B.2 CH 7 - Family ties

JOHN

A huge guy took us from the airport. Mama seemed acquainted with him, and they engaged in conversation until we reached our destination.

At some point, we exited the highway and entered a narrower way that expanded through a forest.

“Oh, the road to the territory is sealed!” Mama exclaimed.

“Yes, Luna. A lot has changed since you left.” The sir who was driving us, whose name was Jin, noted.

Luna? Why was he calling her Luna? Wasn’t he aware that her name was Ariadne? Or maybe it was one of the things I needed to learn. Mama told me a lot yesterday, and I was confused by the amount of information that I asked her to stop.

It was like entering a whole new world. She also told me that when we reached here, she would ask my father to give me my grandmother’s books. She had written down everything that I needed to know.

I was so excited that I had a grandmother, and I couldn’t wait to meet her. My grandparents from Mama’s and Baba’s sides had died long ago, and I grew up not kno