Kisri: ... And the Beast, book 2 (2011)
“and the Beast, Book 2 Epilogue Sweat stung her eyes. Her arm ached, fingers very nearly numb from their desperate grip on her practice sword.
Across from her, Mal held his own weapon easily. “Your fingers are going to fall off if you keep clutching the hilt like that.” If she admitted that it was the only way she could keep it in her grasp, he might call a stop to their sparring. Not that there would be shame in that—she’d lasted several rounds against the High Lord himself, for all that he’d pulled his more punishing blows. But the nervousness twisting in her belly would only be relieved by physical exhaustion.
So she eased her grip—just a little—and launched her attack.
Mal met it easily. “If you’re too tired to spar, we should stop. You could injure yourself.” “I’m not going to injure myself,” she ground out between clenched teeth. But after he parried her next three swings with equal laziness, she had to admit that being too tired to spar and being too tired to spar with a warrior... trained from birth might be two entirely different things.MoreLess
Across from her, Mal held his own weapon easily. “Your fingers are going to fall off if you keep clutching the hilt like that.” If she admitted that it was the only way she could keep it in her grasp, he might call a stop to their sparring. Not that there would be shame in that—she’d lasted several rounds against the High Lord himself, for all that he’d pulled his more punishing blows. But the nervousness twisting in her belly would only be relieved by physical exhaustion.
So she eased her grip—just a little—and launched her attack.
Mal met it easily. “If you’re too tired to spar, we should stop. You could injure yourself.” “I’m not going to injure myself,” she ground out between clenched teeth. But after he parried her next three swings with equal laziness, she had to admit that being too tired to spar and being too tired to spar with a warrior... trained from birth might be two entirely different things.MoreLess
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