And if she kept that tone up, it would be the last.

Much had changed, but he knew that tone in his father's voice.

She had never heard that tone of command from him before!

"There will be if you continue that tone of voice!"

They both knew better than to argue with her when she used that tone.

No one had ever taken quite that tone with her before.

There was no point in fighting against her father when he used that tone of voice.

More than likely, he'd just heard that tone in Clay's voice because he wanted to hear it.

He had never heard precisely that tone from her before.

When he used that tone, a smart woman kept her distance.