Now she was looking at Maya very differently.
The extremely thin woman she had spent days mocking had once stepped into rings in front of thousands of people.
Maya had never told anyone.
She had never wanted to.
Years earlier, she had been considered one of the most promising fighters in her division. She was known for speed rather than size, and the same calm expression that made inmates assume she was frightened had once been the reason opponents found her so difficult to read.
But her career ended after a serious personal incident outside the ring.
After that, Maya disappeared from the sport.
Her life slowly fell apart, and years later a completely different mistake eventually brought her to prison.
She didn’t arrive there looking for respect.
She certainly wasn’t interested in proving that she could still fight.
That was why she had stepped aside every time Tasha bumped into her.
