Kiana came out of the airport after a long flight from Arizona.
The seventeen year old, gazed out at the sea of people at the arrivals point.
She was looking out for her new guardian, whom she spoke to last night, before she got on the plane.
She didn't wish to move all the way out to Washington DC, but she had no choice, since she didn't want the foster care system to put her up with an unknown family or strangers for that matter.
Kiana on the other hand, had known Bella Verrono, from a tender age of 5. She called her aunt Bella out of respect, whenever she came around to visit. Besides her dearly departed mother and her were quite close, and they both regarded each other as sisters, despite the fact they weren't blood related.
"Miss Malhotra, over here." Called out a smooth friendly voice.
Kiana's eyes lit up, as she saw her sudden new crush. He was the most handsome and kindest man she'd seen in her life, and she'd met him two weeks ago. Sadly at her mother's funeral where he came with aunt Bella.
He wore a deep dark grey suit along with his white dress shirt, matching grey pants and a dark grey tie. She smiled over to him making her way whilst pushing her trolley with atleast two suitcases on them.
"Hey, Mr Morretti." She greeted back in her pleasant tone of voice.
Her heart nervously skipped stones, as she saw him again. With short coffee brown hair, tanned looking skin, Kiana was in awe by the beauty he held. Despite the odd level of energy he had, there was a certain charm about him, she couldn't help but be drawn to.
As she approached closer, Jason then engulfed her in a friendly warm hug, to which she blushed and was surprised to. Kiana felt like she was in heaven for the brief three seconds after receiving his wonderful warm hug before he pulled away.
She met her dark chocolate eyes with his beautiful deep hazel ones.
"Here, let me help you with that."
"Oh? Thank you." She said as he took her trolley with a couple of suitcases she'd pack from her now, sold apartment.
Unfortunately, Kiana had to wait till she was eighteen to inherit her mother's inheritance. Furthermore she noted a tall attractive stranger that was with him.
Who was looking at her, in a strange, creepy silent way.
[R] Hmmm, get a whiff of mother's lamb.
[J] Yes, she smells good today.
Jason said through his mind link with an already interested and curious Roman.
Kiana looked left and right, out towards the passing crowds.
"Who are you looking for princess?" Roman asked catching her attention next, with his amazing dark violet eyes.
Kiana felt a strange aura emitting from him. His level of aura was high and rather intimidating.
She cast her eyes away from his strange dark purple eyes, which she assumed to be coloured contacts.
A lot of kids at her previous school were wearing them too.
Kiana stood next to Jason closely. She didn't know why she did so, but deep inside she felt much, much calmer and comfortable around him. More than the one who called her princess. His aura was flowed out of him like a dangerous energy, she hadn't felt before, almost giving her bad tingles down her spine.
"Umm, I thought aunt Bella would be here to pick me up too?" She asked, looking at Jason, trying to avoid the 6ft4 giant with dark blonde hair, and deep violet eyes.
"I can pick you up." Roman teased stepping into her sudden personal space, secretly wishing to pull her in a hug and scent her closely.
He was quite taken in by the girl's mysterious scent.
"Excuse me?" Kiana gasped out, gave him a strange puzzled look then moved to the other side of Jason, and quickly hooked her hand under his elbow.
Surprising him.
He could hear her strange heart beat pick up and sensed she was troubled by Roman's presence.
[J] Roman back off, you're scaring my little bird.
[R] Your little bird? That's cute.
"Miss Malhotra, please don't be alarmed by my friend here. He loves teasing girls."
"Especially cute ones." He added with a wink, making Kiana surprised. She'd never met someone as forward and flirtatious as him.
"This is Mr Roman Verrono."
Once he said his name, she realised who it was. Aunt Bella had mentioned her kids names before she departed from her old town, before she flew out to tend to her other business meetings.
"Oh, you're aunt Bella's second son. Nice to meet you." Kiana said, relaxing a bit and gave him a short smile.
"Charmed to meet you too princess."
Roman pulled out his hand to shake.
Like the well mannered girl, Kiana shook his hand, but as soon as she did so, she felt his high aura of energy coil around her whole body, like a snake.
He went to kiss the back of her hand, but Kiana who was still on edge with his strange aura quickly retracted her hand away before he got the chance to touch his lips at the back of her hand.
[J] Wow, that's the first time I've seen a girl reject your charms.
[R] I can see, that I'm not her type.
"You're a shy one." Roman and Jason chuckled, amused.
More like creeped out and scared. Kiana simply gave him another short tight smile, not wishing to be rude.
