Arachne’s Gift

By Remy Blue

After applying for a K1 Visa newly engaged couple, Kyros and Zena move to Houston from New York for his promotion. Kyros and Zena get settled in. Kyros works more and Zena finds her footing in the new city, yet a dark shadowing follows over the city of Houston and the couple. Zena begins to show her hidden intentions of moving to America from Greece and wanting to marry Kyros. Zena becomes entangled within her own web as she tries to fit in into her new world with Kyros. Though alone and far from her home, she settles in as she masters her new position. Kyros soon finds himself in a deceitful undertaking as someone strangely tries to undermine him, yet can he overcome it and protect them both? Many secrets become unveiled as to what and who Zena is.

As she tries to distinguish things around her, Zena slowly begins to understand her true complex nature within. As the secrets begins to unfold about Zena Arachne, another player, Maximus comes in to see what precious darkness the woman has. Maximus captures Zena’s darkness and she now must choose between her fiancée or a mysterious man with his own intentions of capturing the spider.

                 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Eternal Diamond Publishing
• Release date: Jun 26, 2018

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Chapter One

The air crisped around the solidarity of the afternoon sun. Many people sauntered about as on the streets. The flashing lights streamed lined over people. Cars zoomed passed others as the lights turned. The shadows of the buildings rose over the people. Many people moved back and forth as they crossed the streets. Different ethnicities moved amongst the downtown area. The mixed color buildings blanketed the area with supreme technology of south meets east in the area. A woman with long straight blond hair, honey colored brown eyes, soft pale skin that the sun never kissed before. She stood average height with her hair braided to the side as her bangs almost covered her face. She wore navy blue colored dress. She had ambled bosoms and small curves. Her short eyelashes glanced up at the high-rise buildings. She wore cherry-pink lipstick and wore a spider choker necklace in silver with the letter ‘Z’ clipped to it. She looked up at the sun framing the sides of the buildings. The young woman frowned as she watched the people passed her. The winds blew passed her as she walked across the street.

Her hair gusted with the winds once more as she glanced around her sensing something coming. Another man stood behind her having a faded black haircut, grey-blue eyes, olive skin, and wore a black suit with a tie as he looked at the young woman who was slender thin. He glanced at gently her then walked in front.

Zena, don’t you like it here? he asked her softly.

She looked up at him and nodded gently then touched her choker necklace, I do, Kyros.

He nodded delicately to her and smiled while taking her hand. She glanced up at the sun’s reflection moving over the mirrored buildings. She gazed up at the sky once more feeling that she was lost to this jungle world of concrete. Kyros and Zena ambled across the street. She looked down at her polished manicured hand seeing a diamond ring on the left-hand ring. The people passed Zena in a blur as she studied their faces trying to remember them. She turned and narrowed her eyes as they walked up the steps to a high-rise building. Kyros stopped to talk to several people who came up to them. The wind floated through Zena’s hair as she surveyed the people around her. She frowned for things appeared too stuffy for her tastes. She stopped and entered in the building forgetting Kyros behind. He continued to talk to other people as she entered in the building.

Dozens of people moved back and forth as they worked. She peeked over at the people walking back and forth studying them with an intentional nature. She grinned as they passed her with no introduction. Zena glanced up at the ceiling to see her reflection on the lobby floor looking up at herself. She grimaced for nothing was like her home. She was too far away and wanted to be near it.

A group of men in suits walked by Zena, yet one with brunet neck length straight hair watched her with sapphire eyes. His Greek features stood out amongst the other men. He gave her a bright smile as his olive skin seemed to overpower her. She grimaced at him as he looked at her with a hypnotical smile. She shook her head and walked passed him. He stopped then checked her out like he was from the mile-high club, examining women for grade top quality meat observation. Zena narrowed her eyes at him. The man returned with the other men to exit the building. Zena moved a piece of her hair back wondering why he had looked at her inappropriate way yet couldn’t place the feeling from where she had knew him from. She heaved a sigh as the man continued to watch her as he left, at the same time, Kyros strode in.

Zena kissed Kyros on the lips as he entered in and the other man appeared jealous. Her eyes turned to Kyros then back to the mysterious man who disappeared from her sight. She exhaled openly feeling his presence annoying was gone to her.

