I could imagine how she would look at him, with those searching eyes burning in indignation, and her instant squelching of his first protestations.

There would be no need of my help to repel the insults of such a beast.

But afterwards there would, for I realized also what he would become after such a repulse--a cold, sneering Nemesis, revengeful, ready to crush even a woman remorselessly.

And he possessed the power, the means to make that revenge complete.

I felt my teeth lock, my hands clinch in sudden anger.