Thane flinches at the spit, but it's the usual defiance. The girl's got spunk. Good for her. It'll serve to highlight where she is now against where she'll be soon.

He takes her free shoulder, shoving her back against the wall. He really should et to cuffing that free hand, but it can wait.

"I broke all your little friends to submission in a session," he says. "Think you're going to last longer?"