The Lycan King's Defiant Surrogate
The one with the helmet said, his gruff voice slightly muffled.
“Easy, Gold,” says one of the other gladiators, a younger man with slicked back, shoulder-length hair, and a grin that shows more teeth than necessary.
Gold – the masked man – turns his head to seemingly glare at the other man. The man just grins that toothy smile.
The third gladiator, an older man with full gray beard and a deep slash over one eye, turns fully around and ignores the rest of us.
The younger man kneels down beside me. “Ignore them, gorgeous. What’s your name?”