Chapter 0775

Enzo

"Today is the day, my love."

Mila's voice, soft and sweet, pulled me out of my reverie. I found myself sitting beside those pools of unfathomably deep water again, although this time, I couldn't quite remember how I had gotten here. Furrowing my brow, I turned to see Mila's face smiling down at me. She reached out and touched my cheek, and... Yes. Right. I was just relaxing here before my big fight. The arena waited for me now, and I couldn't have been more excited. After all, once I won the fight, the ceremony would begin and after that, Mila would finally be mine.

And I would be hers.

I smiled, pressing my hand against hers. "I can't wait," I said softly.

"It's a good thing you don't have to, my dear. It's time for you to start getting ready."

I followed her gaze to the doorway, where a servant waited for me. I already knew what was in store: a ceremonial bath, during which they would likely scrub my skin within an inch of its life, just like last time.

And that was exactly what happened. Within a few hours, I was seated on the edge of my bed, wearing a plain cloth shirt and loose pants. My skin was red and a little raw from the scrubbing, and the room smelled like fragrant salts. I was ready; and in just a few short hours, I would be preparing for the fight.

But I couldn't deny the way my leg shook, my heel bouncing on the ground.

Maybe it was nerves, or maybe just anticipation. Either way, with hours to spare before the fight, I knew I couldn't wait here the whole time. I stood and decided to wander, then, to help pass the time.

The walk started out innocently enough. I wandered the halls, tracing my fingers along the smooth obsidian as I mused to myself.

no longer wandering, but instead moving toward a specific location, even occasionally

I found myself in a strangely

The dungeon.

sure why I had come here, but I knew that it wasn't entirely an unconscious decision. And

down the narrow corridor, flanked on either side by silver

gaze landing on the hulking form of my opponent a brutish shifter

him, an inexplicable urge pulling me forward until I was mere inches from the bars. It seemed as though that same urge had taken

did something unimaginable then. I

each other with an intensity that stole my breath

a gruff voice

are in grave

in my ears, but

You can speak?" I murmured, my voice

"Mila forces these arena fights as part of her sick ceremonies, all in

my

seemed to sigh, although it came out as more of a low,

mate cannot give her what she desires, she unleashes her fumes and poisons upon them until they are little more than mindless thralls, twisted

as the fog in my mind started to part. Of course I knew that her ceremony was a sham. I

times already, but each time

come here, to see the panther, when I did; because deep down, I knew that she wouldn't find me

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