238 CHAPTER 238 Grow

　　~ RIG ~

　　It was instinct to keep Cara on my injured side like a shield. I held her hand so tightly as we walked inside I was afraid I might hurt her. But she gripped me back just as strong.

　　A strange thing was happening in me and I was scared to hope.

　　Every time Cara told me she knew I could win, my strength grew.

　　When my pack-brothers circled us to usher us inside, my strength thrummed.

　　It was like something had infected me and was coursing through my system. Except, instead of weakening my body, it did the opposite. I felt like I was taller suddenly, stronger definitely. Sharper.

　　Ready.

　　Then we stepped inside the doors into the wide lobby of the Arena and the cheering started from the wolves who’d come to watch me, to claim me as their Alpha, to pray for me to win, and my strength swelled again.