"If you don't leave us alone, you're going to get hurt," I said, torquing his thumb a little. I was surprisingly strong for my size.

"By you?" the first guy said, not realizing how much pain his buddy was in.

"Sure, by me," I said, applying more torque until his buddy went down on his knees, swearing and groaning. "But look around, and tell me if it's worth the effort of getting your ass handed to you."

Seeing his buddy writhing in pain, he finally quit looking at me and saw seven other people surrounding us, only two of them male, but all looking quite fierce. Sean and Conor are...