Chapter 135

ACHILLES.. When I leaped to attack Kiernan, I fully expected to have the upper hand. Even though it didn’t have any honor in it, I decided to go at him from behind while he was too busy trying to take the family tree painting from Carlos. Fuck it, I thought. It wasn’t like honor was very much valued in our dynamic. All I know is that right now, I’m full of rage and I want to take him down. But this is exactly my mistake. My vision is so bright with anger that I’m fighting erratically. Kiernan faces me at the last second while Carlos makes a break for the hallway where the ladies disappeared, and I almost don’t see him brandishing a small blade from his sleeve. He twists the small knife in his hand and makes a wild stab at my stomach. I feel the tip of his blade grazing my side. Even though he looks practically insane, he didn’t lose his speed one bit. He advances towards me in great leaps, taking wild stabs at every opening he can find. I parry his blows with the same agility, put