DANGEROUS LOVE
He wasn't fast enough.
Ruby's eyes had gone dark, something feral flickering behind them as she crossed the room in three quick strides and seized a fistful of the woman's hair. "Looks like you need a mirror," she said, voice deceptively pleasant, "to see who the real slut here is." The slap that followed rang out loud enough to silence the entire room.
"Ruby, let her go," Lance said, though there was no real urgency in it.
She didn't. The second slap followed the first, then a third, each one landing with the same precise, controlled fury, until the woman's cheek had begun to bruise beneath her palm's repeated strikes.