looking at the situation as an outsider ( which i was ) , i should have seen that sylvie had every right to feel the way she did about brynnabrynna had brutally murdered one of her friends , and brynna was roundly unpleasant to be aroundand her crush on james was harmless , even though part of the joy she took in her attraction to him was due to the fact that he had once been brynnas man .