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.

teeth. There was

grizzly bear whirled 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

Then, I leaped

thought-no, I didn't want to kill. This

shut an inch from fur as the bear

swat of the bear's enormous paw connected with my shoulder, hurling me across the blackened floor. Agonized gasps echoed

his maw wide open and dripping with saliva. He was

of claws and fangs, offense versus defense in a frenzy to simply survive. My strikes were fueled only by frantic desperation while animalistic bellows assaulted me from all

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

lacerations. My vision swam as the pain mounted beyond anything I had endured before even the

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

the one who

my overflowing fury:

letting its enormous momentum carry 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,

my jaws. I felt its sinew shred between my canines. The grizzly's choked bellows rang out, matching the spectators' fevered

half-blinded by sweat and gore. Heaving raggedly, I knew I had survived the impossible clash. But at

of me had loved

and damp with blood now beneath my palms. What little strength I had was gone now; my

I needed to

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

all belief by my unwilling attacks. Hot revulsion bubbled up

from the corners of them, although I didn't know what it was; but something in

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