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.

sharp teeth. There was only one hope of survival

my soul at being cornered for bloodsport. If Mila wanted a gory show of dominance from her 'chosen mate',

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

my panicked instinct hijacked any rational thought-no, I

from fur as the bear whirled away with

enormous paw connected with my shoulder, hurling me across the blackened floor. Agonized gasps

instantly, his maw wide open and dripping with saliva. He

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

screeched. "Blood! Bathe the floors in

obsidian tiles, its metallic tang coating

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

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

had to be the one who destroyed

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

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, primal

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 crashed down, twitching before it finally

staggered backwards, half-blinded by sweat and gore. Heaving raggedly, I knew I had survived the impossible clash. But at a devastating cost that was now carved into my soul forever. I had killed in the most primal, savage

part of me

my human form and fell to my knees, the tiles warm and damp with blood now beneath my palms.

I needed

course this was no regular bear; he had been a shifter, just like me. There was a man

belief by my unwilling attacks. Hot revulsion bubbled up in my

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

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