Chapter 1
Dear Diary,
My name is Hope Clarice Herondale; the daughter of Jace Herondale and Clarissa Adele Fairchild-Herondale. Yes, my parents who saved the world and all that. Since my 18th birthday is coming up in a month's time and I don't have a Parabatai yet, I was thinking of asking my best friend in the whole wide world who I've known forever since diapers named Ainsley Rose Lightwood-Lovelace who is also the daughter of my mom's parabatai who happens to be my god father and uncle Simon Lewis-Lovelace and my aunt Isabelle Lightwood who is a fashion queen.
When I was 10, I asked my mom how i would know if I found my Parabatai and she answered "Darling, you'll know when you feel it. They're a part of you and you can't imagine your life without them." . Years later, I know the feeling that my mom and dad both describe, the feeling that you can't imagine living without your soulmate in the form of a best friend and for me that's Ainsley.
