Useless.
The word should have been painful to hear, but it wasn't; it was liberating.
I laughed, and Caius looked at me sternly.
"Is there something amusing about that to you, Talia? Do you even understand what Juventas told us?"
"It doesn't matter; I understand what you just said... you made a mistake, and now you're either stuck with someone useless, or you're going to have to let me go so you can find someone else."
He didn't say anything else to me until we got back to his home, and I expected him to tell me that I wasn't welcome there anymore when we got to the door.
When I hesitated at the door, he held it open for me.
"Talia... please just come in. I'm not in the mood for this."
"Because I'm useless?" I raised my eyebrow and folded my arms.
"Because I'm tired, and I would l
