The Ballerina & The Fighter (Book 1) by Ursula Sinclair

Author:Ursula Sinclair [Sinclair, Ursula]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-06-30T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Maze

I should have turned my ass around as soon as I saw her on the dance floor with that dude. But I couldn’t take my eyes off her. Today was a shitty day. After my meeting last night, deciding to leave Ivy alone, my concentration was crap and this morning Joe handed me my head on a platter because of my inattention during training.

I bore the bruises on my ass to prove it. I thought about Ivy all night. Also, what was the point of training so long and hard for something I would not be allowed to claim. Like her.

Last night I was reminded about the fight and the enforcer, who happened to be Jai’s older brother, wanted to work out the details, right down to how I would take the fall. There were no rounds, like most regular fights, for this fight, we fought until somebody went down. Nor was it the kinda shit most associated with MMA leagues, there wasn’t a lot of boxing or rolling around on the floor. This was a purer form of the arts. But they wanted me to make sure I dragged it out and the last few minutes get my ass good and truly kicked. Then I had to fucking do it again during the blade part of the match, and let the dick head draw first blood.

They reminded me of all of this while Joe sat at the conference table with four of the heads of the Triads, and the fucker I had to fight stood behind Joe’s chair, his hands on the back of it. The implication was clear. I’d watched him fight. I was better. I had to fucking let this piece of shit take me down with the flat of a blade. I could not bring myself to look at anyone else in the room but Joe, otherwise I would have given them the finger and walked out. I had to agree. I had no choice but to be a fucking pin cushion. Joe needed me to do this. After everything he’d done for my mom before she died, for me. I owed that man everything. I owed him my life. So if I had to bruise and bleed a little for him, so be it. I didn’t have to like it though.

Yet there was one thing I wanted, more than anything in this world, one night with Ivy. Just one night. I had planned to stay away and I would have, I swear I would have. Except I saw her at a weak moment and I needed her so badly. So I stood in the club like an ass and watched her dance. The way her body moved as she turned in a circle was a feast for the senses. Her eyes had been closed but when she opened them again they were wide open and staring right at me. I raised one hand and extended a finger back and forth in her direction. Calling her to me, and wonders of wonders, she came.

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