"FLARE NOVA!"
Brightness became all encompassing. "Darkeen."
Darkness consumed the light, all of it. I'd closed in the distance between the girl and me while she hunched back; she was faster than me but perhaps she hadn't expected me to just jump into her spell. I grabbed her face and lifted her up. She was a good two heads shorter than me, and now hung in the air.
Confused perhaps. But before she could pull anything I tightened my grip.
Jaws locked in; she couldn't say anything. But those eyes said a whole lot of things even without words. She hated my guts and I was fine with that. Grunting, the woman started kicking my neck and trying to punch me. Her punches never reached but the kicks did. They hardly did any damage but were annoying.
So much so that I instinctively strengthened my grip and crushed her jaws. Oops.
