Alice tried to kill me, but unfortunately for her, I wasn't such an easy opponent to deal with.
She tried to slip her rapier past my guard, angling for my ribs in a lightning-fast thrust.
CLANG!
I twisted my wrist, steel meeting steel, sparks bursting between us as our blades scraped. The impact shivered through my arm, but I held firm, forcing her blade aside with a sharp flick of the dagger.
Her eyes narrowed. She had expected that thrust to land.
"You're slower than I thought," I taunted, lips curling into Julies's familiar smirk.
Alice answered with silence—and another attack.
WHOOSH—!
Her rapier blurred, stabbing high, then low, then whipping into a sudden diagonal slash. Her movements were merciless, flowing one into the next with no room to breathe.
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
