As the ex-speaker of the Ikarus Council descended the staircase of the arena to the animal cells, he heard a scream. It was Anna’s scream. Montague ran, almost tripping down the steps. Next to the cages, he found Anna holding onto the metal bars of the cat cage. She looked horrified. Montague gasped at what he saw inside the cages. Rayne was there, kneeling next to the injured cat, which lay uncomfortably against the corner wall, bloody and wounded. The other feline was grey with black spots and growled while it paced around, guarding them. Anna cried. “Rayne!” Montague yelled. There, unarmed, he was helpless against the giant beasts. He grabbed a spear from the holder on the wall and approached the gate. But the chain on it was still locked. Montague was perplexed. …show more content…
Montague’s instincts to protect the Volpi King blinded him from the danger. Juggling through his keychain, he picked at the lock. But the other larger beast claimed the entrance with his staggering size. Montague found his heart beating harder when the cat’s eyes were fixed on him as if he were a piece of bloody meat dangling in front of its drooling mouth. It came up to the cold steel bars and roared. Montague dropped the keys. Rayne seemed to ignore everything that was happening outside of the cage. Montague could only watch as the boy placed his hand over the wounded cat’s bloody flesh and closed his eyes. The cat’s leg twitched, but Rayne kept a stable