" Anna stood her ground in all defiance, though she hugged herself more tightly. "Do you seek to provoke me, sir?"
"Aye, Mistress Jamieson. That is exactly what I seek to do." Edmund took a step closer. "For it's when you're provoked that you show your true nature, the one you would hide from the world and your tame Mr. Taylor. "

― Susanna Kearsley , The Firebird (The Scottish series, #2)