Free The Genesis Project Prophecy of the Seven by C.L. De Leon

as red as my hair, I felt flushed and hot. I put my head down and began eating again. My mom pulled me to her, squeezing me tight planting a kiss on the top of my head.
    “Don’t worry Reigh, I knew you were special when I had you, beyond the gifts you’ve received from your father’s side I knew you would be someone important one day. Today is the first of many. You’re amazing and you’re strong. I know you can do this.” I smiled at my wonderful mother, who had always been there for me, loved me, and protected me.
    I would do the same for her if was the last thing I ever did…and it might just be.
     
     

CHAPTER 13
     
     
    Jasper and Ben helped me bring a mattress and my bags back to the waterfall room.
    I had taken a few things back already after dinner. She had helped me string up some curtains across an area near the pool. Set back into the rock near the pool  was a large cubby area that made you really wonder if this place was a natural element or carved by God Himself because He knew what it would be needed for, right?
    I moved the curtain aside and held it open for Jasper and Ben. Ben was in great shape for his age but Jasper was in better.
    He was 6 ft. even, with short yet shaggy curly brown hair, he was muscular, and he had the biggest biceps I had ever seen!
    He was country completely, from his flannel printed button up shirt to his tight jeans and cowboy boots, he even proudly displayed a belt buckle that named him a bull rider, and maybe he won the belt buckle.
    He had a crooked smile that could heat you up and shut you down at any time.
    I wasn’t the “swooning” kind of girl but he made you want to. I giggled to myself drawing the attention and questioning looks of both Ben and Jasper. I coughed trying to cover my giggles turning away from the men. Jasper knew though, he’d been getting looks and giggles since he hit puberty probably.
    “Thank you for helping. I could have managed though,” I said smiling.
    “How would’ve you gotten this down here by yourself? Jasper asked giving me his crooked grin; I could feel my knees weaken.
    I smiled back brilliantly not letting him know he’d knocked me off balance. “I would have floated that sucker all the way here,” I said, Ben cracked up laughing.
    “I bet you would have.” Ben pa tted me on my shoulder and said his goodnights as he turned to leave with Jasper.
    I stood and stared appreciating the view of Jasper as he went. Damn, it was just as good as his coming. I could feel my entire body blush. He looked back at me smiling his crooked grin once more. He knew what he did to women; more specifically he knew what he did to me.
     
     

CHAPTER 14
     
     
    I lie on the bed I had been given, thinking of everything that had happened in the last week.
    I’d never been boy crazy. Maybe it had something to do with this prophecy thing. Bethany said we were all linked in a way that we didn’t understand. I sighed, tomorrow I began training. I hoped I would actually learn what these people wanted and needed from me. I still had no idea what exactly that was . They expected me to be a leader, not just of the Seven, but of their rebellion.
    What was I going to do? I rolled off my bed and moved to the side of the pool staring at the waterfall.
    It wasn’t far away I could hear the water crashing in to itself and echoing though out the cavern. Most people would have thought the waterfall sounded loud. This is most likely why no one had coveted this area for living, preferring to visit it for its beauty.
    Not me, I loved the sound of the water crashing and the echo I threw, the sounds of the river, the different gurgles and gulps and it was mine now.
    I sat down putting my feet into the water to my knees, letting my hand drift down tracing lines into the water. I closed my eyes feeling everything around me. Feeling the air brush my skin as a lover would. Feeling the water break around my legs, feeling the stone earth beneath me supporting me, I