Chapter 15

• We continued on like this for several minutes, with each block of his sword, my arm stung and I knew I’d feel this later, but wasn’t about to let up for a second. The adrenalin was pumping and I was a definite junky when it came to this. I gained the advantage again and had him back-stepping across the mat, while out of the corner of my eye I saw Troy and Arius move out of our way. Ducking his swing, I stepped forward and jumped into a spinning kick and sent him crashing to the mat.
• Realizing I’d just managed to kick him in the head, I rushed over and dropped down beside him. “I’m sorry.” I said quickly. He blinked a few times and then looked at me with humor shining from his eyes.
• “Good move,” he whispered between breaths. “I’m out.” He rubbed the side of his head.