Chapter 197 - Mason

"Again," I called.

Kiema gritted her teeth and sent another magic arrow at the target on the opposite side of the gym. It slammed into the bare corner.

I came up behind her. Grabbed one shoulder, pointed with my other hand. "You see that section? Right there in the middle? Bright red. Surrounded by yellow, blue and green? That. Those are the sections you need to hit. Not the white corners."

She laughed as she elbowed me in the lower belly. "No way. And this whole time I thought it was the corners. They're the smallest sections, you know. Maybe my aim is just that good."

I snorted. "I would believe that if you had hit any of the colored sections. Even once would do."

She shrugged me off, took a deep breath, and settled herself into her battle stance once more. As she exhaled, she loosed three magical arrows. All three of them hit the bullseye. No hesitation, no whining. Just thpt, thpt, thpt. All three in the red.

I was expecting the smirk on her face as she turned back to