Aria’s POV
The truth?
“You b***h!” Maren rushed forward so quickly that, for a moment, I thought she was going to slap Clara.
Clara didn’t flinch. But when she lifted her head, I saw how close she was to running away from Maren.
“You have no idea what you’re talking about,” Maren hissed. “You should have waited.”
“Waited for what?” Clara shot back. “For her to be blindsided? For her to be killed? She is the true…”
Heiress. She was about to say "heiress."
“You don’t understand,” Maren said, shaking her head. “There were reasons—”
“What reasons?” I finally found my voice.
They both turned to me.
“Why do I feel like everyone knows something about me except me?” My entire body was shaking. I hated this. The secrets. The whispers. The way everyone spoke around me like I wasn’t even th
