It was a relief to at least get the knife out of action, but Caspa had been expecting a further attack anyway. It chilled her bones to realise Amy was so confident in her supremacy that the woman did not even care about finishing the fight: she was happy to draw things out with idle banter. Caspa wanted to prove her wrong, show her not to underestimate a Miracles baroness. She would not waste words on the slave-driving scum. Caspa arched her back and used her hands to lever herself back onto her feet, meaning to strike again in the same movement but once upright she teetered and had to regain balance, the pounding in her skull telling her all was not well within. The second's delay meant that when she finally did jump for Amy, it was into the full force of a heavy-fisted punch. Caspa folded around the blow, the sickening noise of it nowhere near as frightening as the realisation she could not breathe. The winded wolfdog stumbled backwards and drove a shoulder into the side of the wagon to stop herself falling down again. There was mist blurring her sight. She couldn't breathe or move, clutching her ribs as if willing them back to life. Her black eyes swivelled and fixed on the woman, for they were the only part of her still mobile. There was no surrender within, just cold antagonism. Even uninjured, Caspa had no capability for bloodlust. Her style was calculating and thought-through. She could not choose to back down in this case, though: she was resolved to stand her ground to the death. Nor could she win this fight on fair grounds. All she had left was to hope for blind luck or a miracle... the return of the ability to breathe would be a start.
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