My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

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

roared through my soul at being cornered for

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

hijacked any rational thought-no, I didn't want

an inch from fur as the bear

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

again instantly, his maw wide open and dripping with saliva. He

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

the crowd screeched. "Blood! Bathe

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

from deep lacerations. My vision swam as the pain mounted beyond anything I had endured

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

the one who

fury: "Fight for me!" she

skidding past me. Before it could regain balance I seized its exposed nape, clamping

I felt its sinew shred between my canines. The grizzly's choked bellows rang out,

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 the most primal, savage way

part of me had

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

needed

me began to ripple, 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, and I had taken

all belief by my unwilling attacks. Hot revulsion bubbled up in my throat as I

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