Fading Into Darkness: The Under Series Book 2 by Dakota Lake Read Free Book Online

me.
Grayson looked to be in his late thirties, he was tall and acted like I expected an old man to behave.
He sat around drinking cups of tea and reading books all day and he loved crosswords.
He had curly light brown hair that always looked an untamed mess curling just below his ears,
brown eyes and he always wore the same long penguin type waistcoat that was a deep plum colour.
He was friendly to everyone and a nice man but he still reminded me of a funny looking wizard.
He also liked to keep me busy with too much extra homework. He was always saying 'it's good to
keep the mind active', but with the amount of homework he piled up on me after class my mind was
anything but active. The phrase bored to death sprung to mind. I would rather clean out the dirty
horse stables than have to sit through an hour of calculus homework.
“Well I was in the gazebo most of the day. Did you look there?” I asked prodding at the salad with
my fork, wondering what kind it was.
Some of the vegetables looked so weird to me, I was scared they were going to jump off the plate
and run across the table.
“Yes I checked there more than once.”
“Well maybe you weren't looking properly. I like to nestle myself right into the middle under the
cushions. You probably didn't see me.”
“I'll remember that for next time. So make sure you remember for tomorrow. Nine o'clock sharp in
the study room.” Grayson said waving over a servant to top up his wine glass.
I picked up the wine glass in front of me, sniffed it and immediately wrinkled my nose.
I hated the stuff and especially red wine. I was allowed to drink whatever I liked, whenever I liked
but all they ever had down here was mainly wine and whiskey which is all Cam ever drank. I much
preferred the stuff on the third floor. Those guys knew how to stock a liquor cabinet. I had spent
many nights up there sampling all the different coloured bottles most I mixed with lemonade. They
also had normal stuff like beer bottles and soda up there. I felt like I was living in the middle ages
when I came back down here. But I had found out I needed to drink a lot for it to have any effect on
my body.
I looked over at Kenzie he was walking two potatoes across the table using his forks. I tried not to
laugh but it was hard. He was like an overgrown child and always made me laugh at the most
inappropriate times. Kenzie grinned at me and started making the potatoes dance.
“Is there somewhere else you would rather be sitting Ruby?” Cam asked watching Kenzie and I.
“No. I'm good.” I replied taking a sip of my wine and nearly gagging.
“Can I get some water please,” I said to the nearest servant who walked over with a pitcher of
water.
I finished my starter and soon after a chicken casserole was served. For pudding it was a choice
between pumpkin or cherry pie. I chose pumpkin and hurried to finish it, watching the clock the
whole time. It was nearly 7.20pm and I knew Senka would be back by now. Everyone else had been
dismissed which only left Cam and I still seated.
“Okay just cause I was late doesn't mean you have to hold me back until last.”
“I thought we could go for a walk together in the gardens.”
“What now?”
“Why is there somewhere else you have to be?” he asked finishing his drink.
“No.” Yes .
But I wasn't going to tell Cam I wanted to hurry back upstairs to see Senka.
We walked downstairs and along the corridor. Cam was taller than me with naturally dark hair that
was dyed blonde. He always dressed slightly different to everyone else, his clothes looked like an
older style. He usually wore black long sleeved tops rolled up at the arms they were normally vneck, skinny black trousers and black boots. Finished off with a long black cape, which was the
only way I could describe it. It hung down to his knees and had a hood which he wore up most of
the time. Many people that worked for Cam wore black it was like a non stop funeral parade round
here or maybe some weird