Pearls and Power

"I told you that I'd do anything to protect you," Kamala says.

"You call this protection?" I sob. My hands are warm and sticky as they clinging to the bloody, lifeless body that lies at Kamala's feet.

"No-"Kamala pauses, "I'd call it love,"

I stand to my feet and look her square in the eye "I'm sorry but I just can't accept that."