Tessa’s POV: My heart was slamming against my rib cage at an alarming rate as Lucian, Olivia, and Tori searched my room. It was utterly ridiculous because I knew that I didn’t take the necklace, but still yet, I couldn’t help but feel scared. What if they actually found something? What if someone did this and it was all planned? My chest expanded and contracted after every thought of how this all could go terribly wrong. But at least Lucian had insisted that only they be the ones to search and that workers in the house be given no knowledge of what was happening. I was sure he did that just to save his own face. In case it turned out I actually took the necklace, still I was grateful it saved me a little embarrassment. Tori was more active and focused on the search than everyone else.

