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.

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

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

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

I

inch from fur as the bear

as another brutal swat of the bear's enormous paw connected with my shoulder, hurling me across the blackened floor. Agonized gasps echoed from the spectators above, but there was

his maw wide open and dripping with

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

screeched. "Blood! Bathe the floors

its metallic tang coating

of us now 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

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

had to be the one who

overflowing fury: "Fight for me!"

the bear mid-charge, letting its enormous momentum carry it skidding past me. Before it could regain balance

tore easily within my jaws. I felt its sinew shred between my canines. The grizzly's choked bellows

Heaving raggedly, I knew I had survived the impossible clash. But at a devastating cost that was now carved

of me

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

needed to

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 his

vacant jade eyes stared lifelessly back at me, his body destroyed beyond all belief by my unwilling attacks. Hot revulsion bubbled

oozed 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

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