"You will start our duel," Hell said.
"Of course, my Lord," Annette replied and raised her hand in the air. Before she could lower her hand, Hell had already started using Quickening and focused his attention on his surroundings. Unless the hostile force was somehow faster than himself boosted with Quickening, it would be impossible to catch him off-guard from any direction. Hell simply stood where he was and watched Annette's hand going down. He could see the minute changes in Miur's face, the moment when he turned into a shadow and melted into the ground.
"Fight!" Annette yelled.
The reason Miur was so hard to distinguish when he used Shadow Step compared to other vampires was because he travelled from shadow to shadow, only visible during the brief moments when he is passing
