(...continued)
"What the hell… " Selene rubbed her cheek, looking around, as she tried to stand up!
But before she was able to even get a comfortable grounding…SMACK!
Another crack echoed across the night.
Selene had only just pushed herself to her feet with painstaking grace, but was sent stumbling again as another unseen force whipped her across the face.
Her head jerked to the side, strands of her raven black hair flying loose.
She tried to mask it…pressing her fingers to the corner of her lip as though to check if it bled, fixing her tousled hair with a coy sweep of her hand. "Pathetic tricks," she muttered under her breath, forcing a smirk, her voice was clearly trying to drip venom though it trembled faintly.
Niva nearly burst out laughing, her lips clamped tight, shoulders shaking. A small snicker slipped out before she could help herself.
