Chapter 0710

Luke aimed a corkscrewing bolt at my face. I caught it against my shoulder as I twisted aside. The impact drove me back a step with a snarl. Had to make this look convincing.

I rushed him full-on once again, plowing through another sizzling bolt of electricity. My bulk crashed into him, knocking us both down in a thrashing tangle of limbs.

I snapped at his neck, but he pressed a palm against my chest. The jolt singed my fur, but hardly more than that; he was holding back. I flung myself off of him with a fake yelp of pain, causing the crowd to swell.

We gained our feet, panting theatrically as though we were actually fighting. I licked an oozing claw-gash along my foreleg. Not bad for round one. The energy in the arena had reached a fever pitch.

Now to start act two.

My jaws latched onto his writhing arm. I bit down just hard enough to pierce the flesh of his human disguise, but not hard enough to cause him

letting out pained whimpers. Had to play up the fight, make it seem real.

was for the best if only Luke and I were in on it. Last

from her viewing stand. My lips peeled back in a

with concussive shots. I yelped as a bolt scorched my flank. Snarling, I launched straight into another charge. He tried to check my rush with both hands pressed

Just as planned.

momentum carried me around him in a blur. Then, before he could wheel to track me, I slammed my full weight into

was on him, my jaws clamped hard onto the back of his neck.

I clamped my jaws shut like a steel trap, biting hard into muscle and sinew. Luke's body convulsed, then went abruptly limp. I held my crushing grip a

their wings even harder. Up above us, Mila had risen from her seat, her hands clamped together and a cheek splitting grin spread across her manic face. Beside her, however, Nina continued to sit as still as a stone; tears streamed down her

an act. For good measure, I even grabbed Luke's shoulder with my jaws and shook him like he was

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