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Chapter 4 - Chapter 3

Rayla's POV:

After the introductions, we leave the castle there is a limo waiting in front of the gate. "Our ride awaits." Says Paula, opening the door while bowing beside it.

I giggle as I climb inside after Matilda and Isabelle. The car ride was quiet but soon got noisily as we came to a rocky road. "Thump. Thump." Says Isabelle with each lurch the car makes.

I laugh quietly as I watch her. I look up and see Matilda and Paul, watching me quietly. I immediately look down and continue examining my nails again.

"Raylana." Someone shakes me awake.

"Huh." I open my eyes and see the limo has stopped. I get out of the limo, grab my bag and walk slowly towards the gate. We enter the small area and I gasp.

There's a stone path leading to a small double-storey house. Around the path and house, different coloured flowers replanted with a small pond on the left side of the path and a small forest on the right. A fence surrounds the whole property. "Wow!"

"Do you like it?" asks Matilda.

"It's beautiful. "I whisper, still captured in its beauty. Paul laughs, as he grabs my arm softly and pulls me forward, "Well, you can explore later but right now, let's get you to settle in." nodding, I walk inside the house and stop still.

The front door leads straight to the living room, with two doors on each wall. I walk inside the house and drop my bag on the couch and go straight to the door on the right. I open it to find an extravagant kitchen and a dining table.

I squeal as I run inside. The polished wood of the cupboards and tabletop shine brightly in the afternoon sun, as the refrigerator call my name. The dining table sits immaculately in the middle of the room. I run out of the room, Paul and Matilda making way for me, to the other door, on the other side of the room. I open to find some stairs, leading to the basement.

I quickly close the door, not wanting to go in the basement and run upstairs. Upstairs opened up a whole new room, with four bedrooms on each wall. The best thing about this room is that there is a huge big screen TV. "Wow," I exclaim again.

"Come here." Says Paul walking to the room that is the farthest away from the staircase. I follow him as he opens the door. "This will be your room." I walk inside and my breath gets caught in my throat. The whole room is huge.

The décor is based on the colours black and red. The black curtains hang until the floor on the window that shows an amazing view. The queen-sized bed with black stands and red curtains cast a gloomy kind of look to the room, with the side-table, desk and shelves all painted in red.

I go to one of the doors and open it to find a walk-in closet. I always wanted a walk-in closet. I go to the other door to find the bathroom. The bathroom is also huge, with a tub and a shower. Squealing loudly, I ran outside and give Paul a huge hug. "Thank you, Dad." With that Paul hugs me back.

He breaks apart and holds my shoulders, "I want you to feel at home here and if you have any questions, any at all, don't hesitate to ask, ok?" I nod as hug him. "Come on. There's someone you have to meet.

We walk downstairs and I see a boy talking to Matilda. "Rayla, I want you to meet our son, Tyler." Tyler turns around to face and I scream. This is the boy that I never wanted to meet again.