Elijah POV
As soon as the challenge was affirmed, Beta Miguel charged at me. He was like a bull, huge and angry, bearing down on me with everything he had.
But I was fast. I dodged easily, turned on my feet and while he struggled to turn, I leapt at him. My claws dug into his back as I flung myself atop him, my teeth digging into the rise of his spine.
He howled in pain. I knew if I dug in here hard enough, deep enough, that it could damage his spinal column- quite possibly forever. He seemed to know that as well. He moved like a rodeo steer, jumping, twisting midair and then driving his back (and, therefore, me) into a nearby tree.
An involuntary whimper left me as I was knocked to the ground, my legs failing to catch me in time. When he had me on the ground, he was determined to keep
