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its tip. Arianna
felt a wave of thirst come over her. Her eyes glassed over as she
stared intently at the blood. It smelled delicious.
    “Stop teasing her, Devin,” a female voice
ordered from the left side of the room. Devin licked the blood off
his finger and smiled.
    “As much as we went through last night, I
should get to tease her a little,” he complained.
    “Who are you?” Arianna asked the familiar
young woman now standing next to her. The purple streak in her hair
made it obvious that she was also one of the Friday bus riders
Arianna had seen so many times.
    “I’m Molina, the head of your personal
security,” she explained. “This is Devin; he is my second in
command.” Arianna stared from one to the other.
    “Personal security?” Arianna pondered, still
not understanding the situation. “Whose personal security?”
    “Yours,” Molina replied. “We’re part of the
seven-member team trained to make sure nothing happens to you,” she
explained. “The team has been watching over you for over a year
now. Your grandfather was worried about you, so we were assembled
earlier than normal. You’ve met everyone at some point except Mori,
our computer specialist. We’ve been taking turns following you, and
making sure nothing happens to you.”
    “Following me? Why would anything happen to
me?” Arianna questioned.
    “Your grandfather is a very important
person. You, being his only grandchild, are a perfect target. Along
with a few other details, you have been watched for many years not
only by us, but also by other groups intending to kidnap you,”
Molina explained. Arianna stared at Molina. Her direct talk and
thoroughness were in stark contrast to her laid-back-rocker image.
“You don’t seem surprised when I mention your grandfather,” Molina
added.
    “Gabriel told me about him last night. If
grandfather disowned my mother, why does he want anything to do
with me? I’m still my father’s daughter,” Arianna asked.
    “Your grandfather is a proud man,” Devin
explained. “He can’t take back what he did to your mother, but he
wants to make it up to you.” Arianna turned to Devin. It was clear
that he knew her grandfather quite well.
    “Devin will feed you, and then you need to
get more rest,” Molina instructed. “Lord Randolph is anxious to
meet you. He wasn’t supposed to return until late this afternoon,
but with everything that happened last night, he is returning early
today.” Molina left the room, and Arianna only had the strength to
sit and stare at Devin as he approached her.
    “What is she talking about, feeding me? I’m
not a little kid,” Arianna complained. Devin sat on the foot of the
bed without responding. “You look so familiar,” Arianna commented,
as she stared longer at Devin. His blue eyes seemed to want to give
a response, but he remained silent. “It’s as if I’d met you before,
and I don’t mean at school.”
    “You have,” Devin replied, but didn’t
elaborate. Arianna wanted to know more but the pounding in her head
was distracting her. Arianna listened to her aunt and uncle talk to
Molina. Even in their hushed tones, Arianna could hear them.
Outside that room, Arianna could hear more people talking and the
clicking of the heels of women walking down a long hallway.
    “It’s so noisy here,” Arianna complained.
“There must be over a hundred people in this house talking and
walking around, and the walls must be thin.” Devin stared at
Arianna. Arianna’s suite in the Randolph estate was directly above
her grandfather’s, so Devin knew the walls to each room had been
built to be soundproof. Devin moved closer to Arianna as she
covered her ears. He reached down and touched her face gently.
Arianna did not move as she concentrated on all the sounds and
numerous conversations she could hear.
    “Is it true, his granddaughter has
returned?” a young voice asked.
    “I hear she was targeted for assassination
before she was even born,” an