HELENA REED POV

"Get your filthy hands off me!" I snapped, shoving her away so hard she stumbled back a step. "Are you out of your mind?"

"You're the one out of your mind!" she shot back instantly, cutting me off before I could say another word. "All Kaida has ever done is be good to you, Helena, and this is how you choose to repay her?"

I let out a bitter laugh, the sound hollow even to my own ears. "Good to me?" I repeated slowly, staring at her like she'd just told the biggest joke of the century. I pointed at myself, my nails pressing against my chest....