The “POP” of the breaking skull echoes across the entire silent arena. It drops every jaw in utter shock—except mine. “HELL YEAH, KID!!!” I bark to the scrappy little fighter. Everyone turns their attention to the shouting man up in the little cell. This causes me to yell, scream, and even slam my cot against the wall just to see what kind of horrible noises it will make. Then I send Shepherd a look that will hopefully haunt him in the quiet moments of life. 

Back over in the castle, the young man isn’t celebrating; he’s rushing to escape the corridor before the other twin can track him down. What he doesn’t know is that the blue Gorilla isn’t even interested in him anymore. He’s thrown himself over his brother’s corpse like a wet woo...

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