My legs swallowed up the five
steps between us, and I crashed into his back.
He stumbled forward, falling, and I clung to him. We landed, and I heard
the quick huff of his breath as it was driven from him. But before I could
speak, he was twisting around beneath me, had seized my wrists in his
hands. I struggled, not sure what I had meant to do. But here was resistance,
and that was something I could fight. “Let me go!” I yanked my wrists
against his grip.
“No.” In a swift motion, he rolled me beneath him, pinning me, his knees
in my belly. I panted, angry but strangely satisfied.

Chapter 5