99 Midnight Surprise

Gisael got up and added another a log to the dwindling fire. 

I stretched and yawned. "It's been a long day. Can we meet up tomorrow? I'd love to see you wash down a boat with water."

Kysandre stood. "Sleep in. I have much to do in the morning, but I can come find you in the afternoon."

"There are plenty of beds here," Gisael said.

Kysandre shook her head. "I am not far and Alejo is outside. I hate it but I wouldn't want to make him wait up all night and he might do something stupid." A judgmental sigh escaped her.

The hair on the back of my neck tingled - I had closed my qi-sight after her demonstration finished a few minutes earlier. I was alert to something amiss and I noticed a dark shape move up behind her. Without thinking I flooded my streams with qi and created qi-speed patterns in the blink of an eye.