While his eyes were still barely more than tiny slits, he
seemed to be looking at her now. His expression was
impossible to read, but for a reason totally unknown to her,
all the fear she had felt towards this man was evaporating
away faster than a summer rain shower. So many emotions she
didn't understand were filling her mind, but fear was not
one of them.
"Please tell me who you are, how do
you know my name?" she pleaded to him.
"Magnolia, my poor innocent sweet
Magnolia, you don't know what you are, do you? You don't
know what greatness you are meant for?" was his response, as
he opened his icy blue eyes fully and met Maggy's gaze with
such intensity it was completely mesmerizing.
"What do you mean...I don't
understand?" she stammered, knowing somehow but not fully
wanting to believe, that what he was about to say would
somehow explain all of the things that had so recently
shattered her normal and uneventful life. "Who are you?" She
wasn't sure if she asked the question aloud or not, but
almost immediately she knew the answer without being told.
This was the man her uncle had promised her to. This was the
man she was supposed to marry within the day.
"You will understand everything, my
sweet Magnolia; soon you will know what I know." As he
spoke, it was if Maggy could feel his words coursing through
her, the very cadence of his speech vibrated through her
body.
