Chapter 2

I woke to mom shaking me awake telling me that we are here. I groaned as I stretched. Then I sighed and started to grab my stuff but dad said to leave it and that someone will grab it for me. So I just closed the door and looked at my surroundings. It was very beautiful here. Very green with a lot of trees. The land has been kept up. The sky is very blue, no bad storm in sight. But then, I saw a really handsome guy, who’s maybe a couple of years older than me. He’s super tall with broad shoulders. His hair is very black down to his shoulders. My face turned at least 50 shades of red when our eyes met. I looked away and saw that mom was coming towards me.

I whispered to mom, “Who’s that guy?”

Mom was confused and looked around until she caught on what I was asking. She smiled and said, “That guy is Trevor Standstill.”

I covered my mouth with my hand to surpress my laughter, “Standstill? What kind of name is that? I mean I like the first name Trevor. But his last name? It is pretty funny!”

Mom just shook her head at me and told me to follow her. When I realized she is guiding me across the short distance and the guy, Trevor, smiled at mom and said, “Hello, Rosie. How are you doing today? I see that you and Trent has finally made it home.”

Mom beams at him, “I am doing good. Yes, we finally wanted to go back home. With our daughter Maya.”

Trevor was confused until his gaze turned and saw me standing beside mom. He walked over to me and said, “You must be Maya. You are very unique and very beautiful. You have unusual eyes and hair.”

I looked down at me feet, blushing, before I shyly said, “Thank you.”

He smiled warmly at me. As if I am the only girl in the room. He took my hand and raised it to his lips and kissed the back of my hand. He is literally like a giant! He is at least 6’6. And here I am at 5’2, having to raise my head to actually see him. He still hasn’t let go of my hand. And he doesn’t seem to be in any hurry to release my hand either. I felt a shook going through my hand, throughout my body. I gasped. I bet he felt it too. But its hard to tell, but I saw a slight change in his expression. His gaze went softer and he smiled, just a little smile. You could of missed it if you weren’t paying attention. He had a handsome smile. He finally let go of my hand, and suddenly, I missed his warmth. He was still staring at me. He asked, “Would you like a tour?”

I blushed and stated, “Sure. I would like that a lot.”

But then I realized my mom was still beside me. When I turned to ask her if it was okay. She was beaming at me and said that it was okay. That she’ll come find me later. With that she turned around and walked away to find my father. Trent took my hand and started to guide me through the small town. He explained the history behind it. Then out of the blue he asked me, “How old are you, Maya? You look very young.”

I huffed, “I am 16. I will be 17 in a couple of months.”

He smiled to himself.

I asked him, “What about you? How old are you?”

He said, “I am 18.”

I must looked surprised because he laughed softly. I blushed yet again. But then, out of nowhere, I felt like a total different person. I started to say something in the ancient tongue, “I must be prepared for what’s coming. The moon goddess herself, has gifted me. I shall defeat the dark one.”

Just like that I snapped out of it. I staggered but Trevor caught me and hold me to his chest. He looked down at me in concern and asked, “Are you okay? What was that?”

I didn’t meet his eye and nervously said, “It doesn’t matter. I don’t want to talk about it right now.”

He gave me a look of doubt but didn’t press anymore. I have a feeling that he won’t let it slide by easily. I feel like a total freak. With some mysterious power that I don’t know anything about. But I got this feeling that Trevor knows. I feel like I am the only one in the dark. I tell myself to have patience is virtue. Everything will come in time. They just don’t want to overwhelm me. I looked around it is just the two of us. Which I am very grateful for.

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