Beauty Sleep - Chapter 19

Jo’s POV

After I stood up, I wiped the blood from my mouth. I offered Ora a hand, but she declined and got to her feet. “What was enough?” Ora innocently asked. “We were just getting to the best part.”

Her comment made me smile. I wrapped my arms around her, being careful not to get too much of my blood on her. Despite everything that has happened, she’s still acting like the warrior I have been training for all these years.

As I looked around, I couldn’t help but notice that the crowd had grown. Most of them are sitting there looking like goldfish. There are also several faculty members, including Principal Andrews, who stopped our fight.

“That is the level I will train you to,” I said.

“That’s extreme. Don’t you think? They are only 18, after all,” Principal Andrews says.

“My home was attacked, my aunts were killed, and we were helpless.” Shouted at the principal. She grits her teeth. “Never again will I feel useless. I will train, I will fight, and the next time I see her