Shadow's Legacy by Julie Kagawa

Author:Julie Kagawa [Kagawa, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Inkyard Press
Published: 2020-10-08T12:17:50+00:00

Chapter 5

Well, this was going to kill any hopes of making the wedding on time.

I twisted away on instinct as the faery’s moonblades slashed through the spot where I had been. She was lethally fast. Her blades came at me again, and I barely got my sword up to block. Parrying the moonblades aside, I lashed out at her, and she leaped back, the sword missing her by centimeters. As soon as the blade had passed, she darted forward again, seeking to cut me down. But I had been trained by one of the best warriors in the Nevernever and had been educated in different styles of battle. Strong warriors often used different tactics learned from fast or very skilled fighters. Powerful warriors used their strength and endurance to batter their enemy down. Quick warriors like this one used blinding speed to dart within their enemy’s guard, often timing their strikes to deal a vicious blow and quickly leaping back to avoid the counterstrike. Knowing this, I didn’t carry my swing through but instantly swept the sword back again, cutting at the warrior even as she lunged forward. Immediately, she ducked, rolling under the blow, and coming up on her feet behind me. I spun and took a few steps back, keeping my sword between us as the faery turned and regarded me with appraising gold eyes.

“You’re skilled,” she said, and her tone wasn’t surprised or mocking or angry, just matter-of-fact. “Whoever your teacher was, they were very good. Though, it won’t save you in the end.”

“Do we really have to do this?” I asked as she circled me like a wolf, graceful and dangerous. “Not to be rude, but I have somewhere to be right now. Can we perhaps put this on hold and come back to it in a day or two?”

“Of course.” The black-clad warrior shrugged and leaned back in a way that, oddly enough, reminded me of Puck. “Tell me where the Lady is, and I’ll let you go.”

“I told you,” I said wearily. “You won’t find the Lady in the Nevernever any longer. Her rule over Faery has ended. She’s gone.”

For a moment, the faery’s expression contorted, rage and anguish flashing through her eyes. Just for a moment, before she composed herself with a steely smile.

“Wrong answer,” she told me and lunged, coming in with a series of lightning-quick strikes that sent me scrambling back, desperately trying to avoid them. As I parried, I felt a shiver of glamour go through the air between us and saw an opening. My sword flashed out, cutting through the slender body, which instantly rippled into slivers of light and disappeared.

That’s not the end of it, Keirran! Reflexively, I spun to face the attack coming in from behind. As I turned, our gazes met, and surprise flickered through the strange faery’s eyes. She’d expected my guard to be down for the split second it would take to stab me from behind. Again, she didn’t know my teacher or the lengths he’d gone to to make sure I was prepared for every kind of battle.

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