Hope actually leaps up in Sonia's chest for a moment when Miles points that stunner even with that outrageous bluff, but her stomach drops like a rock when it fizzles out. Oh, God. Not now.

That woman is a terror, and Sonia quails slightly as she approaches. Tarn has them both cornered, shit out of luck, and the threats on top of it -- blind panic seizes Sonia at the the thought and she grabs Miles by the shoulder, pulling him back.

"Wait!"