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the plan?”
    Maxim thought about quitting for a moment. But that was not what he wanted. It had been hard for him to find a career that welcomed his differences as easily as the GCFA had. He needed to make good on his contract and improve his image. Ten dates with a beautiful woman was not a hardship for him. Alona was the one getting the bad end of the deal. She had to deal with a man that had no social abilities at all.
    “I agree as long as you remember that Alona gets what was promised to her no matter how badly I might fuck this up.”
    Nigel took a moment before he answered. “Understood, but give yourself a chance. This is a new learning experience for you. I’ll let Alona know to expect you at eight.” Nigel stood up and walked over to the door. He opened it, but then paused. He turned back to Maxim.
    “One more thing. You need help with using your strength at appropriate times during your fights. The matches end too quickly; the GCFA board wants that to change. So Rage, Zen, and Hammer will be helping you with that.” Nigel then quickly left, closing the door behind him. He paused as he heard something crash against the door and fall to the floor. He suspected it was the other chair. At this rate, Maxim wouldn’t have any furniture left. Well, his job may be a pain in the ass, but it definitely wasn’t boring.
    *****
    The next night
     
    “I’m not wearing that.” Alona shook her head at her friend Maya. Maya had been hired as a ring girl and then fell in love with Taurus, so she was part of the GCFA family even though she wasn’t a fighter herself. She and Taurus had two adopted kids and another one on the way. Out of all the women on the GCFA ship, Alona felt closest to Maya. The other woman was sweet natured and easy to be around.
    “Why not? It’s the perfect color to bring out the blue of your eyes.” Maya held up the blue strapless sheath dress.
    “I don’t have a strapless bra to wear with it and it’s too short for me. I am not displaying my ass for the paparazzi.”
    Sersan, a Reptan halfsie, was sitting on the bed, running her hands idly along the pink lace quilt cover. She looked around the bedroom and noted the purple walls and pink and white furniture. She shook her head, making her short blond punk rock hair shine in the light. “Isss it me or doesss it look like a bunch of pink cupcakesss exploded in here?” Sersan was clearly out of her depth in such a girly room. She wasn’t the only one.
    Zara the Amazon, the GCFA’s current female champion, snorted as she walked out of the closet carrying a pair of black dress pants and a blue off-the-shoulder sweater. “You are so right, Sersan. It reminds me of a bottle of pepto bismuth, though. I kind of feel like throwing up. Let’s get this show on the road so we can get out of here. How about these?” She handed the items to Alona, who was trying not to take offense at these descriptions of her room.
    “These are perfect and I’ll be comfortable. Thank you, Zara.” The tall woman nodded and looked uncomfortable. Alona had known Zara the longest, so she knew that thought it took time for the Amazon to warm up to a person, once she cared about someone, she would do anything to help a friend.
    Maya tossed the dress on the bed in defeat, glaring at the smug look on Zara’s face. “Well, you’re wearing the three-inch heels at least. I won’t take no for an answer either. You look hot in those.”
    “Fine, I’ll wear the heels.” Her feet were going to be killing her before the night was over, but she did like the way the heels made her legs look longer. “What time is it?”
    “You have one hour to shower and get dressed.” Maya told her. “Come on, everyone, let’s let Alona get ready for her hot date.”
    Alona rolled her eyes. Nigel told her that it was okay to tell the other fighters about the plan because they were all under contract and couldn’t discuss the details with anyone outside of the GCFA. Maya had insisted