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.

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

with his sparks, making it appear as though I had 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,

best if only Luke and I were in on it. Last night,

out!" Mila screeched from her viewing stand. My lips peeled back in a menacing snarl. Sure, keep shouting,

driving me back with concussive shots. I yelped as a bolt scorched my flank. Snarling, I launched straight into another charge. He tried to

Just as planned.

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

dirt. In a blink I was on him, my jaws clamped hard onto the back of his neck.

clamped my jaws shut like a steel trap, biting hard into muscle and sinew. Luke's body

clamped together and a cheek splitting

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

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