Now this I did not want. I paddled toward the bank until I was within reach. Lin turned, waiting.
“Giving up, dom?”
I put a hand on the brick facing and looked up.
Hwang sucked a breath, stood upright, swiveled his halberd and thrust hard.
With a sinuous sideways movement I slid the blade, took the haft in my fist, and jerked harder than he’d thrust.
With a loud yell of rage and surprise he went headlong into the water. Lin shouted his own anger and swung his halberd down in a flat arc. This time I was not as clean in my response and Lin toppled sideways, staggering under the impact of his own halberd. Ignoring the splashings and frothing from the man in the water I hefted up onto the bank and as Lin attempted to rise put the hard toes of my right foot into his throat. He emitted a ga
