Girl Enchanted (Book 2 of The Girl Trilogy) Read Online Free PDF

he
said to me, worry in his expression.
    But, I was almost relieved that the
truth was surfacing before all of us. I had been determined to run
away, but now Telly seemed to be figuring out that I was her
daughter on her own. Cordellia was a very uncommon name and she
would likely have suspicions of any girl with the same name as her
daughter.
    The woman’s eyes welled up as she
looked at me. “Cordellia?” she asked.
    “ Yes,” I managed to choke
out of my tight throat.
    “ How did you find me?”
Tears streamed down her face as she touched my cheek.
    “ The music called me here,
but I didn’t know you were my mother until now. After hearing your
story and putting all the pieces together I realized.
    “ The music?” Her eyes were
wide with wonder. “That must be the lake music. Your father is
calling you from Azkelon!”
    She took me into her arms and hugged
me for a very long time. My emotions were so mixed up that I didn’t
really know what I felt.
    On one hand, I felt that Mom had
robbed me of my birthright by stealing me away from Telly, but on
the other hand, I felt relieved that I was learning the truth. I
had always felt like an outsider in Los Angeles and now I
understood why. I didn’t belong there.
    While Telly was hugging me, I looked
into Shaul’s uneasy eyes and smiled softly at him. He returned the
smile and the tension he had been storing within left. I took his
hand and squeezed it.
    When Telly released me from the hug, I
was still holding Shaul’s hand. His lips turned up on one side in
that charming crooked grin and he looked at Telly. “I guess I can
put my crystal ball away.” The tone of his voice was
ironic.
    Telly was smiling from ear to ear.
“This is so much better than a virtual dream. In fact…” she nodded
her head as she wiped away tears from her face, “…this is the best
day of my life.”
    Then I started to wonder if Shaul had
set up the salesman scenario of the crystal ball to lead the
conversation in the direction it went. I looked closely at his
gorgeous face as he spoke with Telly. There was a wicked glint in
his eyes that told me that he had anticipated her reactions to his
enticing sale’s pitch and directed the unfolding of information
that led to the final epiphany. He was the devil after all! I
really didn’t mind though and was actually quite impressed with his
skills.
    Then Telly paused in her conversation
with Shaul. She looked at him curiously.
    He continued to speak, but she didn’t
respond. “Mrs. Belle?” Shaul glanced at me.
    I shrugged my shoulders. “Telly, are
you Ok?”
    She shook her head side to side like
she was waking herself up. “Oh, I’m sorry.” She turned to Shaul.
“Are you Lucifer?”
    He laughed, his face lit with
surprise. “Certainly not!” He turned to me, chuckling lightly
now.
    I laughed too, trying to cover for
him. “You don’t really believe that prophesy. Do you?” I rolled my
eyes.
    “ Yes, I do,” she said
seriously. “You should too, Cordellia.”
    I shrugged again. “Well, you don’t
have to worry about Shaul. Lucifer would never have a biblical
name.”
    “ Shaul was a Hebrew king in
the bible,” he added, still smiling.
    “ He disobeyed God,” she
said, her tone lightening. “Didn’t he?”
    “ I don’t know,” Shaul
responded, apparently lying as he was an expert on the
bible.
    Telly continued, “He was supposed to
kill the Amalek people which was the same as basically eradicating
a lot of evil from the world, but he did not obey.”
    My eyes widened. When I realized my
expression, I tried to make a blank face. “We’re not much into
religious stuff,” I said as I twisted a strand of my hair between
my fingers nervously.
    “ Well, I’m just a regular
ol’ faerie,” Shaul smiled wryly. His silver eyes were playful. “I
may have a bag of tricks up my sleeve, but I’m no demon.” He
chuckled again.
    “ Well, Shaul…” she frowned,
“I hate to say it, but you may have some competition