Chapter 0350

"Four!"

I hear my name being shouted behind me my family-but there's no time and it doesn't matter if it's not safe

I'm moving fast, thanks to my wolf instincts and my training at the academy, and I can feel my canines elongating to points in my feracity as a snarl rips from my lips, because if anyone tries to stop me right now - I'll rip them to shreds.

"Luca!" I scream, just as the ref shouts "Five!" counting down the moments until Luce is timed out.

Luca's uncle spins when he hears my voice behind him, his eyes going wide. I think he says my name in protest, putting out a hand to stop me, but I shove him aside, throwing myself against the side of the ring, desperately trying to scramble into it. I shout Luca's name again.

"You can't go in!" I hear Bruce shouting behind me, his hands on my hips, pulling me back. "If you go in, Ariel, he'll be disqualified!"

Something about that rings sense to me, and I shoot a glance back at Bruce alongside a snarl to make him see that I understand, but then I'm moving again, positioning myself, trying to get as close to Luca as I can.

"Sk!" the ref shouts, and I see Luce struggling now - see his eyes fluttering as he tries to pull himself together.

I lean as

I do the only thing I

on our bond, and let it all flood me

Luca's agony - his pain - his fear -

again - again, always-that physical agony that threatens

flutter back in my head as I'm almost taken down

the ref's voice hesitating now as he sees me there the nation's Princess - trying to support

everything he's feeling - it's like a tidal wave, and it

my love for our nation, for our people. And I push it all towards Luca, pushing back against that flood of pain, and

this moment, I think

him passing his strength to me during the Examination -

of what it felt like to him if he had to take an my

never said a thing-when here I am, almost collapsing under

working hard to dig my nails into the mat, to

as I do, I see Luca's shoulders raise, see him push himself up, see his eyes lock with mine. Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ FindNʘᴠᴇl.nᴇt

And it's enough.

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