Steel by Amity Cross

Author:Amity Cross
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2016-03-23T00:00:00+00:00

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Anger like mine had only one place where it could be let out.

I stood at the side of the cage at The Underground as it was readied for another night of fights, the warehouse almost empty around me. I could smell the stale sweat and alcohol on the air, the tang of blood like an undercurrent of a fine wine of violence. Château de la Violence.

I’d ignored Harper’s medical advice and holed up at a local gym, pounding every surface I could find. Every surface but the one I wanted to bury my cock and my heart in. I trained like a beast for three days straight, but it wasn’t enough to curb the sting of rejection from the only woman I had ever considered as being the one.

“Do I need to do something about this?”

Turning, I found Max standing behind me, a stony look on his face.

“Yeah,” I shot at him. “You need to put me on the roster.”

His gaze ran over me, lingering on my arm, which was now sans cast. “And why would I do that?”

Deadpanning him, I replied, “It’s better a guy with demons fights in there, than out here.”

He watched me for a moment, considering my offer.

“I’m putting you up against one of the new guys,” he said. “Can’t have you back on that footpath.” His lips curled into a sly smile that said everything.

Grunting, I stepped around him and went out back to the locker rooms. This place had become so familiar to me since I’d started fighting here, but after two months of being away, it had lost its shine and had become something darker. Something closer to pure, untamed anger. The scent of violence hung thick in the air, and it was all I could see.

I wasn’t good enough for Sparks. I wasn’t good enough for anyone.

I sat on the bench wrapping my hands in preparation for my bout, oblivious to the other fighters around me. They were all staring like I was a moron. They got it just as much as I did, but maybe they weren’t quite as insane as I was. Getting back in the cage after the way I’d left it was practically suicide.

The scummiest, baddest, violent men came to this place to let off steam without limits. I’d counted myself as one of them before, but I’d still had my morals. After everything that had happened in the last two months, I’d come to think differently. I wasn’t the strongest or the smartest fighter, but maybe I was the worst of the lot.

Nobody wanted to cross a man with a death wish.

When the referee called my name, I strode down the hall and through the crowd like I was walking underwater. I couldn’t hear shit. I was focused on one thing and one thing only. Blood.

The moment I entered the cage, the crowd fell silent before they started talking furiously among themselves.

Toeing the line, I stood before my opponent, a guy who called himself Sabre. He was the same height and build as I was, so we were evenly matched in everything but experience.

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