From Betrayed Luna to Crowned Princess
"Think, child. That day at the gate. The person you truly insulted wasn't me. It was yourself. You threw those cruel words at an old woman asking for water because something in you was already breaking, and you needed somewhere to throw it. That's your nature, I think. You can't bear to fail. You can't bear to lose. And so, when you feel yourself losing, you can't look at it, and instead you take all that bitterness and you hurl it at whoever is nearest. Me. Your husband. A servant. Anyone but the one who has truly failed you, which is your own self."
I saw Astrid's face, and it went white, and then it went rigid, and something behind her eyes cracked open, because the old woman had reached
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