That fight…He’d made her keep that particularly brutal match going. Regardless of whatever sad sack she’d be battling tonight, Selina prayed Falcone would give her the nod faster than last time. Usually with the promise of a one-way ticket to the bottom of the Sprang River. The cost of failing: having their asses handed to them-and the debts remained. The prize: never having to look over their shoulder for a waiting shadow. Fools willing to risk their lives for a chance to lift their debt by taking on one of his Leopards in the ring. The challengers were all usually variations of the same: desperate men who owed more than they could repay to Falcone. It didn’t matter who her opponent was tonight.
Had learned at every fight since, whether on the streets above or in the arena carved into the sewers beneath Gotham City. The other girl had managed to grab it, and those few seconds when Selina’s neck had been exposed had lasted longer than any in her life.īut she’d won-barely. She’d made the mistake once of wearing a ponytail-in her second street fight. Rain still drying in her long, dark hair, Selina checked that it was indeed tucked into its tight bun atop her head. She’d been soaked before she reached the covert subway entrance that led into the underground gaming warren owned by Carmine Falcone, the latest of Gotham City’s endless parade of mob bosses.īut like any other storm, this fight, too, would be weathered. A storm, just like the one that had swept over the East End on her walk from the apartment complex. The wild cheering that barreled down the grimy hallway to the prep room was little more than a distant rumble of thunder. No, Selina Kyle only rolled her shoulders-once, twice.
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