Chapter 22 : She's His Lover

*Gemma*

"The audacity," Raisa said with a shake of her head.

I waited at the door until Kael's footsteps receded. Then I flopped onto my back on Raisa's bed instead of my own to stare at the ceiling that was in desperate need of care. "I didn't even realize I'd gotten my hopes up," I confessed, feeling somehow more angry at myself than Kael and the information he might've forgotten to confess. "He tried to make a move on me in Dust knowing he had someone waiting for him here?"

There were basic supplies in the small bathroom, and Raisa took her chance to utilize them to become herself again. She'd brushed her hair and braided it with a piece of cloth; with the water from a sink, she'd dampened a towel, cooling her flushed and puffy face. Now she was standing in front of the full-length mirror twisting her torso with her shirt lifted to see if she could notice a bump.

"He's not worth your time, sweet," she said.

I sat up. "But…"

"But what?" she asked not unkindly, sighing