Sloppy, she admonished herself, knowing her old silat teacher wouldn’t have approved. Advancing on him because the Indonesian martial art was an aggressive style, she chambered her leg and fired a kick into the ork’s face, drawing the karambit in the same motion.
Her opponent’s forehead was a slab of bone, and the impact jarred her. He tried to yell again, but only wheezed while struggling to raise his arms to defend himself. She followed up with the karambit, reversing it to slam the thick finger ring into his temple with a meaty thud.
Instantly, the ork’s eyes rolled back into his head and his large jaw went slack. The padded temporary flooring laid over the desert sand muffled the impact of his fall.
Rashida had the karambit against her opponent’s throat before his body settled. Trembling, she waited for any sign of resistance. Even though she preferred not to, she wouldn’t hesitate to kill him. Nothing was going to prevent her from reaching Beuys tonight.
Thankfully, the ork remained unconscious.
Kill! Scorpion ordered, and Rashida felt the spirit at the back of her mind struggling to be free. Her hand pressed down, and the blade’s edge bit into the ork’s neck, unleashing a thin trickle of blood. Kill!
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