<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff9999">Despite her best efforts fighting against him, twisting her head and pulling open wounds again, she could not prevent what was done to her next. She growled angrily at him, fire burning in her eyes a he practically laughed at how easily he had manipulated her. She hated to admit how easy that had been. If she had just kept her mouth shut, she wouldn’t have ended up at his mercy like that. And there would be no mercy.</span>