She cannot help but

THE LADY GIVES HER A DISSAPOINTED LOOK. 

"I honestly thought you would recognize her through the way she acted. Weak on the outside, but very brave and stupid when it comes to family." She studies the shocked expression on Aubrey before deciding her next story, "I guess this brings me to my next story, "When the village started to see how terrible this boy was, they plotted against him and tried to pull him down. And I think you already know that Lara and Kai were very close, Lara loved Kai more than she oved Connor— a very wrong thing she did. So, she wasn't very fond of the plan to bring Kai down. She had two choices; going against her family and siding with Kai or going against Kai and siding with her family. She didn't know what to do as her family will kick her out if she chose the former. So, she ran away, changed her appearance, changed her name."