was trying bloody hard not to fuck you, as a matter of fact. Given that it seemed like the worst decision I could make.” “What happened to that plan?” said Jack, down in those dangerous registers of his voice. “My willpower failed and I did it anyway. Christ, you’re a smug prick.” Nothing to lose. He might as well interrogate in return. “What happened?” “To my willpower? I wasn’t exerting any.”

