Ankyra Sound [VS] I tried to kill the pain, I bought some wine and hopped a train

Although he dodged her unrefined attacks, she did not let up. Her stamina was impressive and made him think she'd be a good asset if she was trained properly - but that was a blip, and then it was gone from his mind. Her demand for him to fight was fueled by her rage so he wouldn't take it personally; Raleska was obviously taking the overthrowing of her mother very personally or she wouldn't be here, and Firefly wouldn't hold that against her.

If she wanted him to fight, he'd fight.

It was over pretty quickly after that. A couple more dodges to lift her ire to its limit, and then a feint, and he plunged towards her with one smooth movement to try and knock her off-balance. Whichever way she attempted to dodge would be met with his teeth, but even then Firefly wasn't going to do harm; much as the brat was irritating him with her overly emotional response to his ascension, she was still part of Rusalka, part of his family. His respect for her mother prevented him from doing anything too dire. His teeth gripped at her throat within moments and he drove her down in to the sand, pinning her the way he'd done to Caiaphas - and then he waited.