Fading Into Darkness: The Under Series Book 2 by Dakota Lake Page B

think Cam ever told me what it was after I woke up. I don't think I've ever asked
before?”
“What made you ask now?”
“You just called Kenzie, Mr. Sanchez. I'm assuming that's his surname. Which made me wonder
what mine was.”
Grayson rearranged his tea cup on the saucer and fiddled with his spoon, he was avoiding my
question that or he wasn't sure if he was allowed to answer it.
“I believe your surname is Summers.” I nodded and quickly realised there was a flaw to me having
a surname.
“I thought the guards found me as a baby, how did anyone know my name? Was there a note
attached to my blanket or something?” I laughed.
“I don't know. You'll have to ask Cameron. I think I was away the day you arrived.”
“You think. How can you not remember if you were here or not that day? It's not everyday the
guards find a baby outside the gates.”
He placed his teacup down a little harder than necessary on the saucer.
“I don't remember, it was a long time ago.” He stood up and pushed his chair in. “Now you'll have
to excuse me, I've just remembered there's something I have to take care of.”
He walked out and closed the door, I shut my book wondering what had just happened. I thought it
was strange Grayson couldn't remember the day I was bought into the manor, it made me think
maybe it was because I wasn't bought here when I was baby. I was starting to think there was more
to the story than Cam was telling me. What was Cam hiding? I picked up my books. Luckily for
me, Grayson was in such a hurry he'd forgotten to set me any homework.
I dropped my books off in my room, I wanted to look through the book Kenzie had left for me but I
wanted to spend time with Kenzie as it was his day off.
I walked downstairs and two guards by the front door were chatting to one another. They stopped
when they saw me and nodded their heads at me. Everyone including the servants seemed to relax
when Cam wasn't around it was a totally different atmosphere in the manor. Maids would be busy at
work chatting and laughing, the kitchens would be full of busy workers nattering but when Cam
was around a silence would fall over the manor. I think everyone was afraid of doing anything
wrong.
I followed the garden path and spotted Narmi hanging bed sheets on one of the washing lines.
“Hey,” I said moving a sheet out of the way to see her.
Narmi had a dark complexion with straight black hair which she kept in a braid to one side. She was
skinny and I'd never seen her out of her black knee length dress and white pinafore. She had
beautiful big brown eyes and full lips.
“You didn't sleep in your room last night?” she said not looking at me as she pegged the sheet up.
“No I was somewhere else last night.”
She nodded but didn't ask me where I was.
“I left fresh towels for you.”
“Yes, I saw. Thank you.”
She didn't say anything else and moved along the line pegging another sheet up. I looked around the
garden at nothing in particular and quickly spotted Alex on a bench outside the manor wall. He had
his boot up on the bench fiddling with it. He kept looking over in this direction. Narmi picked up
the laundry basket and ducked under the sheets.
“Have a good afternoon Miss Ruby.”
I walked back over to the path and looked back at Alex. After a moment of watching him I realised
he wasn't actually doing anything to his boot it was a distraction. He was watching the back of
Narmi as she walked back into the manor. Hmm....interesting. I started to make my way to Kenzie's
cottage and had just stepped onto the gravelled drive when Emmett appeared next to me out of
nowhere. He had a really bad habit of sneaking up on me like that.
“Hey,” he said walking beside me.
“Hi.” I replied not to enthusiastic, annoyed he had found me, I didn't want him following me or
trying to spend the day with me. I wanted to spend today with Kenzie alone, not with Cam's little
shadow watching me.
“Where you going?” he