Anais was the dutiful mannequin, doing as she was told and politely chatting with Ms. Rowena as she pinned her dresses. When the woman was done, Anais would have 5 dresses (which included 2 formal gowns) that would be sent to her.?Together she and Draven went home had lunch while the car was packed up¡ªthey would be taking two cars--one for them and the other with all their needed items for this trip. As lunch finished, Anais received the message from Enoch said that he, Memnoch and Drusilla would meet them there.
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The journey took nearly a full day. Anais was tired. After the now 18 hours, she wanted a bath, a hot meal and to sleep curled up next to him. ?For now, she napped with her head in his lap, her feet up on the seat. The thunder rumbled through the sky. Occasionally, the sharp, searing flash of lightning scorched the air. Rain poured from thick clouds, saturating the earth with mud as the car pulled into the gates of the large drive of the Draven¡¯s ancestral home. The car traveled down the long-narrowed limestone bridge. Underneath, exotic-looking fish swam and leaped from the water. Soon the large palace-like structure sat in the middle of aches and aches of lush rolling hills.
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As the large structure loomed and grew before her, the red and gold ornate medieval crest hung with the finest of silk hung from the door. Just then the car drew to a stop before the door, the courtyard behind them.
