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.

his writhing arm. I bit down just hard enough to pierce the flesh of his human disguise, but not hard enough to cause him any real

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

My lips peeled back in a menacing

bolt scorched my flank. Snarling, I launched

Just as planned.

him in a blur. Then, before he could wheel

him, my jaws clamped hard

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.

crowd roared, pounding their feet and flapping 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

so sorry, Nina," I thought to myself. But she couldn't know that 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 him

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