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anger or fear and was even less sure which he preferred.
    “That was just a test” Summer growled angrily “I thought you were trying to kill me”
    “Of course not” Price chuckled “I just wanted to see what you were capable of and for a novice who has never held a sword before let alone wielded one that was very impressive.”
    “What if I had killed you”
    “Then we would have known you were ready” Price said dryly.
    Summer rolled her eyes and shook her head in response Price was a cocky son of a bitch but at least he knew what he was doing.
    “As I thought you are a natural” Price continued ignoring his students gestures. “You won’t require much training at all just a few tweaks here and there to improve your technique and you will make a fine swordswomen ”
    “ Thank you ” “ Don ’ t thank me yet ” Price warned as he re-took his fighting stance “ Again!” he called
    Summer took up a similar stance holding her sword up in an offensive position. Using what he had learnt from moments ago Summer went straight on the attack bringing her sword across prices torso, only to have her blow easily intercepted. “Your will have to do much better than that” He told her as he prepared for her next attack. This time Summer tried to take Price by surprise but he saw the attack coming and once again parried the Hunters attack. “ Better ” he encouraged “that’s what you need to do, bring the attack to your opponent, try to catch them off guard and don‘t give them a moments respite” Summer decided the time for playing nice was over and mustering as much strength as she could Summer launched into an attack. Such was her power that when Price attempted to block the attack, the sheer force of Summers blow took his weapon clean out of his hands. Thinking fast Summer kicked her unarmed opponents legs out from under him sending Price crashing to the floor. Keen to take advantage Summer went in for the killer blow, but as she prepared to bring her sword down in what would be the finishing blow, she failed to notice Price on the floor reaching for a dagger he had strapped to his ankle. As Summer brought her Katana down, in what she thought would be a fatal blow Price moved with incredible speed and agility grabbing his dagger and then delicately pressing the blade against Summers stomach. “ A concealed weapon can be the difference between victory and defeat ” Price warned as he removed the dagger. “ Never let your guard down even if you think your opponents beaten.”
    Summer nodded in agreement knowing she had learnt a valuable lesson.
    “So how do you kill these Vampires” Summer asked desperate to learn the information that would allow her to defeat her supernatural enemies.
    “Ah yes a very good and intelligent question” Price said “The only sure way’s to kill a Vampire is decapitation or a wooden stake through the heart. Holy water and crosses are useless, just the stuff of myth and legend I’m afraid. And although they prefer the dark of night sunlight doesn’t really hurt them either.”
    “What about bullets and fire?”
    “While they won’t kill a Vampire outright they will certainly hurt and wound them and fire will definitely slow them down, but they will recover and heel from their wounds eventually”
    “So staking and decapitating it is then” Summer stated. Still high from the adrenalin rush from sparing with Price, Summer began to wonder if she could get used to this whole Demon Hunter gig, if nothing else it was certainly exciting.
    　
    　
    　
    　
    　
    　
    　
    　
    　
    　
    　
    　
    　
    　
    　
    　
    　
    　
    　
    　
Chapter eleven
    It had been a six days since Steve had asked Summer to move in with him and her chance meeting with Giles Price. Since then Summer had divided her time between training with Price and packing up her belongings ready to move into Steve’s home. Today was the day for the big move and all of Summers worldly possessions were