Chapter 46

Chapter 46: Clara's POV

On my eighteenth birthday, Declan had taken me to my first real party.

"Bringing you into the world," he'd called it, like I was some sheltered kid who needed to see how adults lived. I'd already had my first kiss at fifteen, already knew what alcohol tasted like, already understood that parties were just excuses for people to do things they'd regret in the morning.

But wha