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Chapter 6

We circled each other warily, eyes narrowed. I had my bow in hands but I didn't draw an arrow because he would dodge and the arrow would be wasted. He was standing ready with his staff strapped to his back and his sword in his hand. His dagger was on his arm. He lunged and I blocked with my bow. I spun sticking my leg out trying to catch him unaware. He dodged, boy was Josh good. He swung his sword again and this time I reached for my dagger and blocked catching the blade on the hilt of my weapon. I drew in close pushing his sword up and swung my bow catching him on the stomach. That was one point. My bow had a blade on the outside except for the place I put my fingers. At first I had my hands bloodied every time I used it but now I knew where to put my fingers. I drew back and stood in my none fighting position. I hadn't swung the blade with enough force except to give him a hair lick cut.

"Point," my voice called out. Josh smiled and we started again. We fought for several more minutes before Josh won the next point. He won another point before I caught up and got two more with him getting one more after me. That left us at 3 on 3 with one point left between us. We were both panting from all the fighting and called a break. I grabbed my water and drank a little bit. I also wiped the sweat from my brow. I saw Josh dumping the entire contents of his water on his face. I shook my head and smiled. We were back again. I only had one arrow left and one of my daggers feel outside the circle so I couldn't retrieve it. Josh still had his sword and staff but his dagger was also outside the designated area. I took a breath to calm my nerves; I couldn't let him beat me.

We took our positions again. It was too bad Logan couldn't see this. I would be awesome. With my dagger in one hand and my bow in the other I charged. Josh blocked with his sword and we did an intricate dance with the swords, parrying, lunging, thrusting and blocking. That was when I made a fatal mistake. I misjudged how strong and fast Josh was because I spun to get closer to him leaving my left side unprotected but he danced lightly away on his feet. I tried moving back but he tapped my left side with his sword and the delicate balance was lost and I fell to the ground landing on my butt.

I was annoyed with myself. If I made that mistake in an actual battle I would be dead right now. I looked up at Josh who had a strange light in his eyes but I blinked and it disappeared. He offered his hand to me. I bit back a curse. I grabbed it the world suddenly disappeared.

We were standing in an office with a reaper talking to another person. Who this other person was I didn't know, I could only see their back.

"You will go to Mythos as a student and we will take the place from the inside." The guy in front nodded when I was suddenly sucked back into the real world. My face of shock masked Josh's.

"Did you see that? Who is it? We have to warn the professor, there is a traitor amongst us." The only person I knew who was a reaper was Jasmine. She had been killed though.

Josh's eyes darkened and I suddenly knew he had a secret, though at the time I didn't pay it any attention. I figured he was as angry as me with this realization, "We can't tell anyone. Everyone would panic and there would be chaos enough that the Reapers could come and destroy everyone."

What he said sounded wise so I let it slide for now. Something wasn't right but what was it? His voice sounded like he was trying to hide something. I didn't say anything else and Josh looked relieved. I was going to figure out who the traitor was without him. I wouldn't just keep quiet and watch as the events folded out around me.

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