NIRELLE
I want to act as if everything is fine, but there has never been anything fine with me. I sigh as I stare at myself in the mirror. I had gotten Lucien and Theo in this mess; I must do what I have to do to get them out of it, even though it means that I have to meet up with Cassian again.
I did not know if it was because I had a crush on him that blinded me to see everything sketchy about him, but now that I look at it with a new light, I can't help but see everything that I had missed. Clarendon had been frequent at our house while I was growing up, but I was sure that it was because he worked with Enoch.
He had the same lingering gaze that Enoch always had with me but never tried anything inappropriate with me, so I would never have suspected him. His wife was never on good ter
