Nearly five hundred soldiers surrounded the mat.
Phones were raised everywhere.
Senior officers filled the front rows.
Briggs stepped close to Avery.
“You’re just a little girl pretending to be a soldier.”
Avery stared back without answering.
The signal was given.
Briggs attacked immediately.
He drove forward aggressively and launched a hard kick toward Avery’s leg.
Avery waited until the final instant.
Then she moved.
Her hand shot forward and caught his leg before it reached her.
A gasp spread through the crowd.
Briggs’ expression changed instantly.
His confidence disappeared.
Avery shifted her position and took away his balance.
For the first time all week, Briggs looked frightened.
He had spent days judging Avery by her size.
Now, in front of everyone, he finally understood the mistake.
She had never been afraid of him.
She had been studying him.
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