Karla called in her hunting knife also covering it with a shield. After all, she didn't know if the Danger shop protection extended to weapons beyond the ones he'd created in the room. Heart pounding, she brought her face beyond the surface of the wall so she could see how Max was positioned. He still had a damned good grip on her, it was true, but that meant his mobility was limited, too.

Heart racing, she slid her arm out of the wall, roughly at groin-height, called in another series of attacks from the discarded weapons, then dropped her sight-shield.