9. Ohio

A third Pov.

A human girl had stolen the crown from underneath their noses and vanished. Avallen was in an uproar like never before and after several months of searching for her to no avail, they began searching for other solutions, fighting each other; killing each other.

For two years, Riordan searched for Scarlett, but he couldn't find the woman. Lorcan upturned every stone, and he couldn't locate the puny human. Cillian called in favors in the human world, detectives, police departments, trackers, but she was off their radar. Tiarnan, who had never taken anything as seriously in his entire life, kept his eyes on Scarlett's ex-husband, her best friend and father, knowing she would show up eventually. She had to.

But Scarlett never turned up.

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Scarlett

"Shut the hell up!" I yell and shove the glistening ornament into a wooden box and I turn the lock twice, even if I know it is fruitless. It never stops talking. It talks to me everywhere, even if I am miles away from it. I h