*Briella*

The whole way back to the guest house, I had General Tian’s piercing glare in my mind. It caused me to grit my teeth and shudder.

I thought about how he looked at me and wondered why it was just me. He didn’t seem to like Kryzen or the other guys very much either, but he didn’t look at them with nearly as much hatred as he did me.

At first, I wondered if he just had something against women in general. Maybe he didn’t appreciate that I was a ...