Esmeralda fell to the floor in a heap of silk and red hair, the veil that she had brought down from her face to her neck falling on the floor beside her. She brought her hand to her cheek, her eyes wide with the stinging pain from the slap, her chest falling and rising in slow rhythms.

"How could you? How dare you set a children's village on fire just because you were jealous? How could you be so stupid?"

She swallowed, then slowly stood up to Lucas' rage, her teeth biting down on her slightly bleeding lips.

"Did you even see what was happening? He was kissing her. Right...