Artemis and Lilly sat in the living room, staring intensely at the board. Lilly’s hand hovered over each piece before she finally moved. Artemis quickly took her knight. He leaned back and smirked.
“Check,” he said. A devilish grin spread across Lilly’s face and his mind immediately filled with doubt. He watched as she slowly took his কুইন with hers.
“Check and mate,” she said, standing up. Artemis continued to stare with his mouth hanging open slightly
“How did I not see that?” he muttered to himself. Lilly shrugged and walked to the window. She sighed when she saw that it was...

Lilly looked around the room, her eyes wide, and her mouth hanging open.

“Wow,” she said, spinning in circles. Everything was so big.

The man smiled. “I’m glad আপনি like it, Lilly. দ্বারা the way, my name is Artemis Fowl and this is my butler, Butler.” He gestured to the giant man, whose hand was still on the door handle.

“It’s nice to meet you,” Lilly said, nodding her head.

“Let me প্রদর্শনী আপনি to your room,” Artemis ব্যক্ত picking up Lilly’s suitcase. He led her to a spare bedroom across the hall from his study. He set her suitcase down on the bed. “I’ll leave আপনি to unpack.”...

Tyler turned on the radio. Lilly curled up on the আসন and her eyelids started to droop. Soon, she was asleep.

Tyler glanced at Lilly. He looked at her pale skin, her long raven hair that flowed over her shoulders, and her slender body that curved just above her hips. He studied her face. The freckles that speckled along her cheeks, her full পরাকাষ্ঠা lips, and her dark lashes. He bit his lip and stared back at the road, his mind filling with doubt.

Lilly found herself in a small dark room. She got up and slowly felt her way along the walls. There was no door. She jumped up with her arms above her...

Lilly opened her eyes to find the sun shining in her face. For once, she was happy about it.

“Hello, Mr. Sun. Isn’t it a beautiful day!” She jumped out of বিছানা and quickly brushed her hair. She skipped down the stairs and into the kitchen.

“Good morning, Birthday Girl!” Juliet ব্যক্ত setting a big plate of প্যানকেকস in front of Lilly. “So this morning I was thinking that we could go and get your license.” Lilly almost did a spit take with her milk.

“Yes!” she exclaimed jumping up and hugging Juliet. “Thank আপনি so much!” Lilly ran upstairs to get dressed, then they drove to the...

Months passed and soon it was বড়দিন Eve. At the request of Mrs. Fowl, Elena became বন্ধু with Artemis. Mr. and Mrs. Fowl came to trust Elena enough to leave the house for long periods of time. Artemis taught Elena how to read lips so that they could communicate without the parents knowing.

Every morning, Elena would jog around the grounds. Artemis would watching from his bedroom window. Her breath materialized in quick clouds in front of her. She finished her run and started to stretch out. She faced away from Artemis’s window and bent down to touch her toes. Artemis smiled, then mentally...

Artemis was sitting in his study scolding himself. He put his head in his hands, resting his elbows on the desk.

“You are such an idiot,” he said. “You should not have got down there and talked to her. Now it is going to be even harder to control my hormones.”

The door opened and Artemis quickly sat up. Elena poked her head into the room.

“Dinner’s ready,” she ব্যক্ত and closed the door.

Artemis sighed and stood up. He straightened his শার্ট and walked down the stairs to the dining room. His parents were already at the table. He sat down on his father’s left side and waited to be...

Elena walked into the রান্নাঘর and froze in her tracks. It was a mess! Dishes were piled high in the sink and there was grim covering the floor, which was buried under a foot of trash.

“Might as well get to work,” Elena said. She pulled a Persian blue ribbon from around her neck and tied her hair back. She grabbed all the রান্নাঘর cleaning supplies from the closet and got to work.

First, Elena loaded all of the dishes into the dishwasher and started it. It will be done দ্বারা the time I finish everything else, she thought.

It took twenty মিনিট to bag up the trash and take it outside. Elena discovered...

Elena stared wide-eyed at the giant living room. The dark haired boy draped a blanket over her shoulders.

“Thank you,” she whispered.

Another man and a woman entered the room. They were much older and she guessed them to be the boy’s parents. The giant man followed behind them. They sat down on the পালঙ্ক opposite of Elena. The giant stood behind them. The boy returned from the রান্নাঘর and handed Elena a cup of hot chocolate.

“Thank you,” she whispered again. The boy walked over and sat পরবর্তি to the adults. Elena could see similarities in their faces and guessed that they were related....