The Tainted Blade

In the nick of time, Orion lifted his foot and kicked the man in the chest, just as the silvery flash of the blade passed by. Thrown off balance, the man toppled to the ground, his dagger clattering down beside him, stained with a smear of blood. Orion advanced swiftly, planting his foot on the man's chest, eliciting a spray of fresh blood with a wet splutter. "Speak! Who sent you?" Orion demanded