Adrian's POV

When I first heard of the masked ball, I thought it came at the nick of time.

I had just broken up with my girlfriend. It's not like I didn't see it coming, but no one is exactly fully ready for that first lonely night, or morning after a break up.

It feels so strange, so painful. I took the invitation out of Damon's hands in a heartbeat.

I almost asked why he was throwing the ball in some other city, which was miles away from home, but I knew the answer. Asides for Mount Leigh being one city that housed too many of our escapades, it was...