Chapter 14: Proving Him Wrong
Sue
I stood in the required spot and raised my hands up to eye level, with one hand pulling the arrow back which I had already placed between the bow and the string. After pulling it back, I squinted and got my aim in sight, and then I pulled the trigger.
The arrow flew and everyone’s eyes followed it at once. The arrow hit the exact aim I hoped it would, and everywhere was pitch silent around me and I glanced around to take in the shocked expressions across their faces.
That’s right! You’re impressed, are you not?!
I picked out another arrow and placed it between the bow and arrow, pulling it back in a straight line before letting it go. It flew through the air and landed in the exact spot underneath the first arrow, and once again, I let my eyes wander around everyone, reveling in their shocked expression. I could feel my self confident bubbling within me, the look of awe across their faces was stroking at it and it was undoubtedly a nice feeling.
Before I could shoot the third arrow I picked out, Damon let it a tskikg sound and approached me, he didn’t look impressed as he stared down at me. "That was nothing jaw dropping lr anything. All my men could do that since they were in diapers." He drawled and as I stared at him right now, I wished I could plunge the arrow right into his throat.
After that, Damon turned around and shot three arrows back to back that knocked of my two arrows and had the last one he shot sitting in the place of my previous arrows. This time, every man in Damon’s army hooted and clapped, like this was what actually impressed them and not my own display of skills.
"That technique is outdated and washed, I’m not moved in the slightest." I gritted out as I marched past him to retrieve an arrow, ignoring the way he snickered mockingly. "Of course you haven’t. One can’t expect a girl to have witnessed real talent, now can they?"
I placed the arrow between the strings of the bow and tugged on it, squinting my eyes and focusing on one the last arrow Damon had shot at the board, and after letting go of the arrow, I watched with glee as my arrow tore right into Damon’s, embedding deep into the board, while Damon’s was still trapped underneath mine. When I glanced around this time, almost all of Damon’s men had their mouths hanging open with shock and awe clearly painted across their faces. When i glanced at Damon, he looked stunned as he looked between the board and my face a few times, and a laugh bubbled in my throat and I forced it down. No one needed to cheer for me right now, the looks on everyone’s faces was more than enough.
I cleared my throat and everyone snapped out of the little haze they were in, and then I marched past Damon again to drop the bow, and then I turned around to face everyone.
"So, what do you think? Impressive? Was that good enough or was i still lacking?" I drawled, eyes on Damon whose face was back to appearing Blank. He dropped off the bow he was with to one of his men, and then he grasped my arm and tugged me along with him till we were away from his men.