<span style="color: #FF0000">Alessandro struggled to keep the girl under control; she was a lot stronger than he had first anticipated. She struggled and kicked and moved every inch of her body in a ferocious attempt to escape, and it was all he could to keep her from doing so. Suddenly, she surprised him by bursting forward just as he had started to pull her back. He lost his grip on her body and she started to run, but he managed to grab one of her hands and pull her back.<br/><br/>As he did so, they ended up in a position where Alessandro was holding the girl, whose name was apparently Saria, face to face, held firmly by a hand and by the waist. For a split second all he could notice was how beautiful she was, but he snapped himself out of the reverie nearly immediately and leaned in close to whisper something in her ear before she could begin to struggle once more.<br/><br/>"You have men on the rooftop of every surrounding building, and they can do to you what they did to your bodyguards. If you cooperate, everything can be much simpler. Besides, I don't plan to harm you in any way. I'm actually doing you a favor. Just come with me and I'll explain everything," he said in a soft, rich voice.</span>