Dark Heavens #01 - White Tiger by Kylie Chan

Author:Kylie Chan [Chan, Kylie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2010-09-04T03:00:00+00:00

I let my staff slide up Leo’s, spun and jumped back, guarding, ready for him. He put his staff out in front of him and came straight at me. Once again I used my staff as a lever, sweeping along his and trying to swipe it out of his hands. Again he managed to hold it.

I suddenly knew that although he had the edge in strength, I had the edge in speed.

Holy shit. I was faster than Leo, and he was one of the fastest I’d ever seen, short of Mr Chen.

I jumped back, spun my staff with delight, snapped it under my arm and put my right hand out into a guard. Come and get me, Lion. I can take you.

He didn’t think. He came for me. He did exactly what I wanted. I watched him carefully as he swung his staff at my lower legs, trying to sweep my feet out from under me. I easily stepped over the staff. I used my own and helped it along, giving it a good push in the direction it was already going, then spun mine in my hands and used it to twist his foot from under him. He fell with a thud.

He flipped himself upright and moved into position again.

‘Hold!’ Mr Chen shouted from the corner. We immediately halted, turned and snapped to attention, the tips of our staves on the floor next to us.

‘Having fun?’ Mr Chen growled.

Neither of us said anything. Then we both stiffened with horror.

Oh my God, he said attack the staff. Both of us went for each other. We were in big trouble. I could see from Leo’s body language that he was thinking exactly the same thing.

‘Emma, you will sharpen every single sword in this room until it will cut a silk scarf dropped on it from the height of a metre. I will provide the silk. Leo…’ Mr Chen scowled. ‘You went for Emma first. You will sharpen every other bladed weapon in the room to a similar edge. I will come back in two hours and you will each demonstrate your work.’

He stalked away from the wall, then stopped between us. ‘Emma, you are absolutely the fastest damn human I have ever seen in my entire life. I knew the minute I had you sparring with Leo I’d see it. Faster than Li. Faster than anybody. I must start you on larger demons immediately. With that speed you could probably take a level fifteen without difficulty.’ He grinned broadly. ‘You’re amazing,’ he whispered. Then his face closed up again. ‘Go and get the stones and sharpen those blades. And next time, both of you, try to do what I tell you.’ He sighed with resignation. ‘I really don’t know what to do with the pair of you.’

We each saluted, staff in hand. ‘Yes, sir.’ But I couldn’t control the huge grin on my face. Leo was grinning as well.

‘He’s right. I’ve never seen a human that damn fast before either,’ Leo said as we went through the kitchen to the storeroom to find the whetstones.

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