This was meant to help her? Sweat trickled down Kaida's back as she parried blow after blow from Symund. Perhaps killing her was the right word. She had not expected the duel to be easy, but this felt like she would end up in Gyrith by the time it was over. Besides the fact that she hadn't worked her body since Severina, she was facing a formidable opponent and she was losing hard. Symund was almost as good as Uther and she had found herself half expecting to see her prince's face each moment Symund attacked. She'd paid dearly too for every moment she had been distracted by that thought, with Symund using each moment to catch her off guard.
Her breath was now coming in short quick pants as she struggled to keep up. They'd been at it for barely an hour but she could feel every one of her m
