The huge brute was standing without the movement of a muscle, his small reddish eyes fixed on David.
"I won't go back!" she said.

"I'll--fight!" Her voice was clear, direct, defiant.

Her hands appeared from behind her, and her little fists were clenched.

With a swift movement she tossed her hair back from about her face.

Her eyes were blue, but dark as thunder clouds in their gathering fierceness.