Chapter 64At first, I had the element of surprise on my side. I tore his claws out of me and cast him aside in a lightning-swift strike. When he tried to get back in, I repelled him with such force, it left him stunned and staggered.
I went after him Atlantis-style, wearing him down with a flurry of blasts, then raking his mind with the psychic equivalent of a backhoe. In no time, he was reeling and wounded, heading down for the count.
At least, I thought he was down for the count. Next thing I knew, he was charging again, back to full god-king barbarian asshole mode.
His mind and mine smashed together like colliding planets. The two of us spun in a brutal clinch, twisting and grappling and pressing for the slightest advantage. Each one taking an inch, losing it, taking it back, l
