Technically, Frost has won the duel. We see on this page that while both she and Shion had their blades at each other's throats, Shion's edge was pointing away from Frost. From that position, she could have wounded her left shoulder, at best, while Frost's sword is double-edged, meaning that she was actually in a position to slice Shion's throat, if not to decapitate her outright, even with a shoulder injury. Shion does flip her blade the right way around on the next page, but a) if Frost wanted her dead, she would have died already and b) her grip is not really suited for up-and-to-the-left slashes from that position, so any such attack would be slowed and weakened by the awkward grip, giving Frost a chance to evade. tl;dr Frost wins in my book.
Also, good on Clarice for trusting her wife. I loved the moment when she corrected Violet on her current family name. :-)
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