Kairi couldn't shake the feeling that she was being watched every so often the redhead would flick her head over her shoulder to check that she wasn't being followed. Each time she just stared into darkness. Once or twice she thought she saw what seemed to be the dancing light of a tiny flame. Her pace increased to a steady jog as she kicked up dirt from the road.
Axel had hidden every time Kairi looked over her shoulder. Each time he had to put out his little flame. He couldn't let her see him. If she did his plan would be ruined. When Kairi increased to a jog he kept up easily. He could hear the pants of her breath. He felt like he was a predator of the night and she was his prey. But it was almost like that, he knew Kairi would never be able to fight him off. He could pounce on her now, but that was evil. Then again he was a merciless. But he knew her family would raise an alarm if Kairi wasn't home. He would strike soon, but at the present time he had to keep up with Kairi.
Kairi threw open the door to her simple home. Locking the door and leaning against it catching her breath. "Oh Kairi, you're just in time for dinner." Her mother said walking over to the door to greet her daughter. "Come, come. Come eat my dear." Her mother said fidgeting with Kairi's hair like a good natured mother. Kairi smiled at her mother, they looked nothing alike. Kairi had appeared on the island and the mayor, Kairi's father, had adopted her. She didn't mind this at all but sometimes she wondered where she came from. But what adopted child didn't? Once Kairi's mother was done fussing over her she made her way over to the kitchen where her father was sitting. He was sipping water from a fancy crystal glass. The mayor didn't drink; he didn't enjoy the flavor of alcohol. Kairi sat down across from her father and smiled politely. Her mother sat on Kairi's left and her brother, Tegan, sat on her right filling the gaps of the circular table.
"So m'dear what did you do today?" The mayor asked his daughter with genuine interest.
"I hung out at the beach." Kairi replied as she started to eat.
"You do that every day!" Tegan said rolling his eyes, "Which makes you boring."
Kairi rolled her eyes back at Tegan. Tegan was ten and longed for excitement and adventure, which he never found on Destiny Islands.
Dinner conversation continued on twenty minutes after dinner was over Kairi eventually retreated to her room, leaving her sweet adoptive family behind. Little did she know that she might not ever see them again.
Kairi continued up the elegant marble staircase, heading to the East Wing where her room was located. Her footsteps echoed until she hit the carpeted hallway. Kairi proceeded to open her door and was shocked with what she found.