Rebel Elements (Seals Of The Duelists) - Plot & Excerpts
Now, Savitu stood on the stone landing of her cellar stairs and watched Marco and Hahliq spar with sharp steel blades in the sunken arena his supporters had constructed in the floor. After being released from ten years of eunuch training, Savitu had learned that Inglaak’s family had vanished at war’s end, but in the state the Waarden had left him, he dared not look for her. In the meantime, his loyalists had found the abandoned property and claimed it. “Marco’s not bad, for an imperial,” Qisuk commented, watching the shirtless, sweaty combatants. “Picks up our style nicely.” Savitu observed the sparring men. They were silent in their intensity, making small, dusty shuffles with their shoes as they circled one another. Marco tossed his short sword from his right hand to his left and lunged during Hahliq’s momentary shift in attention. The Aklaa warrior dodged aside from Marco’s left-handed thrust, but barely. “I’d wager he could best you.” “Not so; I keep up my own training.”
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