Chapter 73

Zoey's POV

We circled each other like big cats and I found it increasingly difficult to keep an eye on her entire body and discover opportunities for attack myself.

Then suddenly she ran towards me but was too slow and I dodged her simple punch with a short movement, grabbed her by her greasy hair, and dragged her to the floor, where she spun around before I could kick her.

The battle was protracted, with incredibly few opportunities to attack either side. When we finally entered the twentieth minute with a score of 46:54 for my opponent, she threw the decisive punch and hit me right in the cheekbone.

I staggered and hit the rubber band, but the girl didn't let up, grabbed my head, and continually smashed it against the ground, which had rarely seemed so hard to me.

Black dots danced in front of my eyes and I no longer felt how the woman sat on me and hit me again and again.

Something blinded me and made me close my eyes and just