She couldn’t help but sting my finger, clinging a moment before I flung her to the ground. Her gold is true, not the trick evening light plays on my roses. She curls into herself, stinger twitching, gilt wings folded. Her whole life just a few weeks, and my pain subsided in a moment. In the cold, she hardly had her wits to buzz. No warning from either of us: she sleeping in the richness of those petals, then the hand, my hand, cupping the bloom in devastating force, crushing the petals for the scent. And she mortally threatened, wholly unaware that I do this daily, alone with the gold last light, in what seems to me an act of love.
What is most likely the reason the bee stung the speaker?

Answer choices for the above question

A. The bee was angry with the speaker.

B. The bee was scared of the speaker.

C. The bee wanted to sting the speaker.

D. The bee thought the speaker wouldn’t mind being stung.