How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"Oh, what have I done!"
Her whining voice was above him. She was close to his face. Then her fingers, cool, like soft points of delicate pressure, were outlining the bump that had swelled on his forehead.
Carefully, M.C. began to move his left arm. She must have thought he was coming awake, for she gave a sharp cry of relief. Without touching her, he was able to slip his arm all the way across her back at the waist. Swiftly, he grabbed her above the left elbow, pinning her arm to her side. She fell hard on his chest. His fingers had her arm in a vise, and something else—a handle.
At once he felt the imprint of a heavy, unsheathed blade between them. (5.133-136)
This is another one of those uncomfortable scenes. Lurhetta clearly isn't a threat to M.C. at this point, and yet M.C. flips her onto him. He's got another thing coming when it comes to Lurhetta, though, which is good because his ideas about women are pretty terrible at this point.