Audrey moved ceaselessly between both the King and his dragon, forcing them into what had become a relentless two-against-one battle.
Every exchange seemed to end with her vanishing from one location only to appear at another.
Her Position Reversion had become increasingly difficult to predict.
Beilong's torrents of flames would descend upon one location.
Sigurd's massive blade would cleave through another.
Yet every single time, only translucent afterimages were left behind as Audrey's figure folded backward through her own timeline before reappearing elsewhere.
The coordination between dragon and rider, formidable as it was, simply could not pin her down.
Unfortunately, in one of those countless exchanges, she caught the King off guard.
Carson was several meters away from Beilong by then and was standing at a position Audrey had occupied moments earlier.
So she reappeared at the point closest to him.
