She's too cold, too upset, to even try to hide the flinch. Greta's expression feels like a slap. And it isn't like Regan doesn't deserve it. She does. She'd made a stupid decision.

"She wasn't listening to me!" It feels like an excuse, even though it isn't meant to be. "She was going to go with or without me. I thought—" The tears sting fresh in her eyes and she looks away, then shakes her head. "I thought she'd be safer if I was there." She'd been wrong. So, so very wrong.

There are so many factors, and Regan doesn't know how to explain them all to Greta in a way that doesn't sound like she's trying to shift blame off of herself. If anyone in all of Darrow knows she'd made a mistake, it's herself.