Chapter 0707

Nina

My eyes widened as a small trickle of blood made its way down Enzo's neck.

"Stop!" I shrieked, my voice having more power in it than I expected after a long night of misery. "Please, don't hurt him."

"It's okay, Nina." Enzo's voice was more hoarse than mine. "I'll be okay."

But it was clear that he wasn't; he swallowed against the guard's blade, his Adam's apple bobbing beneath the cold metal. I turned to Mila then, deciding to throw away any dignity I had left in that moment to pray for my husband's safety.

"Please don't hurt him," I begged desperately. "You can't"

Mila examined her dagger-sharp nails, looking bored by our misery. "You knew the rules," she said coolly." Refuse to comply, refuse to fight, and I'd have no choice but to punish this insolence."

flicked her cold ruby eyes to Enzo. "One or both of you will have to die if you continue trying to resist the pull of our

he was calm despite the blade at his throat. "Use Luke as your

a deep, shaky breath. Something in Enzo's voice made me wonder what he had planned or if he was just saying that to get me to comply, but I had no choice. I couldn't bear to

I wouldn't fight, but I only meant that Iwant to appoint

foreign on my tongue. I couldn't believe that I was in this impossible

her fingers again, and the guard finally eased back the dagger just a little bit. Enzo gasped

licked my dry lips. "Our friend Luke would like to take my place as champion, in exchange for my guaranteed safety after the fight." I forced a steadiness into my voice even though I felt like screaming and

like to request for you to let Nina and our baby return home to Mountainview unharmed," Enzo chimed in. "They'll

Enzo spoke, my eyes went wide, my head slowly swiveling around to look at him again. Was this it? Was this his plan? To make Luke

had to be

Right?

chin, considering Enzo's words carefully. "I must say, this is highly irregular," she

he said softly. "I know that champions

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