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He swings out again, I block and hold his arain, crushing his ribs

He’s winded And that’s when I drive ht to the head First the left hook Then the right hook And then I shootbeneath round

Next up is Hot Shot

I keep s apart, and hold o toe-to-toe I double punch, hit, stunning him

I protect, then attack Protect, attack Stay away froot hied

And then I puround

The adrenaline is rushing insidethis ring tonight no matter who they put before me

With Taz, we dance a lot Hop, duck, leap around He’s fast but I’er I catch a few hits They hardly graze Mine don’t graze him They land and crunch bone beneath my knuckles, knock hi quivers, and he falls

I take Libertine out within two

Spider et in a few hits to the body, let hie hioing to have fun with hi his nose last ti it this time I raise my fist and crunch his nose underbusted it before

He yells, and when his hand flies instinctively to the source of the pain, I go straight for his liver

He chokes on a breath and gets blood all over my chest as he tries to lean onpost), then let hiain

"You

I smash my hook into his mouth, then hold his head between my folded arm and hit hiround

There’s a wave of shocked gasps across the crowd I look around the arena as it falls silent, clenchingmy eyes, and then I raise , This is who I ae, NO FUCKING MERCY TONIGHT! Ladies and gentlee!"

I’ my breath as my ar to where Oz waits to lead ot into the fucking final, Mav YOU’RE IN THE FUCKING FINAL!"

"Yeah" I pull rin up at hih you couldn’t believe

"Come here, you little fucker" He squeezes , then I shove my hands out "Help me take these off I want to tell Reese"

Oz works one hand free and I use my teeth to pull my tapes off the other as fast as I can Suddenly I’m on fire to tell her I can’t wait another second to tell her

There’s only one thing I want right now One thing that will ht at the final