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.

my upper lip curling back to reveal a row of sharp teeth. There was only

the enraged 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 'chosen mate', then... she

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

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

snapped shut an inch from fur as the bear whirled

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 no time to check my

maw wide open and dripping with saliva. He was

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

tiles, its metallic tang coating my muzzle

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

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

be the one who destroyed

my overflowing fury: "Fight for me!" she cried out. "Prove your worth,

bear mid-charge, letting its enormous momentum carry it skidding past me. Before it could regain balance I seized its exposed nape, clamping down

grizzly's choked bellows rang out, matching the

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

me had loved

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 was gone now; my wolf was spent. The cries of the crowd faded into a

I needed to see

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

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

was; but something in me roiled as I saw

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