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“Oh yeah, she’s going to be fun to fuck that little attitude right out of…”?
Over my fucking dead body.?
“Let’s get it on!” the referee shouts from the center of the mats before quickly getting out of my way as I barrel across them. I want to hit him so hard he can’t recall a single thing about Emerson. I can’t stand the thought of him even thinking about fucking her.?
My fist collides with his face in the next second. His smirk turns into a sneer as I hit him again, and he throws one back at me.?
He thinks getting under my skin about Em will be to his advantage, but he doesn’t know she’s been my weakness for a long time… and I feed off my weaknesses.?
I dodge his next jab, but lose my footing and fall back to the ground. When I see the look of victory on his face, I take a second longer to attempt to get up, knowing he isn’t a match for me in jiu-jitsu.?
As predicted, he slams his big body on top of mine. “Now you get to feel the weight of what that little bitch will feel later tonight.”?
I flip us over, my left fist smashing into his head.?
“The only little bitch I see around here is you,” I growl as his skull bounces off the mat, maneuvering myself under him enough to put him in the choke hold.?
Punching him felt good, but making him surrender his pride in front of all these people is even more gratifying.?
I hold the triangle choke firm as he tries to worm his way out. The crowd gives up on their fan-favorite easily and starts chanting “Monroe” right about the time his vision likely starts to black out, and he gives in, tapping my arm repeatedly.?
The second the referee calls it, I look up and findher—bouncing on her toes and a big smile on her face.?
I know I should be looking for my brother or one of my friends in this moment, but when she’s around,Emerson is all I see. Whether I want to or not.?
* * *
The referee takesme over to another group of men within seconds of my win.
“You know how to handle yourself out there, Monroe,” a tall man with a salt-and-pepper beard greets me with a handshake, nodding to the younger man beside him who reaches into the black bag at his feet and pulls out a wad of cash.?
“I’m Wayne.” He slaps the cash into my hand. “And I can make you a lot more of this.”???
I stare at it for a second, thinking about how nice it would be to have this every weekend, but the same thought that always circles through my head overpowers all the rest.I want better… and illegal underground fighting every weekend isn’t that. Not in the long run.?
“Thank you, Wayne, but I’m going to have to pass on the offer this time.”?
His look of shock quickly morphs into something else.?
“What the fuck, Nox?” I hear a pissed-off Gunnar grunt from behind me.?
Shit.?
“Wayne, if he didn’t already tell you, tonight is a one-and-done kind of thing, so don’t even think about it,” he says, point-blank, apparently knowing the guy running the show here.?
“Let’s go.” Gunnar starts walking toward the exit, assuming I’ll follow.?
When we get outside to the rest of our crew, I see the apologetic look on Frankie’s face.?
“Sorry,” she whispers. “Even badass biker dads look at Life 360 on their phone every thirty minutes to check in on their very responsible daughter.”?
“Responsible, my ass… You came to this shithole tonight, didn’t you?” he counters back at his daughter.?
“And Nox, seriously, what the fuck? You are in the running for some real fights soon… fights that will get you seen. Fights that will make you real money…legalmoney.”?
“Yeah, 'cause everything you do is so legal, Dad,” Frankie mutters under her breath, and Gunnar gives her a pointed look.?
“Look, I needed the money for something and knew this was a quick way to get it.”?
