Serena still looked over her shoulder every now and then, half expecting the other woman to have followed her. But no she was alone in the hallways, not a single soul walking past her even though it was well into the day. She wetted her lips and walked close to the stone walls.
She pressed her back to the cool wall and let out a long stream of air from her nose. She blinked rapidly and placed her hands on her knees and shook her head.
'No rogue that has fallen beneath my hand has ever fought like you.'
The words refused to leave her head, she could not even imagine how many lives Charlotte had taken. Of course Elder Silas had entrusted such a task to her, she was her leash. Serena closed her eyes and pressed her lips together, she would spar her again.
