Take the Hit (Octagon Kings #1)
Finn Archer
Dario Reyes has never lost a fight he cared about. Nineteen and two. A welterweight record built on nine years of iron discipline — and on a secret that would cost him every single one of those wins if it ever got out.
When his training camp collapses ten weeks before the biggest fight of his career, the only gym that will take him is Redemption MMA. Run by Joaquin Solano — the sport's first openly gay champion, Dario's direct competitor for the same title shot, and the one person who reads the performance on day one.
They hate each other from the first session. Enemies to lovers, forced proximity: two men who know exactly how to hurt each other, training for the privilege of doing it in front of millions, while something neither of them planned accumulates in the hours between.
Then Dario has a panic attack in the locker room and the only person who finds him is Joaquin — who sits down on the concrete floor and doesn't say a word until Dario can breathe again.
The sport that taught them both to hurt people becomes the space where they learn to be careful with each other. But the fight card hasn't changed.
In eight weeks, they will stand across an octagon from each other. The feelings are not in anyone's game plan.
Can either of them survive what comes after?
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