Romance: Chosen By Her Bear: A BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance Standalone Read Online Free PDF

that he had just given a rousing speech about.
    “On my life,” Damien said.

VI.
     
    The ring of fire was all set to host the biggest trial by combat Greenworld had ever seen. Damien and Jacob were surrounded by a huge circle of fire, around which were gather all the other inhabitants of this strange land. Jacob had overcome his initial hesitation and was looking ferocious and dangerous. Damien still had some blood on his face.

After a few moments, a huge gong sounded, unseen to me. The sound of it reverberated through the forest. At the same time, the moon that was previously hiding behind some trees, suddenly came up and bathed the scene in its magnificent glory. It made for a strangely ethereal scene.
    I was looking at the moon and hence I didn’t see when both Jacob and Damien turned into bears. Jacob was a pitch black one with yellow eyes that shone like diamonds in the dark. Damien was lighter with red eyes. But at that moment, both looked to me like beasts of the wild.
    Both the bears ran towards each other, the distance between them closing rapidly and when they collided there were a huge noise, and coupled with huge growling and the din of the crowd.
    Damien and Jacob were rolling on around in the circle of fire. Jacob was on top and he had a strong grip on Damien’s neck with his teeth. Damien clawed at his face with his paws and Jacob was thrown aside.
    Both steadied themselves and started circling each other, one gauging the next one’s move. Damien moved first but Jacob was too quick for him. He dodged the attempted bite by Damien and sank his teeth in the side of his stomach.
    I closed my eyes and realized that my face was wet with tears. My beloved Damien, here he was, fighting for my life and in all likelihood, dying for it. I couldn’t look at it. I couldn’t see him die on my account.
    I turned around, trying to drown out the thuds of the two animals fighting, rolling on the crowd. I tried not to think of the cheers of the crowd which surely meant that Jacob had an upper hand on Damien and was probably going to win the battle.
    It had been less than two minutes when suddenly there was a loud thud and silence. In spite of myself, I turned around and saw Jacob on the ground, blood pouring from his body.
    Damien, in bear form, stood limply beside Jacob. For a moment it seemed that Damien had won and all would be well. Then slowly, Jacob rose. He was tired, he was injured but he was not ready to give up. Jacob got up and lazily plunged towards Damien, who injured himself, was not quick enough.
    Jacob’s teeth sank into Damien’s leg and he gave a huge howl, a sound you might expect from a wolf. Damien managed to extricate his legs from the strong teeth of Jacob and retreated few feet. The crowd was making more noise than ever.
    They could see the blood, of both the fighters. They knew that the end was near. They would have to accept the decision of the stars, for better or for worse.
    Damien ran towards Jacob who kept rooted to his spot. Just as Damien jumped, Jacob moved to the side but his injuries had rendered him much slower than before.
    Damien’s long claws tore through his face and huge spurts of blood showered on the ground. Damien didn’t lose any time and sank his claws in Jacob’s body who howled in pain.
    Damien kept his grip strong, but just when it looked as if Jacob might finally give in, he mustered every ounce of energy he could and attacked Jacob with his teeth. It was an attack that reeked of desperation, like a drowning man’s last stroke.
    After a few moments, Jacob’s grip loosened and Damien extricated himself from his and he took tentative steps away from where Jacob lay, unmoving. Damien had barely traveled five feet when he fell down and didn’t move for a full minute.
    The whole crowd, man and animal alike, was silent as if a single sound from them will anger the stars. Damien’s body was gently moving up and down as if he was breathing.
    Jacob showed no sign of life.