Hey, remember that thing I said about me being confident enough in my combat skills to handle a teenage girl?
Yeah, you can go ahead and forget that now.
"You're cheating! Cheating!" I whined out like a dying lamb, whipping my head out of the way of a spinning bird kick that surely would've taken it off. "What even was that move?!"
Alexia either didn't have the breath to answer me, or, more likely, just didn't think a target actively begging for his life deserved a verbal response.
Instead, the moment her foot missed my ear, she used the momentum to plant her hands on the floor.
Dropping low and twisting her entire body with a fluid elasticity that was outright terrifying in that moment, she rounded in with a sweeping kick aimed directly at my shin.
Okay, no problem.
I figured I'd just channel Essence into my entire lower half and absorb the impact. Then, before giving her a chance to slip away, I'd catch her ankle and flip her over.
