HAYDEN'S POV
I watch with an unsettling calmness as guards forcefully drag away Princess Issabelle. The sight of her struggling against their grip elicits no sympathy within me. I had been deceived by her pretty face, unaware of the hidden cruelty that lurked beneath her beautiful features.
Now gazing down at the lifeless body of her maid, I can't help but wonder about her true character. The sight of the maid's life extinguished by her evil hand makes me question everything. How had I been so blind to her true evil character? I should have had her sent back the first day at the entrance.
"Was she always like this?" I ask Princess Charlotte, who has been silently observing the scene from behind me. I don't know why I need to know if this violence within Issabelle had always existed, o
