Chapter 53: Jaxon's POV

I arrived late. Too late.

By the time I reached the junkyard, the fight was already over. The air still buzzed with the roar of the crowd and the stench of metal and blood, but the circle was empty, just scuffed dirt. People passed by recounting details of the duel. Liesl had suffered a humiliating defeat, not that I was surprised. Nyra was always quicker and stronger than most females her age. When we were younger, I lost a lot of sparring sessions to her.

Father was ...