Chapter 13

• There were hundreds of people present, and a haze of cigarette smoke hung in the air. The people nearest the cage in the center of the room were dressed casually, drinking from plastic cups and shouting obscenities at the men circling each other in the center of the metal cage.
• They were bloody, wearing nothing but loose shorts and tape over their hands and knuckles.
• Her head tilted as she caught sight of one man's bruised and bleeding face, her lips parting in shock.