This was an unfortunate turn of events.
All that hard work, and now she had to face her sister's... boyfriend.
I don't want to be here either,she said flatly, quick to be the first to express distaste for the match. Still, rules were rules, and he had climbed his way up through the tournament just as fairly as she had - even if the pair regarded each other with thinly-veiled unease.
Let's get it over with.
Part of her wondered how Tiberii might react depending on the results of this charade. If she won, would Tiberii be angry that she shamed her - boyfriend - thing - in front of the crowd, or would she instead cheer for her sibling's victory and the insurmountable force of the Shakti-Vaes clan?
If Shiloh beat Aurelia fair and square, thoroughly throttling her in the ring...
... Would Tiberii kill him in front of Northfall, or more privately at home?
Sinking into a resigned crouch, Aurelia took initiative and began by sprinting in a jagged pattern of zig-zags on her way toward him, hoping to disrupt his tracking - and then leapt for his left hind limb, jaws open and ready to use what weight she had to pull him off-balance.
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