It's in those ten seconds that Claire decides she'd rather die than give in to what the men wanted from her. She was outnumbered and despite all her training with Colleen, it wasn't enough. Not when she couldn't catch her breath and one of the men was pulling her face up by grabbing a handful of hair to take what was coming.
But then there's a voice -- a distantly familiar one -- and the sound of glass shattering before Claire is pulled to her feet and held against the wall with his hand clamped on her throat firmly.
"You need to mind your own business, man," he tells Matt. "Turn around and walk away or you can watch me shove a knife into this pretty woman's throat."
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But then there's a voice -- a distantly familiar one -- and the sound of glass shattering before Claire is pulled to her feet and held against the wall with his hand clamped on her throat firmly.
"You need to mind your own business, man," he tells Matt. "Turn around and walk away or you can watch me shove a knife into this pretty woman's throat."