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.

again. Luke tried to backpedal, but I was too fast. My jaws latched onto his writhing arm. I bit down just hard enough to pierce the flesh of

been forced to release him. I circled around, limping theatrically and letting out pained whimpers. Had to play up the fight, make it seem real. Soon, though, it would be over. And no one, not

only Luke and I were in on it. Last night, when Nina had been fast asleep,

that mongrel's throat out!" Mila screeched from her viewing stand. My lips

with concussive shots. I yelped as a bolt scorched my flank. Snarling, I launched

Just as planned.

momentum carried me around him in a blur. Then, before he could wheel to track

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

our spectacle to come to an end. 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 moment longer, then reared back from his corpse with

flapping their wings even harder. Up above us, Mila had risen from her seat, her hands clamped together and a cheek

act. For good measure, I even grabbed Luke's shoulder with my

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