Apollo grimaced at that. Damn it. No matter what front she put up, she was still so young. Still, in many ways, very innocent.

He owed her some insight.

"It usually feels like that," he admitted. "At least, in the heat of the moment. You can despise someone down to your soul, but if you and that person start--" He cleared his throat, delicately. "Well, it's easy to forget about the hate until the act is over."