Confront her!

You aren't sure exactly why you're so angry at this girl's intrusion, but you can't stop yourself from fumbling with the secret passage until you find the switch and it slides open. Akina gasps as you stomp out and try to put on a regal appearance "Hey you, Girl!"

She turns in her seat and eyes you with curiosity before standing, "Hmm...I thought I heard an intruder in the wall. Tell me, who are you?"

You purse your lips, "I will ask the questions here. You are the intruder."

Akina rushes out of the passageway after you, "Anna! Are you crazy!"

You turn and look at Akina when she calls you and from behind you, you hear the woman purr your name, "Anna...I see now. Princess Anna. I was wondering when I was going to meet my beloved niece."

You barely process the word 'niece' before Akina realizes the implication immediately and grabs you and throws you out of the way just as a sudden commotion behind you. As you stumble to the ground, you hear the telltale sound of metal on metal. Quickly turning you see Akina pushing back the **** of the once innocent looking woman. A purple blade has manifested in her hand and she now stands ready. She grins warmly at you despite the sudden change in the situation, "Honestly, I wasn't expecting to meet you so soon. Let me deal with this beast and then we can go have a little family reunion. My sister was so disappointed at the loss of her daughter. She will be pleased to see that you have returned."

Akina eyes you briefly, "Anna, Stay back no matter what." The woman takes the opportunity to strike out quickly at Akina expecting her guard to be down. Fortunately just the opposite was true and she quickly parries the blows. Aiming a strike at Akina's head, she quickly gets blocked. However, immediately after being blocked, the woman leans back and kicks her foot up and catches Akina in the stomach. You hear a brief exhale of air and Akina rolls back and gets to her feet, seemingly unscathed. The woman continues the **** on her with blows that are very quick, but the lithe feline keeps defending. The clang of metal on metal echoes off the stone walls from the furiosity of their duel.

Despite the seemingly even fight, you can tell that Akina may be outmatched this time. She's quick, but all of her efforts are focused solely on blocking and even then some secondary blows are meeting their mark. The lithe feline keeps defending as they circle around the room and it isn't too long before the woman's back is towards you.

Your hand finds the hilt of a small dagger on your belt. Covered by your cloak, you had forgotten that you had it with you. Akina gave it to you just before leaving Luxem just in case something happened where you would need to defend yourself. Something like this situation, but surely you can't hold your own against this fiend. She would crush you in one blow. Even Akina seems to be slowly running out of stamina. Despite her skill, she is already huffing and puffing after each blow while the woman doesn't seem to be affected at all. If someone far more skilled than you can't defeat this woman, what chance would you have? Surely she'd kill you in a moment.

But your interference might just be what saves Akina's life...