The Fatal Feint

It was as if the forest had come alive. The leaves shook... the grass swayed... the rocks vibrated... everything had a life of its own, a tinge of electricity in the very air around me.

And in the centre of this ethereal vision, at the very epicentre of it all... was Juliette.

She floated above the water with her eyes closed, a light surrounding her so pure that it was as if it were coming from th