If you asked Alios the best way to win a battle, it would be to never give your opponent space to breathe. Keep them on their toes so that they never had a second to find their footing. If they fell back to regroup, then you pushed the offensive until you had their backs to the wall and your blade at their throat.
He liked to think that the same method could be applied to relationships with minimal editing, and there were many ways to press the advantage that didn’t involve physical touch. Even if his prey scurried and ran, Alios controlled the playing field, and he would string and hem her in until she came tumbling willingly into his arms.
So when she shoved herself away from him, he released her easily, arms up as if in surrender as she took several fluttering steps away. “I’m not i
