ZION

The arena roared around us, but all I could hear was my heartbeat----erratic, too fast, too hot. I stood opposite of Adrian, and for a single breath, everything blurred. My thoughts went from the man in my dreams, chained and screaming for me to the man who told me to stay away from him.

"Adrian," I whispered.

His eyes didn't flicker. The signal was given. He lunged. I barely dodged, his claws slicing the air where my throat had been. Fallon bristled, torn between ...