Zhivka “Now what are you doing?” Gavril asked. Okay, mind link was on again. I guess he forgot or something. I grimaced and whimpered as Blagun didn’t let go of his teeth that painfully sank in my flesh. The searing pain already registered in my brain, and warm blood also trickled down from the deep wound he caused. Despite the predicament I was in, I looked over my shoulder. Sudden dread took over me as I watched the male, mature brown bear saunter towards us. Its odor was actually clean and fresh. It stood about ten feet tall on its hind legs, which was about five feet on all four legs. Roughly, I was a few inches taller than this bear but my packmates were more enormous than I was. Still, a bea