Luccio’s mouth dropped open, and all I could smell was his fear. Before I could act on my words Ryker linked me. “The woman she’s fighting is part human. Since the person with her is a bear I would assume that’s what her other part is,” Ryker said before walking back over to us. I stood up and placed my mouth to Kalli’s ear. “You can’t fight her. Let me get you out of here.” She took a step back and looked at my face. “No, I’m not leaving. You were invited because I genuinely wanted you here, but not if you’re just going to pull some macho crap on me before my match starts.” “Kalli, listen to me. That girl -” I hesitated because there was no way to explain all of this to her right now. So I improvised. “I’ve heard of her. She has the ability to really hurt you.” She stood up on her