It wasn’t more than a few minutes of standing on the boardwalk in Astoria Park, Ari’s eyes in constant motion, seeking for Adrian, that the cellphone in her back pocket rang.
Jon had gotten her this phone when she had first moved in with him, convincing her that she needed to break away from everyone else in her life in order to find peace and concentrate on her magic training. At the time, when Adrian raged and had kicked her out of his penthouse, she agreed with Jon, wanting to forget about how broken that had made her. But over the weeks, having cut off all communication with him, with Audrey, with her aunt and cousin, she ended up feeling less peaceful and much lonelier. Seeing Adrian at the gala, seeing Link and Audrey even if it were for a split second, she realized how much she mis
