PathwaysChapter 3
(Nearly a month has passed since the events of NFA and the first two chapters.) "Clang!" Steel rang on steel. One sword twisted and spun blindingly to one side and thrust again. The other blade hesitated and only a leap backwards by its wielder allowed it to interpose itself in time. "You have to be faster, Nina. Don't think, react. Let your training take over." The woman nodded. She took a second to rake the blonde locks that had escaped from her pony-tail away from her face and then...