The only thing worse than having other people decide my life would be having them do it in front of Vaduin. I couldn't shake the feeling that as soon as he found out, he'd look at me like I was less-than. A burden, or someone to be pitied. It had happened to me over and over. Men loved me as long as I was the playful, pretty girl they'd fallen for, with my big green eyes never wet with tears and my hourglass curves theirs whenever they wanted them.
