House of Blades (The Traveler's Gate Trilogy)
“He leaned back, letting Ansher’s arrow fly past his face. He felt the wind as it passed him, and the Nye essence slowed the scene so much that he could see the individual ripples in the arrow’s brown-and-white fletching as it brushed by his nose. He thought he could reach out and pluck it from the air, but he just watched as it flew by and buried itself in the wood of the wagon behind him.
Erastes thrust his sword forward in a move so smooth it would have done Kai proud. Simon twisted to on...e side, pulling the doll from his belt in the same motion. Carefully he placed her on the bed of the wagon, right next to Ansher’s arrow. He didn’t want her digging into his back while he fought, but neither would he risk her getting hurt. Broken. He had meant broken, of course, not hurt.
Out of sheer reaction he turned, evading a return slash from Erastes that turned into a three-part combination pushing him away from the wagon. Heat on his back told him the older man was trying to maneuver him into the bonfire.MoreLess
Erastes thrust his sword forward in a move so smooth it would have done Kai proud. Simon twisted to on...e side, pulling the doll from his belt in the same motion. Carefully he placed her on the bed of the wagon, right next to Ansher’s arrow. He didn’t want her digging into his back while he fought, but neither would he risk her getting hurt. Broken. He had meant broken, of course, not hurt.
Out of sheer reaction he turned, evading a return slash from Erastes that turned into a three-part combination pushing him away from the wagon. Heat on his back told him the older man was trying to maneuver him into the bonfire.MoreLess
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