Aria could feel the prying eyes that were looking at her. Just one look at the crowd and she couldn't help but looked down embarrassed. This was not the kind of life she was used to. She would rather go to a battle than sit down in a ball as countless pair of eyes drooled over her with mixed emotions.
A face crossed her mind and she felt the urge to look up. Right! Lord Blackwood was here! She had to find him before the ball was over. Her gaze scanned the crowd fearlessly as she searched for that familiar face that she hated most. Who would have thought that the person she would marry was a monster in human form? The thought of it grew the resentment she had for him, and her father for trying to marry her off to him. He was certainly regretting it now.
