Zora
I almost couldn’t believe my eyes a they carted Kairos off the gym mat. Neither could anyone else in the gym. They were silent, save for a few murmurs that rolled off the walls and into my ears.
My fellow classmates were bored by the fight. Or they said they thought Kairos held back. I couldn’t disagree with that one. It was like he’d been stunned. He just stared at me as I threw punches at him. Then I choked him out like it was nothing. As I continued to watch Kairos’s lifeless body move out of the gym, the crowd dissipated into nothing. The only people left were Maximus, Loren, Valentin and I.
Loren launched herself at me and wrapped me in a hug, buzzing with excitement. “You did it!” she cried. “You really did it!”
I held her back so I could look her in the eye. I gave her a
