Girl Enchanted (Book 2 of The Girl Trilogy) by Reussie Miliardario Page B

heard stories, but now that you are telling me,
I know the rumors are true.”
    “ Rumors?” She asked,
looking at me fixedly. For a moment she swam around the cage and
then she tucked her hooves under her lower torso upon the ground in
what looked like a resting position, but she kept her eyes fixated
on the tiger fish that slept in its aquarium. After a short time
she fell asleep too.
    When I looked over at Goliath, I saw
that he was starting to fall asleep too. He was slumped over in his
chair, muttering lightly with his eyes closed. Moments later he was
snoring, fast asleep.
    I was alone now and there was so much
to contemplate. If only I could escape from this cage. Now that I
knew that everyone I loved, betrayed me, I was certain, I wanted to
find a new home far away from Seneca Mountains and far away from
this lake.
    But, then, I thought about my genetic
mother and father, Telly Belle and Zikron Baro. Though I hardly
knew Telly and I had never met Zikron, according to the story, they
loved me and each other. They had wanted to escape this place as do
I and they had risked everything for their pursuit.
    I knew that the community leaders and
the serpent people could find me in Aurora Springs if I was to live
with Telly there. But, it sounded like Zikron was gaining control
over Shaul with his siren song. He seemed powerful. Zikron might
protect me. In fact, he probably would. If I find a way to break
free from this cage that is where I will go.
    Now as I swam around the cage in the
dim light, I thought about Shaul and Aver. I was crazy for feeling
such love for Aver. He was truly evil. My yearnings for him and the
empathy I felt for him shamed me. I was glad he was dead. Now that
I was away from him, I felt relief. It shocked me how deeply I had
fallen for him when I didn’t even know him at all. I didn’t
understand it. The desire was unfathomable.
    But, Shaul and I had spent so much
time together in the dungeon while we were locked away. He treated
me very well. He made our time there even magical. I wanted a life
like that. I wanted to be with someone who even in horrible times,
could make life beautiful.
    My heart yearned for Shaul. I just
couldn’t believe he was evil like the giant and zebra girl said. I
loved him. And that was what made me feel so mixed up. Did I only
love him because of the siren song playing in my head? Or did I
love him in truth? Did he love me?
    Oh, he was truly evil. He was the
incarnation of the devil. How could the devil not be bad? But, he
didn’t want to be evil. I knew that. He did so many heroic things.
I could tell he was always trying to control himself from his
selfish desires. He couldn’t help it if he was just bad. He didn’t
create himself. Maybe I could reason with him. Maybe I could change
him. Maybe I could make him good.
    But, I was so angry with Shaul for
lying to me. He didn’t tell me about these warehouses, the
crossbreeds, or the giants. And what about the Adam crossbreed?
Shaul didn’t tell me about him. But, that made sense actually
because if Shaul did love me, Adam would be a threat to our love.
My heart warmed at that thought. That must be why he didn’t tell me
the truth, why he didn’t tell me the alternative scenario for
entrance into the Garden of Eden.
    Now with the information I had
learned, I wondered what would happen to Adam and me if Shaul put
the DNA of the original apple only on the Tree of Life. Would Adam
and I cease to exist, would we become slaves damned to a torturous
existence, or would we be like Goliath and the zebra girl said—the
second ruling class beneath the serpents, but above the humans? I
didn’t want to be evil like that. I didn’t want to enslave humans
for my own power. I would rather die than that.
    And I was not able to deny the
connection I felt to Adam when he grabbed onto me in that dark room
where I saw the vision. It was amazing—without being told, I knew
who he was. Truly he was my soul mate. I knew that now. I