To his surprise, she obeys without comment. Where went that prideful little cunt who challenged him so aggressively in the alleyway, in the woods?

He approaches her, flipping a sharp dagger in his hand, looks over her.

She's attractive. How did that wet blanket Jeritza get her to like him so much? Enough to offer her body up to torture?

He trails the tip of the knife along her jaw, beneath her chin, and tilts it up toward himself.

"Strange girl. You perplex me."