She knows they shouldn't, that things between them have changed, that she shouldn't want this anymore. She also knows there's a chance Rhea will reject her. Honestly, Alura wouldn't blame her. But she has to try. She has to try because even after all they've been through, part of her heart still burns for this woman. So she steps forward and, promptly forgetting whatever it is they've been arguing about, kisses the other fully and passionately.
The level of rage she sought to unleash , it was unable to be PROPERLY described in the heat of the moment when --- not only had she laid eyes on a GHOST OF HER PAST , but to be approached by her ... kissed by her ... she felt as though she was going to IMPLODE from the inside out . Nails sink into the warm flesh of her palms , creating tiny crescent moons that almost draw blood ( kryptonian poison ) , but Rhea forced herself to restrain herself JUST ENOUGH . She didn’t know what she was more angry about --- the fact that she was alive , that she had to see HER again after their last conversation all those years ago , or that she was still so bothered by Alura , still ... How good this warmth felt , how the taste of sweet memory poured through her being without resistance ... and she was WELCOMING it .
Tears pricked her eyes as hands immediately rush to rest on Alura’s shoulders , knocking her back with one FORCEFUL push . “ You have --- ” kiss-swollen lips spoke with a faint quiver , a tone that was on the BRINK of teetering between regality and anguish cracked within her words , “ NO RIGHT to even lay a hand on me . Not after what you said last , ALURA ZOR-EL . Not ---” Another rattle of her voice , a clear sign of her fractured heart tearing apart further , “ NOT AFTER WHAT YOU DID . ”