Kyros took note in her behavior and kissed her lips once more, is everything okay?

She nodded to him and turned the other direction holding his hand. Kyros took it and shadowed her to the elevator. He pressed the button for their floor. He turned to her and smiled sadly.

I know this isn’t Athens or New York, but we moved to Houston, yet we will make the best of this, Zena, he commented.

She smiled up at him as he held her hand. I know Kyros. I said I would go anywhere with you and I have.

He leaned down and kissed her lips tenderly. She returned the kiss then pulled away from him as the bell beeped. Slowly, they got off the elevator and strolled to their door down the hallway. The wide windows somewhat enchanted Zena as she could see everything. She smiled briefly looking at the expansive place. Zena was an immigrant in his world on a K9 Visa. Kyros moseyed to their apartment door and slowly opened it. Zena watched him go to the door and she stood at the windows overlooking the entire Houston area. She placed a hand on the window remembering that she was in a new land and not in Athens. She would miss home, yet she was due to be married in ninety days. A sigh came from her mouth once more as she studied the lands below.

She touched her spider choker, for it was only thing she had really of her home. As she turned to walk to the apartment door down the hall, some webs stuck to the window. Zena looked all around her and touched her choker spider necklace once more. As she looked at the modern décor apartment with all the technology one could have, Zena felt out of place, yet this would be her world.

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The sun began to set reflecting an orange and pink hue over the sky as the light moved into the open windowed office. Large and modern furniture was placed about everywhere. The walls were white and gray with a trim coat. A woman came in and dropped off papers at a center desk in the room. Some other people came back and forth through the office as Kyros pulled some books from a shelf near the centered desk. A few minutes later, he moved back to his desk.

Kyros sat in front of his desk looking over some documents. He glared at the recent events of what was happening to the company. He chuckled darkly to himself as he got up and looked out the window. Kyros recently got the promotion from New York office to move to Houston to become a VP of Marketing.

He placed his hands behind his back for he had come along way. It was not easy to get far in line of work, but as a Greek man, for an advertising company, he did well. He glanced back at his desk to see a picture of his large family. He smiled looking at the picture of his aunts, uncles and a few brothers. His mother and father died. His aunts and uncles took his brothers and him in after his father died. His mother wasn’t well after funeral then slowly wasted away, then dying from grief of not having him. Yet all in all he had loved his family. To make get a good job was a part of his heritage. He loved his family and for what they did for him, yet he was orphaned at a young age.

Kyros chuckled and strolled over to the picture frame and picked it up. It was tradition in the men in his family to get marry a good Greek girl, yet he had picked someone who was unknown to his family. They didn’t know Zena well, but they would be coming to meet her soon for the wedding. He turned his attention to the picture of Zena and him in a picture frame holding her as she smiled. Kyros let out a sigh of breath, for he was trying to balance his new life. He was getting married, had a new promotion, and moved to a new city with his bride to be. Kyros placed the picture back down and turned to the window once more. He was perplexed with everything and he felt about even her. A grin graced his lips as he pondered as to how she snatched him, yet he was hopeful that things would turn for the better.

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Gray and white walls stood out against the light fixtures on the walls. The night’s sky moonlight flowed through the room as one figure stood. The man with brunet hair and sapphire eyes stood holding some files in his hand. He looked over the photo of Kyros and smirked for he had seen that man earlier. Another man came in wearing a polo shirt and docker pants. He had chocolate hair, light brown eyes and a mustache. The man ambled passed the other and reached for the remote that was on the desk. The man with sapphire eyes turned to the other and glowered.

Argus, do you know who this is? the man with brunet hair asked.

The other man turned to him and to see the photo in the other’s hand. "That’s Kyros, he came onto the company a few weeks ago from a transfer. He was referred from the New York office by Haji. Kyros has an excellent reputation. He lives in one of the company’s apartments, Maximus."

Maximus turned his attention back to TV and flipped to a football game. He smirked, for he got some new piece of information but held a mysterious silent knowing of the man as he looked at his file. He set the man’s profile down as he would make his acquaintance. He had smirked knowing full well his hidden intents. Maximus wanted to know more about her. She was an enigma and he would catch her one way or another. Argus growled as he looked at the picture of them both for a split second then shook his head, for