EZRA
Jade stood stunned, never expecting Ezra to talk back like that. Just because she was someone's slave might've made Jade expect her to lower her head and stay shut in front of everyone. But Ezra had never been someone anyone can run over.
She was brave in her own way. She could survive the extreme conditions without help. She may falter, make mistakes and even stumble a hundred times, but she knew how to redeem herself each time. That was who she was. That was the side of her that Jade never seemed to notice.
"You're all talk, Ezra. You think you can look really rebellious and cool with all those huge things you're saying, but when it comes to actually doing something, you step out. You know why?" Jade stepped up, trying to pamper her ego like that. "Because you're weak."
"You've
