" What’s the matter, Highness?” Beatty taunted. “You think Immundus line up to fight skinny girls one at a time? You think they stand around having tea and cake until Princesses have caught their breath?” he chuckled mercilessly, and I gritted my teeth.
There was only so much I could take. I spun on the spot and lashed out hard in a back kick that landed with a satisfying thud, square in his chest. He stumbled back and fell to the ground with his eyes wide, staring at me as I had a small laugh of me own.
“What’s the matter, Beatty? You think skinny girls wait politely while big hairy men take time out to laugh at their own bad jokes? "
― Frankie Rose , Sovereign Hope (Hope, #1)