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.

teeth. There was

roared through my soul at being cornered for bloodsport. If Mila wanted a

its enormous claws. Then, I leaped with my fangs bared, aiming to grapple the bear's vulnerable throat and end this

my panicked instinct hijacked any rational thought-no, I didn't

teeth snapped shut an inch from fur as the bear whirled

yelped as another brutal swat of the bear's enormous paw connected with my shoulder, hurling me across the blackened floor. Agonized gasps echoed from the spectators above, but there was no time to check my

bear charged again instantly, his maw wide open

to simply survive. My strikes were fueled only by frantic desperation while

the crowd screeched. "Blood!

tiles, its metallic tang coating my muzzle until I could no longer differentiate mine from

felt like hours, both of us now gushing what felt like rivers of blood from deep lacerations. My

tireless beast intent on destroying me. And if I had any chance, even a flicker of a chance, at getting out of here and seeing Nina

be the one who destroyed

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

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

The grizzly's choked bellows rang

impossible clash. But at

me had loved

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

needed to see

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

by my unwilling attacks. Hot

what it was; but something in me roiled as I saw it, and suddenly, recognition washed

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