The day after had dragged, each hour felt like it extended into infinity as Arabella waited for the right moment to confront Lorcan. She needed to ask him everything he knew about the kidnappings, especially now as she felt so tied to it – felt somewhat responsible for the death of the young stableboy. She had spent most of the day mulling over why he would have kept this information from her, especially as he had specifically taken her out to look for one of the missing boys.
When she had arrived back last night, she was surprised to find that the Palace was rather quiet, no search parties had been sent out for her – no one had known she had been missing. She was, obviously, grateful for that fact. It saved her from reciting the terrible excuse she had managed to come up with on her lon
