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 one

at being cornered for bloodsport. If Mila wanted a gory show of

the kill-swipe of its enormous claws. Then,

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

fur as the

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

wide open and dripping with

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

the crowd screeched. "Blood! Bathe the

got what they wanted; blood soon slicked the black obsidian tiles, its metallic tang coating

struggled for what felt like hours, both 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

the tireless beast intent on destroying me. And if I had any chance,

I had to be the one who destroyed him

prodded at my overflowing fury:

behind the bear mid-charge, 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

easily within my jaws. I felt its sinew shred between my canines. The grizzly's choked bellows rang out, matching the spectators' fevered screams... And then its immense body

clash. But at a devastating cost that was now carved into my soul forever. I had killed in the most primal,

of me had loved

my palms. What little

I needed to see

the tiles. Of course this was no regular bear; he had been a shifter, just like me. There was a man under there,

his body destroyed beyond all belief by my unwilling attacks.

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

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