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.

back to reveal a row of sharp teeth. There was only one hope of survival now: I needed to

my soul at being cornered for bloodsport. If

smoothly as the grizzly lunged at me, narrowly evading the kill-swipe of its enormous claws. Then, I leaped with my fangs bared, aiming to grapple the bear's vulnerable throat and end this

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

snapped shut an inch from fur as the bear whirled away with astonishing

my shoulder, hurling me across the blackened floor. Agonized gasps echoed from

bear charged again instantly, his maw wide open and dripping with

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

the crowd screeched. "Blood! Bathe the floors

wanted; blood soon slicked the black obsidian tiles, its metallic tang coating my muzzle until I could no longer differentiate mine

of blood from deep lacerations. My vision swam as

beast intent on destroying me. And if I had any chance, even a flicker of a chance, at

to be the

overflowing fury: "Fight

me. Before it could regain balance I seized its exposed nape, clamping down with an immense strength

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

impossible clash. But at a devastating cost that was

part of me had

my human form and fell to my knees, the tiles warm and damp with blood now beneath my palms. What

needed to see

tiles. Of course this was no regular bear; he

at me, his body destroyed beyond all belief by my unwilling attacks. Hot revulsion bubbled up in my throat as I

didn't know what it was; but something in me roiled as I saw

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