling me across the blackened floor. Agonized gasps echoed from the spectators above,

charged again instantly, his maw wide open and dripping

defense in a frenzy to simply survive. My strikes were fueled only by frantic desperation while

"Blood!

got what they wanted; blood soon slicked the black obsidian tiles, its metallic tang coating my muzzle until I

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

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

the one who

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

skidding past me. Before it could regain balance I

canines. The grizzly's choked bellows rang out, matching the spectators' fevered screams... And then its immense body crashed down, twitching before it finally fell

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 killed in

of me had loved

palms. What little strength I had was gone

I needed to

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, just like me. There was a man under there,

body destroyed beyond all belief by my unwilling attacks. Hot revulsion bubbled up in my throat as I stared into those lifeless,

what it was;

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