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.

of sharp teeth. There was only one hope

cornered for bloodsport. If Mila wanted a

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 this

rational thought-no, I didn't

inch from fur as

across the

his maw wide open and dripping with saliva.

frenzy to simply survive. My strikes were fueled only by frantic

the crowd screeched. "Blood!

black obsidian tiles, its metallic tang coating my

blood from deep lacerations. My vision swam as the pain mounted beyond anything

by the tireless beast intent on destroying me. And if I

I had to be the one who

the writhing chaos, Mila's piercing cries prodded at my overflowing fury: "Fight

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

tore 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

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

of me had

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;

I needed to

naked man splayed out on the tiles. Of course this was no regular bear; he had been a shifter, just like me. There was

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

of them, although I didn't know what it was;

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