" So you had to piss me off badly enough activate some primal instinct?” I clenched my jaw, grinding my teeth. “I think all you managed to ‘draw out’ was fuming rage. I could rip your head off right now.”
“Save that for later,” he waved his hand dismissively. “You have work to do right now. "
― M.A. George , Relativity (Proximity, #2)