Vireya moved with grace and power, her legs striking like whips as she kicked Alexa hard in the stomach, the force so strong that Alexa flew backward, her body skidding across the wooden floor with a painful grunt, scraping past crates and debris until she hit the edge of the ship with a thud.
Her breath caught, pain blooming in her ribs, but just as she was about to fall overboard, her hand shot out and grabbed the railing tightly, her knuckles turning white.
She hung there for a second, the ocean below crashing like thunder but her sharp eyes never left Vireya, who was already approaching with slow, confident steps, her lips curled in a smirk.
Still gripping the railing with one hand, she twisted her body sideways just in time as a sneaky attacker from behind lunged at her with a dagger.
