#16

Chapter 3: The Way of the Sith (#2)


Skywalker came on, mechanically inexorable, impossibly powerful, a destroyer droid with a lightsaber: each step a blow and each blow a step. Dooku backed away as fast as he dared; Skywalker stayed right on top of him. Dooku's breath went short and hard. He no longer tried to block Skywalker's strikes but only to guide them slanting away; he could not meet Skywalker strength-to-strength – not only did the boy wield tremendous reserves of Force energy, but his sheer physical power was astonishing–

And only then did Dooku understand that he'd been suckered.