POV: Callum Brennan, then Isla Reid
Location: Isla's Shelter, Whitechapel
Time: Three Days After Callum's Release
CALLUM
I need money for food. That means fighting in Bill Bolter's pits. Same as prison except these fights pay two hundred pounds instead of extra rations.
The fight lasts eight minutes. My opponent is a packless wolf who's been in the Rookeries for years. Tough, experienced, desperate. But I'm tougher. Eighteen months in the Cage taught me things Bill's fighters haven't learned.
I win by submission. Force the wolf to tap out before I kill him. Bill pays me two hundred pounds cash and tells me I can fight again next week.
I'm walking away from the pit when the wolf I beat jumps me from behind. Sore loser wanting revenge. His claws rake across my side, opening deep wound
