That night, Jace Lennox acted like a madman, taking Phoebe Faulkner right there in the bathtub.
In the end, it was Phoebe Faulkner's fear and struggles that brought him back to his senses. This was their third time together. The first had been a forceful violation without a hint of tenderness. The second had been an attempt to make up for the trauma of the first. He feared that if this third encounter repeated that initial trauma, her terror of intimacy would become impossible to overcome.
Once Jace Lennox calmed down, he grew tender.
He did his utmost to make her comfortable. From the tub to the bed, he lavished all his tenderness on her. Yet after she had fallen asleep, he walked into the bathroom alone and punched the mirror, leaving his fist dripping with blood.
At that moment, staring at his own grim-faced reflection in the shattered mirror, he didn't even know who he was angry with.
