“I was too much and too strange long before I came here, Emmaline.” I said it gently because in her own way, she was looking out for me. She was trying to keep me safe, even if incidentally it kept me hers and not Tara’s. “And after all, you decided I was too risky two years ago.” Emmaline sprang to her feet, hands clenched. I stepped back in surprise. “Stop it! I’m not some kind of villain!” “No, you’re not. You’re the heroine. I read the script same as you.”
