A R A B E L L A ' S P. O. V
The search for Clarissa has proven to be a loss. It's as though she's fallen off the face of the Earth.
She managed to ruin my life and she's not even here to face the punishment. Hardin's been stressed, and coming to bed late at night and then leaving at the c***k of dawn.
He's working tirelessly day in and out but to be honest, I believe he's trying to distract himself from the truth. To hide from the fact that his mother was murdered by my own, his closest advisor and friend have been lying to him his whole life and his father had an affair...with my mother. Ew.
We just recently announced our findings to the council of advisors, and they were less than pleased. Apparently this was our fault, more specially mine. I brought Clarissa in, and in turn gave
