Tony didn’t move for several long moments as he just stared at her. She was right in one thing about him. He craved power. Power over others, power over everything around him. Power like he had at that very moment over her, and he did indeed relish in it. The predator over the prey in this instance. But, there was another reason why he remained there unmoving.
His temper. It was going to do him no good, and he knew it. But he also knew that he couldn’t calm himself down, and slow himself down quickly. He needed moments. As he watched her reactions to his words, and the fact she finally seemed to understand their positions did a lot to help him push aside that anger and get his mind to focus on the task at hand. His breathing would soon take on a more even, relaxed sound as his mind and body began to relax.
Once that had happened, his fingers uncurled from her throat. He knew she wasn’t going to try to run away from him at that moment, not with him so close. And then, the fact that he only moved closer. His hand dropped down to her waist, even as his body seemed to get close enough to just barely touch her own. He knew she hated the closeness, though now he knew just the exact reason why that was, but for the moment, it was yet another weapon he was going to use against her.
He leaned forward, so that when he spoke, the air of his words would flow over her ear as if it were one lover whispering to another. “You may answer this.” He whispered, his words just loud enough to be barely heard by normal hearing. “Yes, or no. Do you wish to strike back against those like the ones who ripped you away from your family? To make suffer those that would sell women and children to be abused?”
“If yes, then I will help make that happen. If no, then I will let you return to your home knowing that others are suffering what you did even as we speak. The choice is yours, I will neither speak of it again, or offer you the aid that you would surely require for this.”