The Heartwood Gangsters don't cry

She recovered her feet rather quickly, though her shoulder screamed as the newly opened wound begun to bleed. Well. That would definitely scar now. He circled her, and she begun to move with him, always presenting her front side. She chuckled, a short sound that punctuated her laboured breathing. She did not speak, taking a moment to rest her breath as she circled. But she knew that every moment she rested, he too was gaining breath. So she attacked quickly, lunging forward and aiming for his upper right leg as she had with Damien. She would drive this mongrel off, send him home with his tail between his legs.