The world was spinning.
The room was shaking.
It even felt as if the ground had slipped from underneath Aria's feet as the words kept echoing in her head.
She took Chad.
Aria couldn't quite grasp what Joshua had said simply because it felt surreal. Only this morning, they were by the duck pond in each other's arms, after going so long without seeing each other. Now, he is gone again—maybe forever.
That simple thought finally did it, and it felt as if her feet had given up on her. A sob broke through her lips, and luckily, Zadkiel's strong arms were there to catch her on her way to the ground. Joshua watched as the very thing he dreaded from the minute he realized what his mother had done unfolded before him. The only reason why he returned was to tell Aria the truth and inform her
