Heena looking at him with the flat, unblinking certainty of someone who had already mentally vacated the conversation, stating: '"Either you get another room, or I sleep in the street right now."'
Because he was not willing to test whether she was serious—with Heena, there was always the terrifying possibility that she was entirely serious—he had agreed, carrying the air of a man who had lost a negotiation he hadn't even realized had begun.
But Samuel was not a man who blindly followed rules when his wife was injured.
Hours later, the door to Heena's room clicked open without a single sound.
