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.

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

around 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 was going

enormous claws. Then, I leaped with my fangs bared, aiming to grapple the bear's vulnerable throat and end

rational thought-no, I didn't want

an inch from fur as the bear whirled away with

across the blackened floor. Agonized gasps echoed from the spectators above, but there was no time to check

again instantly, his maw wide open

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

the crowd screeched. "Blood! Bathe the

slicked the black obsidian tiles, its metallic tang coating my muzzle until I

gushing what felt like rivers of blood from deep lacerations. My vision swam as the pain mounted beyond anything I had endured before even the torture beneath

one misstep meant disembowelment by the tireless beast intent on destroying me. And if I had any chance, even

had to be the one who destroyed

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

it skidding past me. Before it could regain balance I seized its exposed nape, clamping down with an immense strength fueled entirely by nothing but pure, primal

easily within my jaws. I felt its sinew shred between my canines. The grizzly's choked bellows rang out, matching the spectators' fevered screams... And then its immense body crashed down, twitching before it

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

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 spent. The cries of the crowd faded into

I needed to see

to ripple, blurring until it became a bloodied naked man splayed out on the tiles. Of course this was no regular bear; he

body destroyed beyond all belief by my

from the corners of them, although I didn't know what it was; but something in me roiled as I saw it, and suddenly, recognition washed over

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