Caelum’s pov We didn’t start immediately we just faced each other like we were both sizing up our opponents.Nyra adjusted her grip on the blade, rolling her shoulders once, loosening up. There was no hesitation in her stance now.I mirrored her movement, letting my own body settle into position. My senses sharpened automatically, locking onto every detail her breathing, the shift of her weight, the angle of her stance.She wasn’t playing good, because neither was I.“Don’t hold back,” she said.Her voice was calm but there was something under it.“I wasn’t planning to,” I replied.“If I win, you get me grapes” she said suddenly I chuckled “Deal and if I win you get to answer three questions of mine” I told her She huffed and glared at me “Fine”And then we moved, Steel met steel fast.Her first strike came clean and direct no testing, no hesitation. I barely blocked it in time, the force of it vibrating through my arm.I stepped back instinctively and she followed no pause, no
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