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.

curling back to reveal a row of sharp teeth. There was only one hope of

for the kill, outrage roared through my soul at being cornered for bloodsport. If Mila wanted a gory show of dominance from

grizzly lunged at me, narrowly evading the kill-swipe of its enormous claws. Then, I leaped with my fangs bared, aiming to grapple the bear's vulnerable throat and end

any rational thought-no, I didn't want

inch from fur as the bear whirled away with astonishing

me across the blackened floor. Agonized gasps

charged again instantly, his maw wide open and dripping with

frenzy to simply survive. My strikes were fueled only by frantic desperation while animalistic bellows assaulted me from

"Blood! Bathe

tiles, its metallic tang coating my muzzle until I could no

felt like rivers of blood from deep lacerations. My vision swam as the pain mounted beyond anything I had endured before even the torture beneath Edward's

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

had to be the one who destroyed him

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

skidding past me. Before it could regain balance I seized its exposed nape, clamping down with

sinew shred between my canines. The grizzly's choked bellows rang out, matching the spectators' fevered screams... And then its immense body crashed down, twitching before it finally

the impossible clash. But at a devastating cost

me had loved

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 needed to see

that laid before 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,

vacant jade 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 into

it was; but something

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