He finished speaking, then raised his hand to pinch her jaw and kissed her fiercely.
Iris Harris forcefully clenched her teeth, unable to close her jaws because of the firm grip on her cheeks. She raised her hand to claw at his chest, but he easily pinned her wrists above her head.
A thread of despair welled up within her; there was no match against him. The strength of a man and a woman, the vigor of a man in his prime versus a woman with no strength to resist, could determine the outcome without resistance.
Unbidden, Brandan Hyde's face flashed through her mind, and the pain in her heart surged like a knife, tears streaming down her cheeks.
