'No wonder a strange woman like her suddenly appeared at Jett's side and was even allowed to stay at Stonecross Manor.'
It turned out… she was her own substitute.
'Except this substitute seems to have quite a temper,' she mused. 'She's probably been spoiled rotten and doesn't know her place.'
Stella Sterling instantly felt a surge of confidence. "Who I am isn't important. What's important is that you learn to recognize your place."
'Recognize my place?'
'She actually dared to tell me to recognize *my* place?'
'Growing up, I was always the one putting others in their place!'
'Even here in Aethelgard, where I'm being constrained and controlled by that madman Jett Westgate, it's only because his methods are too domineering and completely unreasonable!'
'It doesn't mean that just any random nobody can jump out and start bossing me around!'
Done wasting words, she rose to her feet and closed the distance to Stella Sterling in a few quick steps.
