FATHER'S ARRIVAL.

SERAPHINA'S POINT OF VIEW.. The sound of the jet’s engine humming filled the silence at the back of the private airport, as Ace, Peterson, and I stood before my father’s huge black plane, waiting for him to walk through those doors. My heartbeat reverberated throughout my entire body as I tried to calm my senses. All I wanted to do was be with Theo and not have to think about how Father would react when he sees me. I hoped Thep’s effect on me wasn’t visible, that he would not see my flushed cheeks, or the way my face was aglow at the thought of him. Theo made me want to be myself, and not who I was trained to be. I wanted to be the pink-obsessed cat lover I really was, and not the sneaky, lying, manipulative bitch I am right now. “Stay calm,” Ace whispered in the corner of his mouth at me. Only he could tell when I was troubled by just standing at my side. I loved that about him, because even though we weren’t blood related, he understood me better than our parents. I exhaled slowly, r