His fingers flew open as the nerve signal shut off his grip, and my flannel collar slid out of his fingers.

Before he could pull his arm back or understand what had happened, I stepped two inches inside his front foot, caught his right elbow in my palm, and turned his wrist in a quick sixty-degree lever down toward his center of gravity.

The pressure on the nerve and the leverage on the joint sent a sharp jolt through his whole body.

Trent’s knees folded instantly.