It wasn't fear of her opponents that kept Ailith out of the ring all those years. It was fear of herself, and what she might do once she tasted the bloodlust again. For her opponents, there was their life before getting in the ring with her, and if they were lucky there was their life after getting out, a thin shadow of what it once was. But time passes and memories fade, and eventually Ailith was convinced to step back in the ring one last time, but far away from the unregulated pit fighting scene she had left so many years ago.

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