Ruffle My Feathers (The Seven - Book 2) by Ciana Stone Read Free Book Online

vast space that was nothing but soft swirling lights.
    Then the scene took shape. She was looking at the hallway at the entrance of the ballroom.
    "How do we move?"
    Suddenly she was standing, in front of the ballroom entrance.
    "Okay, so what do you see?"
    She looked around. "There are security guys on either side of the door. Outside. They have on dark suits."
    "Anything else?"
    "No."
    "Do they have radios or walkie talkies?"
    "No." She walked up beside one of the men and looked him over. As she did, she heard him.
    "Sector one reporting clear." He looked around as he spoke
    "Who's he talking to?"
    "A miniature earpiece would be my guess. One of the companies we own produces them for military and government use."
    "Oh, okay."
    "So does anything look odd?"
    "No. Augustus and Layla just entered the ballroom and people are turning in their seats to look at them."
    "Okay, look at me Nevaeh."
    She did. "You're going to lead this dance and we're going to experience it. Just remember to tell me if anything at all looks off."
    Nevaeh took his arm, walked into the ballroom and stopped. She knew there were one hundred tables in the room, each seating eight people. The tables were set a good fifteen feet from the door, cordoned off so that one had to enter from a center walk area and then turn right or left. There was a center walk area leading from the door to the front of the room where the bridal party would be seated.
    Augustus and Layla were half-way across the room. He'd stop every few feet to speak with someone or shake a hand. Nevaeh watched the people who interacted with Augustus and Layla. Everyone smiled as they were engaged but that was expected so Nevaeh paid attention to the peoples' reactions after Augustus and Layla had moved on.
    As they drew near the table, she leaned over to whisper to Gabriel. "I don't see anything out of the ordinary. What we need is a mind reader."
    Gabriel stopped without warning. As she was still moving, she jerked to an ungraceful stop one step ahead of him. "What's wrong?"
    "A mind reader. Layla can get into people's heads."
    "She can?"
    "Yeah."
    Nevaeh cut her eyes to Layla, who was just taking her seat. "I don’t guess you know anyone who can send us back in time for real."
    "Afraid not."
    "Damn. There has to be something I'm missing."
    "Don't get upset, just relax and go with it."
    "I'll try."
    She repeated what she'd done at the actual event, talking with Eldric, Memory and her husband. As everything went silent, she looked toward the door and saw Asha framed in the doorway.
    Nevaeh returned to her seat and as she did, she noticed a security person at the server's entrance. He appeared to be checking the time on his watch then raised it to his mouth. She could see his lips moving.
    "I remember seeing this before!"
    Gabriel leaned over closer to hear her whisper better. "Over there by the server doorway. That security guy. He doesn't have the same earpiece thing. He's talking into his watch like something from a movie."
    As Gabriel looked in the man's direction, Nevaeh looked around the room. All eyes were on Asha. Well almost. Across the room, in the back, a woman with raven black hair in an upswept hairstyle had one finger to her ear.
    Nevaeh cut her eyes back to the security guy. He was lowering his wrist. Her gaze hurriedly returned to the dark haired woman. The woman's finger moved from her ear and she looked into the galley where the press was assembled.
    Nevaeh followed the woman's gaze and saw a tall man with brown hair looking back at the woman.
    "I know who it is!"
    Suddenly she was sitting on Gabriel's porch again. "I know who it is. Well I know what they look like. How quick can we get back?"
    "Two shakes."He stood, swept her up in his arms, and ran to the steps.
    They were airborne in a split second, the wind blowing her hair back from her face like a storm, and the landscape a blur beneath them. Gabriel landed, set her on her feet with her hand firm in his, and was running