Ancient History (The Lost Keepers Book 1) by AR Colbert

Author:AR Colbert [Colbert, AR]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ramsey Street Books
Published: 2020-12-27T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 8

I scurried through the door after Millie, only to be nearly plowed over by one of the giant beasts who lived with her.

“Lemon Drop, sit.” Millie wagged a finger at the English Mastiff who leaned its 200 pound body against my thigh. Another set of gargantuan dog feet galloped across the herringbone wooden floors of Mille’s foyer. “Look out, here comes Tiny Tim.”

Miraculously, the other dog was even larger than the first. Tiny Tim ran to greet me, his loose, slobbery jowls swinging with each bound until his squishy wet face smooshed right into my gut. “Oof!”

“Tiny, no!” Millie huffed. “Sorry, they’re just happy to see you.”

“Aww, I’m happy to see you guys, too.” I scratched Tiny’s head. “But I can’t play right now. I have something very serious to discuss with my aunt, who is currently walking away from me. Millie, hang on! You can’t drop a sentence like that and then just walk away. What did you mean by—”

“Shhh!” she turned around in the doorway to the kitchen and shot me a stern look. “Not now.”

“Not now? But—”

“We have guests coming over for dinner. They’ll probably be here any minute now.”

I pushed past Tiny Tim and Lemon Drop to follow Millie into her extraordinary kitchen. Her private chef was hard at work preparing hors d’oeuvres as Jeeves pulled the expensive cheese from its packaging and placed it on the marble countertop.

“It’s about time,” the chef said in an unmistakably French accent. “What took you so long?”

“Sorry, Pierre. We had to stop for Everly. We’re probably going to be one person short tonight, too. Only four plates—not five, unless you see my sister arrive.” Millie cut her eyes briefly to me and pressed her lips together.

“Oh!” Pierre dramatically placed the back of his hand against his forehead. “Always with the changes.”

I muffled a giggle at the sight of her distraught chef, then refocused on my aunt. “Maybe we can go up and prepare the dining room.” I shifted my eyes up to the second floor, where her formal dining room was likely already set and decorated beyond my wildest dreams. Millie wasn’t a last minute kind of person. But still, I needed to get her alone so we could talk.

She frowned and subtly shook her head. So much for that plan. I crossed my arms over my chest. It was so not cool for her to keep me waiting. And the Atlantis thing was obviously a joke. Right? I mean, it didn’t exist. But then again, yesterday I might’ve said the owl, the painting, and the glowing stone tablet couldn’t possibly be real, either. I didn’t know what to believe anymore.

The doorbell chimed, a cheerful little riff from a Scottish jig. “They’re here!” Millie grinned and clapped her hands together.

I followed her back into the grand foyer, doing my best to keep the Mastiffs at bay while Millie opened the door.

“Claudia!” My aunt exchanged side to side air kisses with a petite brunette. Claudia was curvy, and ruffles lining the back of her seafoam green floor length cardigan only drew more attention to her hips.

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