Kara met Morlana’s eyes, shaking her head in confusion. “What? You think I didn’t notice that little drama triangle you got going on? I am a very perceptive woman, orphan. I saw the way that girl protected him on the battlefield and the way she smiled at him when she rescued him from that stray brute. I got a good laugh from it, to be honest. Maybe the reason that he seems to like the other girl more than you because you’re just not that much of a woman, orphan,” Morlana playfully goaded. The jab enraged Kara. “Shut up, b***h! It’s not like that at all! You don’t have a damn clue what you’re talking about!” “Ah, struck a nerve, I see. It’s just sad, really. You’re completely lost in denial. He doesn’t want you, and you can’t accept that. Can you? You failed to protect your father, your

