Several times she'd thought Dusty had the upper hand and could've killed the leering vamp, and several times, he'd stopped, once with a glance at his watch.
It looked like you had the upper hand.
Sensing he had the upper hand in any case, Brady forced himself away from her.
Darian saw the fury cross Jenn's face, and her next strikes were fast and hard enough they might've given her the upper hand she needed.
Some vaguely sane part of her mind protested that it was a cowardly thing to do, but panic had the upper hand.