Chapter 48 The Words That Bind

• "You said I flirted with someone?" Rafayel breathed, his voice close behind me. This implies a softer, perhaps more intense, delivery.
• I shrugged him off, focusing instead on removing a hairpin from my hair. It snagged, and a sharp pain made me cry out.
• Rafayel immediately examined how the hairpin was tangled in my hair. "It's quite embedded, Leslie. I think we'll need baby oil, or a similar lubricant, to free your hair."