"C'mon let's make our way out of here, we do not want to get caught up in the traffic." He said, and Kiana nodded whilst walking besides him. Meanwhile Roman walked behind her. Kiana decided to ignore his strange aura behind her even though she could feel his eyes on her from the back.
Jason then escorted her towards their car.
"So how was the plane journey?" he asked as she walked beside him.
"Not bad for the first two hours. I watched Snakes on a plane and the recent John Wick movie, until turbulence hit later on, due to bad weather." She said whilst stealing glances at her crush.
"Oh, were you ok?"
Roman asked walking beside her, getting curious about her scent.
She smelled like a bed of roses, quite pleasant to his senses. Strange. She did not smell like a normal mortal. He was more intrigued and curious about her. His mother had failed to mention that she smelled rather delightful.
"Yeah, it was only for a couple of minutes, nothing severe," She said trying to die down her weird vibes with Roman, with a short glance back towards him.
Jason then opened the door, and sat her inside. He then unlocked the booth as Roman swiftly helped him placed her luggage at the back smoothly.
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A couple of hours on the road.
Kiana took in the sights of the small town Stone Valley, nearby Seattle.
Whilst she looked out the window, Jason sneaked a glance back at her without her knowing through his driver's mirror. Just like Roman, he was rather curious about her sweet alluring scent.
He didn't know much about her, only a few facts that Madame Verrono had said that she used to be close to her mother. It saddened him to think she had no family left. Even so, he was very happy that Madame Verrono had decided to be her guardian. She was a well natured and well mannered girl, whom he couldn't wait to spend some time with.
Jason's phone than rang out in the car, and he answered it via his bluetooth, keeping the call on speaker mode after reading the caller I.D
"Hello?"
"Jason has Kiana arrived?"
With the sound of aunt Bella's voice, Kiana smiled at once.
"Yes, she's right here with us."
"Hi aunt Bella."
"Hi Pooh-bear!" Her aunt Bella said making her cheeks rosy with embarrassment. That was her nickname she used to call her.
[R] Mother calls her Pooh-bear?
[J] That's cute. It's better than princess.
"Stop. Please, aunt Bella, don't call me that, I'm not 5 anymore."
She nervously laughed with her cheeks burning as Roman and Jason hid their amused smirk.
"I know, I know [sighs] I can't help it. I found you so cute and adorable at 5 when you dragged that old tattered teddy around, urgh I wish I could turn back time and squish those cute fat chubby cheeks you had back then."
[R] I'd like to squeeze more than Pooh-Bear's chubby cheeks.
[J] Hey, she's off limits.
Jason reminded strictly through his mind link.
"Umm, aunt Bella, I thought you said you'd be here to pick me up too?" Kiana asked changing the subject fast from her all whilst dying her embarrassment further as she talked about her fat chubby cheeks.
Especially in front of her secret crush.
She'd been a fat kid growing up but Kiana changed her ways when a boy called her a fat little pig when she was eight years old. She went on a strict diet and lost alot of weight especially when her powers kicked in.
"Oh, sweety I'm sorry. I was called to deal with an emergency meeting. I had to fly out to Rome, but don't worry, I'll be back soon. Jason."
"Yes, madame Verrono?"
"Make sure to guard her well." Aunt Bella ordered in a strict tone of voice.
[R] And I'll make sure to play with her well
[J] Roman!
"Yes, Mam."
Jason said, looking back at Kiana through his driver mirror. She couldn't help but blush hard. She quickly averted her glance away from his as her butterflies in her belly danced in a state of happiness.
Aunt Bella then cut the call.
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"Hey, Mr Morretti?" Kiana said, breaking the sudden silence after fifteen minutes.
"Yes sweetheart?" He said, making her heart flutter in her chest. She liked it when he called her sweetheart, it made her feel warm and fuzzy inside in a good way.
"If you don't mind me asking, why do you and Mr Verrono carry a gun?"
"You're quite observant, aren't you pooh-bear?" Roman chimed in, loving the fact that she took notice and was curious about him.
"Please don't call me that, you're not aunt Bella." She said shooting him a brief cold look.
"Ok, princess." Roman winked at her through his passenger mirror, making her roll her eyes at him annoyed.
Jason on the other hand was loving the attention he was receiving from her.
"Don't tell me, you guys are in the mafia are you?" She asked in a joking way. After all, they dressed in suave dark well-cut stylish suits and there was no doubt that they both packed firm solid muscle behind their attire.
[R] Well, we're part of the dragon mafia clan house, so, yes.
[J] Shhh, she doesn't need to know that!
Jason laughed nonchalantly and shook his head.
"No, sweetheart, we're not in the mafia."
