Kimberly
The music from the party drifted through the hall as I approached the grand ballroom, my steps measured but firm.
I had spent the last hour pacing in the garden, trying to shake off the anger that Kendrick had stirred in me, trying to steady the storm in my heart.
I didn’t even know why I was returning to the party. It wasn’t as if I belonged here, parading around as the perfect Luna while my entire life crumbled around me.
But something, or someone was pulling me back.
Aiden.
I told myself it was curiosity, nothing more. I wanted to thank him for being kind to me earlier and to apologize for the scene Kendrick had caused. It wasn’t his fault that he’d crossed an invisible line Kendrick had never bothered to explain to me.
I slipped through the large double doors and into
