Hundred and Sixty-one

"Are you coming with me to the monster's villa, or should I do this alone?" Arabella murmured. Her voice was hoarse from crying too much. Her eyes were swollen and painful, but compared to the ache in her heart, it was nothing.

As Thalia didn't respond, Arabella reached for the car door, but Thalia swiftly snatched the keys from her hands, tucking them into her pocket.

"What the hell?!" Arabella exclaimed, her face contorted in a glare. "I shouldn't have told you my plan. I knew you'd try to stop me!"

"Of course I will," Thalia said. "I'm trying to reason with you, Bella. Going to Sandro's villa to confront him might be the riskiest decision I've ever heard."

"He killed Blaze," Arabella said, her body trembling. "He killed Blaze!"

"We don't know for sure," Thalia pointed out.

"Blaze was talking to me, and then the shot rang out. I couldn't hear his voice anymore, Thalia. You might think I'm going crazy, but I heard it," Arabella said, her eyes shimmering with tears once more.

She had