Punished Arelia LaRue Book #2 by Saito Kira

Author:Saito, Kira [Saito, Kira]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-03-01T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Somebody That I Used to Know

As I made my way down the long hall, I saw Ivan come out of his room and head for the staircase. I smirked; he was finally forced to wear his penguin waiter uniform. I stopped and let him walk ahead. I didn’t want him to see me and make some stupid comment. He sensed that someone was behind him and turned around. A smug smile washed over his face when he saw me.

“Queen Arelia, you look absolutely ravishing tonight. Green really is your color.”

“Shut-up Ivan.” I got out of my deer in head lights pose and sprinted to the spiral stair case.

Ivan followed. “See you got all that mud off, you wash up pretty nice.” He clutched a piece of my hair and gave it a nice long sniff.

I slapped his hand away. “Don’t touch me, ever,” I said, as I recalled Aunt Mae’s warning. Never let weird people near you. I turned my back on him and practically ran down the stairs, a move that I regretted given the fact that I was wearing Sabrina’s insanely high Jimmy Choos.

Downstairs, the main floor looked unearthly. Marble floors gleamed, crystal chandeliers sparkled and the sound of a lively jazz band radiated from the ballroom along with the chatter of slightly drunk guests. Waiters buzzed around the halls as they carried flamboyant trays full of Hurricanes, Mint Juleps, Sazeracs and champagne.

It was a living, breathing fairytale, but I couldn’t help think back to the slave cabin, the rats and Louis Beau. I was beginning to understand why Lucus felt so guilty. He lived a life of incomparable luxury while Louis had lived one constrained by the ugly hand of oppression and poverty. Clearly, there were no winners in this situation.

I felt like a stiff, paranoid imposter in a fancy dress, as I made a dash for the kitchen. If I was careful maybe I could avoid Tony and the Dreauxs for the rest of the summer. Sadly, my hopes were destroyed when I clumsily ran right into Tony’s once very comforting chest.

“Arelia.” His icy blue eyes widened with shock as I crashed hard into him.

“Oh hey, what are you doing here?” I tried to act all cool and surprised, while on the inside, my stomach twisted into a thousand knots. Where was Lucus?

I didn’t want to admit it, but Tony looked good. His usually pale skin was tanned from the summer sun which made his eyes stand out more, and his sandy-blond hair was cut at just the right length. Of course, he was dressed in an expensive suit and wore too much cologne. Although he had that boring type of beauty that belonged on a Gap ad, it had driven me insane last summer.

He eyed me from head to toe while he sipped on a Sazerac. “You look beautiful,” he said, when he finally spoke.

“That’s great that you approve, hopefully your mommy and daddy do too,” I said sarcastically.

He reached out and took my hand.

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