The considered evenness of Raine's voice just made Solomon feel even more irritated. It was so ... so calm, as if she was pandering to a recalcitrant patient--even though her being calm and straightforward was one of the things he liked about her. He knew it was contrary and it wasn't helping. It was just making things worse, to know he wasn't, currently, able to be that controlled, even when it was unfair.

"No," he said shortly, and lowered his hands and looked away even though he couldn't see her anyway. He was a bundle of emotions he couldn't even define. "That's not what I said, either."