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 survival

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

the grizzly lunged at me, narrowly evading the kill-swipe of its enormous claws. Then, I leaped with my fangs

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

fur as the

across the blackened floor. Agonized gasps echoed from the spectators above,

maw wide open and dripping with saliva. He was

an endless flurry of claws and fangs, offense versus defense in a frenzy to simply

the crowd screeched. "Blood! Bathe the floors in

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

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

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

be the one who destroyed him

at my overflowing fury: "Fight for me!" she cried out. "Prove your worth,

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 entirely by nothing but

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 fell

broken neck and staggered backwards, half-blinded by sweat and gore. Heaving raggedly, I knew I had survived the impossible clash. But at a devastating

me

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 had was gone now; my wolf was spent. The cries of the crowd

I needed to see

became a bloodied naked man splayed out on the tiles. Of course this was no regular bear; he had been a shifter,

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 those

I didn't know what it was; but something in

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