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Reaching
The sun was rising outside, the light filtering in through the intermittent windows as Slate and Nya raced down the hallway. Nya knew, as soon as they rounded the corner ahead of them, not only would they be in an interior hallway, there would be soldiers waiting. “Four,” she told Slate, and he nodded in understanding. That’s how many soldiers they’d be facing initially.
There would be more coming.
They turned the corner and caught four troops walking in pairs, minding their own business. It took the men a moment to realize they were being faced by hostiles. Those few seconds was all it took for Slate to run his sword through the gullet of the man on the right as Nya moved to knock the one on the left to the floor. He staggered back into the man behind him, and she drew her sword, leaving her shield hanging on her back as she ran both of
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