All the kids closed their eyes.
They were ready for their fate.
Auriya smiled and imagined the beautiful faces of her loving parents with her eyes closed.
Suddenly she heard the vicious, angry roar of the beast and two hands grabbing her little body and pulling it backward.
She opened her eyes in fear to see her Melethron, her Big Brother was holding her.
He had dragged her back, saving her from the savage paw strike of the massive beast.
The beast was a bit surprised to see the arrival of a new man. It took a few steps backward to gauge the new human.
Both of them began circling each other; their movements were slow, their steps were calculated, and their eyes were locked on each other. Each of them was poised to strike the other at the faintest hint of weakness.
The other kids, trembling, opened their eyes to witness the strange man standing among them; his eyes were focusing on the mighty bear.
