Turning the city upside down (3)

"You better kill me as I'm not going to give you what you want!" her scream was met with a wall of silence again. Desperate, she tried even harder. "You may be the Triads, but I assure you, you're messing with the wrong person! Everyone would have been notified of what you've done. You're not getting out of this unscathed!" she threatened with a sardonic smile.

That should make them curious about the power she was talking about and force them to speak, she thought. But her confidence came too soon.

As the footfalls began to approach her again, she swallowed nervously and subconsciously began to shuffle away until she hit the wall.

"Wh — what are you doing!" she panicked and her voice didn't fail to convey the fear she was nursing.