Nearly five hundred soldiers surrounded the mat.<\/p>\n
Phones were raised everywhere.<\/p>\n
Senior officers filled the front rows.<\/p>\n
Briggs stepped close to Avery.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re just a little girl pretending to be a soldier.\u201d<\/p>\n
Avery stared back without answering.<\/p>\n
The signal was given.<\/p>\n
Briggs attacked immediately.<\/p>\n
He drove forward aggressively and launched a hard kick toward Avery\u2019s leg.<\/p>\n
Avery waited until the final instant.<\/p>\n
Then she moved.<\/p>\n
Her hand shot forward and caught his leg before it reached her.<\/p>\n
A gasp spread through the crowd.<\/p>\n
Briggs\u2019 expression changed instantly.<\/p>\n
His confidence disappeared.<\/p>\n
Avery shifted her position and took away his balance.<\/p>\n
For the first time all week, Briggs looked frightened.<\/p>\n
He had spent days judging Avery by her size.<\/p>\n
Now, in front of everyone, he finally understood the mistake.<\/p>\n
She had never been afraid of him.<\/p>\n
She had been studying him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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