"Why do you carry a gun though?" Kiana asked in her curiosity mode.
"Well--"
"We have a lot of enemies, princess, in our line of business." Roman spoke catching her attention away from Jason this time.
"Oh?"
"Actually, I'm the private family bodyguard and a private secretary for the Verrono clan house. Don't worry, I have the license to carry a weapon."
Jason rest assured, making her nod in understanding.
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Then Roman received a phone call.
"Hey, Henry...You're not going to be home this weekend? Bro, it's game night this weekend!... Wait, what did you say about Sean?"
"He did what?!"
Roman's voice suddenly got sharp and angry, making me startled in my seat at the back.
[R] Cazzo.
[J] Roman calm down!
[R] He's selling our $hit to Damon! "
[J] Hey, we'll take care of him.
Jason said quickly through his private mind link.
"Sure, ok. I'll see you later brother." Roman sighed, then cut the call.
"Everything OK?"
"Yes princess, everything is fine. That was just my brother Henry, who just informed me he won't be able to make it home this weekend due to a sudden business emergency."
I see, I wonder what he's like?
I settled back into the seat looking out the window again. We were now driving through a long winded country road.
Then Roman's phone rang out again. His lips curled in a smile as he read the caller ID and quickly swiped right.
"Hi babe. Where am I?... Where would you like me to be?" He suddenly flirted.
"Ohh, I like that spot, but before I go down there, tell me what kind of panties to have on?"
He asked whilst shooting his flirtatious gaze right at me through the passenger mirror.
Ok.
Ewww.
My heart raced a bit, he was being too forward with his flirting with whoever he was talking to. I shuffled in my seat, as I internally cringed, and averted my eyes away from him through the mirror.
Jason nudged Roman's shoulder.
"Dude, stop." He whispered, making me blush. He was more of a gentleman than this wild card Roman.
"Never mind, I'll see them once I'm ripping them off of you."
Roman said that through the passenger mirror, whilst looking straight at me.
Ok. He's low key, creeping me out.
I darted my eyes back on to my phone and texted my best friend Samantha, whom I called Sam for short.
"So, princess, do you have a boyfriend?" Asked wild card Roman, after he ended his call.
I had an ex. The only one who knew about my secret powers. However we both mutually broke up on good terms, since we had now officially moved away from my home town.
A part of me missed him but I knew I had to move on, since we grew apart due to other complications.
"That's really none of your business." I replied dryly refusing to meet his gaze.
Why is he calling me a princess? I'm nothing like a princess. I was a simple girl who was usually wore baggy clothes and tied up messy bun like hair. Today however my hair was neatly done in a french briad which I loved wearing.
"Oh, but princess, I simply wish to know? Can't you be a good lamb and tell me?"
Why did I just go from being called a princess to a lamb?
I sighed and folded my arms across my chest clearly giving him a sign that I didn't want to talk about this boyfriend subject. He was so nosy.
In all honesty, I no longer had a boyfriend. All the boys at my high school were classified arrogant jerks as jocks and half of them they were doped up and most of them belonged in juvenile detention centres. The nerds were blistering ugly and there was no sign of romance in my boring school that were filled with bad delinquents.
I then closed my eyes, and pretended to go to sleep.
Wondering what my new school would be like.
Aunt Bella had already made arrangements, but I cringed at the fact that I'd have to wearing a school uniform.
[R] Rude.
[J] Clever girl. I'd do the same to avoid talking to you.
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Soon the fake sleep turned into a real one when Jason put on some soft lounge music, that knocked me out like a baby.
After god knows how many hours.
The car soon came to a stop.
"Princess, wake up we're here." Roman's voice pulled me out of my sleeping zone and pushed myself from the door which I was leaning on. Feeling a wetness at the corner of my mouth I quickly wiped at me drool before Jason or Roman noticed.
"Where are we?"
"Up on a hill. The Verrono estate is just at the end of this road." Jason explained as I took in the sights.
My eyes then landed on a grove of trees we passed through and then a tall dark black-spiking-looking gate came into view.
"Welcome back General and Commander and..." The guard's eyes darted to mine next at the back.
"This is Miss Kiana Malhotra, she will be living on the estate from now on, Hulio."
"Hello." I greeted warmly after Jason introduced me.
"Pleasure to meet you Miss Malhotra." Hulio said then turned on his heel and nodded at the other guards by the entrance.
I easily took notice of how this aunt Bella's place was heavily guarded.
As the car drove inside, I was stunned and speechless by the beautiful views of the gardens. A sudden building came into a view and a gasp left my lips.
This is where aunt Bella lives?!
"Welcome home princess."
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