A rape victim... a rape victim who fights...They've been violated, made helpless and afraid. It breaks their confidence in the safety of their little world. It makes them afraid." .... "If you don't fight, it's not quite the same. If they make you help, make you cooperate, then it's not clear to you anymore. Is it rape? You feel dirty, violated, and guilty. Most of all guilty because you should have fought. Especially if you're Mercy and you fight everything.
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Patricia Briggs was a contemporary American novelist. Patricia Briggs is an American writer of fantasy since 1993, and author of the Mercy Thompson urban fantasy series. Read more on Wikipedia →

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