Sitnikov snarled something that was probably a swear in Russian. "I should just take from you what I want and be done with it. I shouldn't fucking care what you want, woman."

Jane cautiously brought a hand up between them and placed it against his chest, and said almost wonderingly, "But you do."

He said nothing for a moment, but finally jerked his head in a nod, his thick jaw clenched in annoyance. "I will give you more time."

Jane relaxed slightly in his hold, ...