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.

reveal a row of sharp teeth. There was only one hope of survival now:

being cornered for

kill-swipe of its enormous claws. Then, I

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

snapped shut an inch from fur as the bear whirled away with

hurling me across the blackened floor. Agonized gasps echoed from the

his maw wide open

in a frenzy to simply survive.

crowd screeched. "Blood! Bathe the floors

they wanted; blood soon slicked the black obsidian tiles, its metallic tang coating my muzzle until I could no longer differentiate mine from my

blood from deep lacerations. My vision swam as the pain mounted beyond anything I had endured before even

one misstep meant disembowelment by the tireless beast intent on destroying me. And if

to be the one who

the 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

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

raggedly, I knew I had survived the impossible clash. But at a devastating cost that was now carved into my soul forever. I had

me had loved

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

needed to

man splayed out on the tiles. Of course this was no regular bear; he had

beyond all belief by my unwilling attacks. Hot revulsion bubbled up in my throat as I stared into those

corners of them, although I didn't know what it was; but something in

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