Page 206 of Savage Throne
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Chapter thirty-one
The Roar of the Arena
Moni
Twenty minutes earlier.
Leo ran off like a bitch, racing to the tree and climbing it.
The deafening roar of the crowd collided into a symphony of fear, bloodlust, and hysteria that shook the arena like a living beast.
The sound clawed at my skin.
I sat rigid in the stands, every muscle in my body coiled tight, trembling as I watched Lei charge after his father.
Damn it.
My heart pounded against my ribs; a frantic, relentless rhythm that drowned out every rational thought.
Sitting in front of me, Jo looked over her shoulder. “Are you okay, sis?”
“No, I’m losing my mind.”
Jo nodded. “I wish we could do something.”
Banks was next to her and kept his view on the fight. “Lei is a bad motherfucker. He’ll win, Moni.”
On my left, Duck kept his hold on my arm while Chen on my right had his arm hooked on my right arm.
I frowned at both of them.
Lei wanted me to remain in the stands.
That one simple request—to stay put—felt like an unbearable heaviness crushing my chest.
How could I sit here, surrounded by strangers screaming for blood, while the man I loved fought for his life?
Every instinct in my body screamed at me to move, to run to him, to do something… anything to stop this madness.
On the other side of Jo, Marcelo’s voice filled with disbelief. “He’s going after Leo in that tree?”
Shivering, I glanced at Duck. “Can he fight him in a fucking tree?”
Duck nodded. “Yeah, but. . .”
“What?”
“Uncle Leo would have the advantage.”
“Why?”
Chen answered for him, “Because if Uncle Leo went into the tree then he planned to do it weeks ago. Something could be up there or—”
“What the fuck you mean something could be up there?”
“Calm down, Monique.” Chen wiped sweat off his forehead. “We’re all stressed.”
