"Give me a break." She gave Jack a bland look before she blew a strand of hair out of her face and went to put the book back. The house groaned a little more but nothing else came flying at him.
"I might have...vented a little," she shrugged as she slid the book back on the shelf. "Or every day for three days straight." She turned around and hunched her shoulders up. "Shadowcrest is protective."