From the very moment I saw you I suspected his game – I knew he’d sent you to me, specifically, to torture me – as if I might be so tempted by the sight of you that I would bend in but a moment to your wishes, abandoning in the process an oath I signed with my soul, ensuring I am bound to him forevermore. No. I will not be moved by you – and you have underestimated me if you think I will succumb to your charms.”
