Phantom Strike

Zip—!

A tiny, pitch-black, fletchless crossbow bolt hissed past, skimming her earlobe and actually slicing off a lock of her hair.

The assault wasn't over.

A fraction of a second after the bolt flew past, the light in front of her shifted. From the previously empty shadows of the hall, a dark silhouette materialized out of thin air like a phantom.

Exploiting the lethal opening created by Harper le