He watched her, his gaze frightening in it's intensity.  As withered as his body looked, there was an almost unwholesome strength in his grip and his eyes were sharp and showed no sign of the haziness of thought his age should have brought.<br/><br/>And he lingered several more heartbeats as he watched Felicity struggle against the instinct and need of her body.  But then his head nodded and a smile curled his lips.<br/><br/>"Draw back and breathe now slave," he said quietly, "You may keep your life until morning at least.  But I will hear you acknowledge that it is mine to take as you thank me for the privilege of seeing another day."