Disarms Makrilda

As she charged towards me, I struck each of her wrists with the base of my staff and knocked the blades out of her grasp. Then I thrust my staff out, positioning the tip behind her left ankle, using a trick I’d learned from Bill Arkwright.

When our shoulders made contact, she went sprawling backwards. I stood looking down at her. I knew I would never have managed to down Grimalkin so easily.

Starblade Book 3 Chapter 21