Ka'Cit's Haven (Riv’s Sanctuary #3)

Suddenly, she’d gone from having nothing to owning more than Sohut and Riv combined.

It didn’t feel right.

What had she done to deserve it? Nothing.

And therein lay the basis of the anger riding through her veins.

She didn’t deserve any of this.

She hated him.

Nia stopped walking at that thought. Her shoulders tensed and she gripped the bucket tighter.

No.

She didn’t hate him.

She hated herself.

This anger was because of her.

She hated the fact that she’d let the short time she’d spent with him get into her head so much.

She hated that she couldn’t accept the fact that he had already moved on.

But moved on from what?

They hadn’t actually said they liked each other or anything remotely close to that.

It was all emotions, nothing concrete, and when had she ever let emotions rule her life?

Her heart wrung and the anger swelled within her.

She’d wanted to join the army. Her emotions would have been useless then, ripped to pieces, shredded and buried before she’d gone on the battlefield.

Even as a nurse, her emotions also had to be shredded and buried before she treated a patient.

Emotions were useless.

So fuck him!

She spent the next few minutes dumping the waste at the roots of the trees and trying to calm her mind before she headed back toward the main buildings.

A sigh left her body as she took a moment to set the bucket down and lean against one of the hay bales.

The sun was going down and the sky was slowly turning purple.

Far above, she could see a few stars already twinkling.

It was going to be a calm night.

If only she could sleep.

“Nia?” Nia jumped at Lauren’s voice. She hadn’t heard the woman approach.

“Hey, Lauren.” Nia forced a smile and Lauren’s eyes softened.

“You okay? Riv said you still seemed upset.”