Forging the Blade

BEATRIX'S POINT OF VIEW

BEATRIX'S POINT OF VIEW.

The blow landed with the sickening force of a concrete block swinging from a pendulum. My vision whited out for a brutal split second as Garrick’s heavy fist connected with my jaw, sending me stumbling backward across the cold, firm rubber of the padded mat. I hit the floor hard, the breath blasting out of my lungs in a desperate, ragged wheeze. M