Forged Destiny [Book 6: Ch. 16]

I grit my teeth and caught her swords against mine, pushing back to lock her hands against her breasts.

"If you don't fight me properly, I'll kill you," she warned. "And then I shall go on to kill and kill. All in the name of my Kingdom. When shall I stop? Who shall try and stop me? Your friends, no doubt. I shall have to kill them as well."

My eyes flashed, and my sword turned into an almost ethereal state, phasing through her weapons and up towards her chin. "Rargh!"

Cinder broke away, leaning back at the last second to avoid certain death.

—Forged Destiny [Book 6: Ch. 16]