Little snippet from The Fighter, book three in the Contender series

Here is a wee snippet of The Fighter, a story I'd like to do next in The Contenders series, this one focused on Ross Moore, introduced in The Boxer. Don't read this if you haven't read the first two books as it contains spoilers. Enjoy the taste.
To be a champion, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will--Sugar Ray Robinson

Ross Moore woke with cooling tears on his cheeks.

 

He sat up on Charlie’s old brown couch, feeling the ache of bruises, and his heart started pounding...