N I N E T E E N
He throws me and I fly through the air at full speed, not knowing I could move that fast, landing hard on the floor on the opposite side of the ring. I feel another rib c***k, while my head smashes into the metal and another welt forms on my forehead. I wonder how much more a***e my body can take.
I sense him coming at me again, and this time, I am just too beat up to move. I lay there face-down, struggling to catch my breath. He takes his time. It is clear he will kill me when he reaches me. It is a death walk.
I’m too tired and weak and delirious to do anything more than accept my fate. I am destined to die. Here, in this place. At this moment. I’ve failed. I’ve let Bree down.
As I lay there, breathing hard, blood coming from my mouth, slowly, over the sound of the ri
