Karak Warrior: An Alien Shifter Sci-Fi Romance (Alien Shapeshifters Book 2) by Ruby Ryan

Author:Ruby Ryan [Ryan, Ruby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-23T16:00:00+00:00

14

JERIX

I stood in the waiting chambers deep within the Sunken Pit, and all I felt was fear.

In my first battle, fear was a dim emotion. A low hum, fueling my actions with greater need. The desire I felt for Leslie was far stronger, the painful aching to return to her safely. To feel her touch, her body, before I died.

But now?

As the roar of the crowd rose above us, vibrating through the ground and in the air, my fear overwhelmed me. Now that I had Leslie, actually had her instead of just in her dreams, losing her seemed like the worst thing that could possibly happen. Selfishly, I wanted to return to her. And selflessly, I did not want her to need to watch me die.

Because although I had survived yesterday's battle, I doubted I would win this day.

I shall provide cover and distraction from above, Fyrix told me, while you pick off our enemies from the ground in your Borelisk form.

It was the plan we'd discussed and practiced a dozen times. For him to repeat it now spoke of his great nervousness.

It is a good plan, I agreed.

This match would be two against two. The participants were allotted unlimited shifting (all four of us were Karak), although only one from each team was permitted a flying beast.

We knew nothing of our opponents, except that they were Karak warriors. Actual warriors, not merely pretending the way I was with Leslie.

She needed to hear the truth, I knew. I hoped I lived long enough to sit her down and tell her.

Ahead of us, the door moved with the sound of massive gears. It rumbled open, the darkness of our chamber invaded by the widening slit of light from the Pit beyond.

Good fortune, Fyrix told me, sending a final pulse of camaraderie.

I returned the emotion, and then we stepped into the Pit.

The crowd roared with pleasure as the four participants appeared. Our two opponents were small glimmers of light on the opposite side of the arena, but even that small signal reignited my fear.

I cannot die, my human brain insisted. I must beg for my life. Or surrender. I must do something!

I pushed aside the irrational, poisonous thoughts as we waited for the signal.

The announcer called out our names, the two warriors swelling with pride at theirs, while Fyrix and I did the same but with shame and embarrassment. I scanned the rows of viewers, searching vainly for my human lover, but there were too many beings for her to stick out. I took that as a bad omen. The crowd noise lessened, awaiting the beginning, the tension of being on the precipice of carnage.

BEGIN, the Dominion Lord boomed from his holy place.

Instantly, Fyrix shifted into his gryphon form. The crowd screamed with excitement as he leaped into the air with powerful hind legs.

I remained in my place, waiting to see what they would shift into before changing into my Borelisk form.

The two Karak warriors hesitated only long enough to see what we would do, and as soon as Fyrix took to the air one of them shifted into a smaller bird.

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