The Legend of the Blue Eyes by B. Kristin McMichael Read Free Book Online Page A

“Is there something I don’t know about?”
    “A lot,” Devin said, offering her a seat
next to him. Molina flashed Devin a quick glare, and he smiled in
return.
    “I don’t know if you noticed yet, but you
come from a very prestigious, ancient family,” Molina continued.
“For people like you, it’s fairly common, around their sixteenth
birthday, to be assigned personal guards.”
    “Personal guards?” Arianna complained. “This
doesn’t make any sense.”
    Molina shrugged. This was going to be harder
than anyone thought.
    “She doesn’t know anything?” Jackson asked,
rubbing his bald head in surprise. In jeans and a black shirt he
didn’t look anything like the businessman she was familiar with.
“Hasn’t anyone told her yet?”
    “No,” Devin replied. “Lord Randolph was
going to talk with her this afternoon and explain everything.”
    “Then who gets the honor of having ‘the
talk’ with her?” Nixon, the blond, basketball-playing brother of
the duo, asked.
    “Not me,” Jackson quickly said.
“Particularly since I’m not one of you.” Jackson stood and moved to
Molina. “Did you find out which group took her?” he changed the
subject.
    “Yes,” Molina replied. “Mori, can you find
these people?” Molina handed the list Gabriel had given her to
Mori, and he hurried to the closed door on the left of the room.
“You four go take care of this,” Molina ordered, and the rest moved
to the same room. “Devin and I’ll watch over Miss Arianna.” Arianna
could see the relief in each face as they followed Mori into the
additional room.
    “We get to have ‘the talk’ with her?” Devin
asked with a sly smile.
    “‘ The talk?’” Arianna
asked. “Don’t worry. Aunt Lilly already had ‘the talk’ with me,”
she added, remembering the embarrassing way she had to actually
help her aunt make it through their talk.
    “Not the same talk,” Devin replied. Molina
looked from Devin to Arianna. Arianna could see her confusion, and
it just made Devin smile more at her squirming. “Sorry, I’d love to
be the one to explain sex to you, but this talk is about who you
really are.” Arianna felt her face turning several shades of red
before she comprehended what he had said.
    “Arianna Grace?” Arianna questioned. “Who
else could I be? Did you guys all lie to me about my name
also?”
    “No, that’s your real name. It’s not so much
who, but rather what,” Molina corrected.
    “A girl? Homo sapien?” Arianna responded.
Molina sighed. It was going to be hard to have a serious talk with
Arianna if she kept answering every statement.
    “Three have already arrived at the dinner,”
Jackson said, returning from the side room. “The other six are not
attending, but they are on the complex.”
    “We will take Miss Arianna to the dance, but
we will wait for your signal that the threat has been eliminated.
Lord Randolph will be anxious to see she’s alright,” Molina
replied. Jackson nodded and left the main room followed by Nixon,
Mica, and Nelson.
    “Why does everyone do what Molina says?”
Arianna asked as Devin relocked the doors.
    “Because she’s the boss,” Devin replied,
before laughing at Arianna’s shocked face.
    “But she looks younger than everyone except
you,” Arianna responded.
    “I am,” Molina replied.
    “But by ability, she far outweighs them
combined,” Devin replied. “We’re running short on time,” Devin said
to Molina. “We should get her ready, and then tell her about
everything, if we have time. We really shouldn’t keep Lord Randolph
waiting to meet her.” Molina nodded.
    Molina escorted Arianna into the room on the
opposite side of Mori’s room. Arianna stared into the dimly lit
room to find it was a bedroom. Two sets of bunk beds lined the left
wall, and a full-size bed was near the right wall. At the top of
the wall in front of her were small windows that were six inches
from the ceiling. Shades covered the windows, and they didn’t