[She narrowed her eyes. Without another word, she propelled herself off the ship's wheel and into his path, bracing her knees down onto the deck and thrusting up with the steel club suddenly in her hand. Her aim was once again the space between his eyes, the only part of his body unprotected by armor.]
[The rose in her other hand disintegrated into shreds of black petals, laced with a powerful toxin that could paralyze a man with one breath.]
[She braced herself, waiting for the explosion of their weapons meeting.]
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[The rose in her other hand disintegrated into shreds of black petals, laced with a powerful toxin that could paralyze a man with one breath.]
[She braced herself, waiting for the explosion of their weapons meeting.]