Running away seemed like the only solution, where to run away to was the problem. At this point, the abandoned theater resembles more of a home than her own house, and the disturbed boy living inside seems to care a lot more than her own parents.

Clare is a lovely princess living in the land of Degrassi. She's best friends with a stable boy, Elijah. Things are perfect until she's forced into a marriage...with her best friend's worst enemy! New Epilogue!

"Something about her seemed vulnerable, not like when she was younger. It was a distinct vulnerability—emotionally fragile and upsetting." JakexClare

"All she ever felt like was a vase filled with water. A fragile vase with a crack threatening to let the water left inside to gush out, and emotions to uncontrollably flow with her alone to clean the mess that she had unintentionally made."