“Fear of what?” Cora says. “Of me?” Father Thomas sighs, and that is enough of an answer. Cora drops her gaze to the dusty floor, an odd heat churning in her stomach. Cora Zeng does not get angry. Not because Auntie Lois says anger is a sin, or because Delilah could never be bothered with such an emotion, or because Cora is sage enough to understand that it is a pointless, destructive feeling. Cora Zeng does not get angry because anger always melts through her fingers until it’s a pool of anguish under her feet. There is not enough oxygen inside Cora to keep anger burning. No matter how hard
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