Ankyra Sound Marigold

Her guilt turned to frustration as he answered her, then to anger when he said that she wasn't a child anymore. Do you think I don't know that? Reverie snapped, but her voice was too tremulous to have any real bite to it. I have a child! And I - I am sick to death of being treated as if I'm incapable! I won't have you come into my life just to treat me that way too. I won't. Regardless of how they knew one another, she meant this. Whatever he was to her, it was not worth this ugly feeling.
She dealt with it often enough from Lestan; that thought startled her, because she didn't quite remember enough to know where it had come from. This sudden knowledge settled heavily in her chest. I don't need to be protected anyway, She continued, and now it was her turn to look away. I need strength, you're right, but I need it to protect my family.