‘Didn’t think you’d fall for that old trick,’ Alvarado said. But I’d still prefer to fight you with blood in your eyes. He was slowly circling; the rapier was angled slightly up. Now suddenly, with a huge explosion of breath, he threw himself into a lunge, right knee bent, left leg fully extended...
Now she was alert again, and her eyes were back in focus. But because she was lying on her stomach, with her wrists and ankles roped tightly together behind her back and her spine bent into an excruciating arch, she couldn’t do anything except take it from Grigo. ‘You bitch,’ he shouted, raining ...