Valen POV
This was not what I expected. Everly was on attack the entire time, yet the longer I watched, I realized John wasn't even fighting. He could have landed multiple blows on her and she even left herself open a couple times where he could have taken her out but he didn’t. Ava stood beside me chewing her nails nervously, her eyes glued to the match and Macey and Zoe beside her with the same frightened expressions on their faces.
Something was going on. It was almost like John was deliberately throwing the challenge. "Why isn’t he fighting back?” Marcus whispered and I shrug, but Everly was becoming tired and she only had two minutes left before they had to shift. Nixon was screaming at John to take her out, screaming like a damn banshee and distracting both of them. I have put up
