Dancing with your ghost (Patreon)

Njotr didn’t know what was happening, maybe he was going insane, maybe it was a ghost. Either way, he needed to keep moving or he’d die. One of the guards had freed himself and moved to attack him with his spear, unaware that Fiadh was standing in the way. Instinctively, Njotr moved her out of the way, dropping one sword to grab her hand. He pulled her closer to him, spinning both of them out of danger.

Fiadh stepped in sync with him as he moved, and he faintly remembered a similar fight, years ago, where he’d had to keep her out of harm's way in a crowded room. Was that what this was? A distorted memory, coming to haunt him at the most inopportune time?

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In which Njotr sees Fiadh's ghost during a fight, and old habits kick in.