[I have escaped.]
Jace nearly jumped out of his skin when he heard the message into his mind. It was so abrupt he did not even realize it happened. But before he could so much as process that the message came from Salem he was being hit upside the head.
He reeled back as the wooden staff hit him on the chin. He stepped back in a daze and then looked at the culprit. His new second in command, Nila, had stopped moving after landing a successful strike. To be fair he had easily dodged all of her other strikes.
He brought his hand up to his jaw and shook his head. They were in the holo training room at the moment. "Ow, sorry I got distracted for a moment." Jace told her as he moved into position again for the next bout.
