<span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(204, 255, 153)">Ayla didn’t give him a chance to get behind her, matching his circling motion as she caught her breath quickly. But damn were those rippling muscles distracting at times. It wasn’t that she wasn’t paying attention, just that it made it harder to watch for an opening to strike for herself. She took in a deep breath, but didn’t attack, knowing that would have been entirely too obvious.</span>