Breathless, she reached the exit onto the roof and pushed it open, flinching at the alarm that sounded.

"The sin once committed, there is no more wavering or flinching possible to him, who has fought so hard against the demoniac possession; while she who resigned body and soul to the tempter, almost at a word, remains liable to the influences of religion and remorse."

She sucked in a breath and moved away, flinching as he pushed over the chair separating them.

She slammed the door to the bathing chamber, flinching at the sounds of a loud curse and the clatter of a table smashing into the stone wall.

flinching away from Oberon?