The fourth batch of tributes to be interviewed encompassed the women, excluding Evina of course since she'd previously had an… Unofficial meeting with Arabella.
Though even after such long hours, time wasn't for resting just yet as the moment Silas and Persephone crossed paths, the coldest, most hair-raising argument sparked between them.
"I am informing you, she won't be attending this gathering," Silas practically hissed.
"And why is that?" Persephone's spine was the straightest Arabella had ever seen it.
"The last time we were in Dragomir's company, tragedy ensued. I don't even want to begin thinking what would happen under his very roof and where her father currently lives at that,"
"I believe, this time, Darrick will be too busy with matters of his own family to meddle in ours, don't you think?"
"And you call her naive," Silas half asked, pointing at his wife while staring daggers at his mother.
