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.

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

around closed in for the kill, outrage roared through my soul at being cornered for bloodsport. If Mila

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

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

teeth snapped shut an inch from fur

the blackened floor. Agonized gasps echoed from the spectators above,

bear charged again instantly, his maw wide

endless flurry of claws and fangs, offense versus defense in a frenzy to simply

crowd screeched. "Blood! Bathe the floors

its metallic tang

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

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

had to be the

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

past me. Before it could regain balance I seized its exposed

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

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,

part of me had

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

I needed to

man splayed out on the tiles. Of course this was

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

know what it was; but something in me

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