Ankyra Sound And raised up to be the rebel, I was made with a little bit of fire, you see.

He judged correctly.... she did stumble, with an internal curse, but caught herself and shifted, eyeing him warily as he spoke.  She had no intention of letting him talk her down. Erzulie perhaps could have, or maybe even Caiaphas.  Anyone but the source of her now insecurity.

You won't fight me, but I won't submit to you, She said, lifting her own head and letting her eyes meet his.  She couldn't.   Submitting would mean signing herself and her children over to his rule, and that wasn't what she'd agreed on coming here.  Caiaphas was the one she'd joined, and even that grudgingly.  This was unacceptable.  Pregnant or not.