Gideon [The Marujan Brothers Series] Book Two
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The boy barked out a laugh. “You thought I was dead? Come on. We haven’t seen each other in three long years and that’s all you have to say?”
“Yes, yes. Now get out of my way!” Deorci reach out, shoving Malakai by the shoulder. To his surprise, he hadn’t even moved the boy an inch. Narrowing his eyes suspiciously on his ex-right-hand-man, Deorci pulled back his hand and raised an eyebrow. “You’ve grown, I see.”
Malakai gave him a wide grin, a mocking one at that. “Not a boy anymore, you realize. Not Malakai of the Kankuls anymore, Deorci,” he spat distastefully. “I’ve made a name for myself.”
Deorci could help but laugh. So the boy was here to kiss up to him then? Alright, he could accept that. As long as he was quick about it. “Let me guess? You want to come back, don’t you? There’s no need to grovel, really—”
“You are one stupid piece of shit!” Malakai snarled, eyes burning with insult and fury. “Does the name Baamel ring a bell, Deorci? No? Thought so. Doesn’t matter anyway. Long story short: I’m here for your head.”
Yea, join the line, fool. Deorci thought, getting extremely frustrated now. He needed to be on his way. And if it meant killing the boy, then so be it. “You and Marujans and every-fucking-body else! Now move!”
This time, it was Malakai who threw the first punch…and it connected him squarely in the face. Deorci had felt and heard the crunch of his own nose breaking as he was slammed rather forcefully into the adjacent wall. Damn it, when had the boy gotten so strong? Before he knew it, the boy had him by the throat, fingers digging into his windpipe. Managing to throw Malakai a solid uppercut, Deorci wrenched from the death-grip and gasped, clutching his throat and wiping his bloody nose with the other hand. Anger spurted through him like sparks from a fire. Now, he really had no choice but to kill him. At his feet, Malakai was momentarily slumped on his knees and taking in swift sharp breaths. Breathing hard himself, Deorci summoned his dark energy and reached down, grabbing the boy by his collar and landing him another eye-popping uppercut.
Malakai wheezed and shoved away in lightning fast speed. He then reared back and slammed in his fist into his ex-leader’s jaw, cracking his jaw and sending the arrogant bastard hard into the wall again. Deorci slid down the wall and fell like a heap on the floor.
“I’ve got it now!” Malakai spun around quickly, trying to locate who had just spoken. He could here running feet coming from up the dark hall. It wasn’t for a moment that he made out Gideon Maruj rushing towards him, a familiar-looking blonde leading the way. Then the woman drew to an abrupt stop, the Marujan slamming into her back, both almost falling over. “What’s he doing here?”
“Shh,” Gideon murmured. “He’s the one who helped me find this place.”
“What? You expect me to believe—”
“I expect you to trust me,” he said firmly, staring deeply into her eyes.
Esyth frowned and then looked over at Malakai who was staring at something—rather someone—slouched over on the floor. Inching closer, she narrowed her eyes on the figure and then shrunk back almost immediately. Grabbing on to Gideon’s arm, she muttered, “That’s Deorci! What happened?” She turned to look at Malakai. “What happened here?”
“Knocked him out, that’s what happened,” Malakai grumbled. He looked pointedly at Gideon. “What now?”
Esyth chewed on her lip and then gasped. “The spell! I’ve been working on it for two years. We have to use it. I have to do it. Now. Before he wakes up!”
“What spell?” Malakai and Gideon asked.
“It’s…it’s a transfer spell…” She paced back and forced, tapping her fingers against her temples. “It’ll send him far away from here, I can tell you that.”
“How far?” Gideon said.
“Straight back to his maker: Hades.”
All three exchanged contemplative looks but it was Malakai who spoke. He nodded and rubbed his palms together. “Okay; far enough.”
“Okay, okay. You two are going to need to step back,” she said, ushering both men aside. “I have to do this right. I might only have one shot.” Esyth stepped anxiously up to Deorci’s unconscious body and did not waste a moment. She got right to it. She’d waiting for this moment for a very long time. “Shalem cuhnek marle seiiii….cortehhk morahles Hadeea…sehkare!”
“Are you sure you’ve got this right? You won’t end up going with him this time?” Gideon’s voice came, dripping in worry. A sharp elbow from Malakai hushed him up.
“Shut up!” Esyth grounded out between clenched teeth. “I know what I’m doing!” She repeated the spell again and Gideon stepped back as they saw a deep black fog forming up from the ground and around them. Esyth continued chanting. “Shalem cuhnek marle seiiii….cortehhk morahles Hadeea…sehkare! Shalem cuhnek marle seiiii….cortehhk morahles Hadeea…sehkare!!”
The fog grew thicker, surrounding them more swiftly, rushing like a spear towards Deorci’s form. He stirred a second, causing them all anxious flinches. What if he woke up? What if they were too late? What if the spell didn’t work? There was an eerie sound, a high-pitched screeching that rose up along the path of the fog.
Gideon on as Esyth’s green glow now shot out and around her like a blazing fire. Her hair stood up straight on her head, her body gently levitating. It was working! He tried not to smile…yet.
Deorci stirred again, this time his eyes fluttering open. Esyth chanted harder, fiercer; the fright in her voice now evident. “What…what the—” He attempted to move but the fog encircled him, pushing him back down. “What the hell are you doing to me? Get this shit off me now!” But Esyth continued to chant, the screeching continued and neither Gideon nor Malakai moved an inch. Deorci fought against the surrounding voice, but it only entrapped him further until he was completely surrounded and covered by it. Esyth said the chant one last time before her voice fell to a low pitch and she uttered, “Bye bye, bitch!”
The screeching ceased. The fog swelled and twisted swirling like a tornado until there was nothing.
Absolutely nothing!
All three stood there, mouths agape and they stared at…nothing. Deorci was…gone?
“Deorci is gone,” Esyth muttered slowly. She even sounded as if she could hardly believe it. She reached an arm out to Gideon who immediately pulled her towards him. He dropped a kiss on the top of her head and grinned.
“Yeah, I can’t believe it but he’s gone.” He spun her around t face him, the grin on his face reaching ear to ear. “You did, babe! You did it.”
Esyth giggled, blowing out a breath of relief and sank her face into his chest. “We did it, babe.”
They stood there for a moment in silence until Malakai’s irritated voice drifted through the air, “Damn it, I was looking forward to having the bastard’s head!”
Esyth and Gideon chuckled together. He then held out a hand to Malakai who shook it readily. “Me too, man. But he’s gone. Just…thanks…for everything.”
Malakai shrugged. “Hey, we all wanted the same thing. No big deal. I’ll see you around.” And he turned to walk off.
“You’re leaving?” Esyth murmured.
Malakai smiled and gave her a wink. “I’ve got my own shit to hold down.”
“So I’ll see you around then, Baamel?” Gideon asked.
“I still don’t like you, Maruj. We’re enemies, don’t forget that.” He then grinned and wiped a palm over his beard. “But you’re alright.”
Gideon watched as Malakai Baamel strutted off down the hall and disappeared from their view. He then averted his gaze to the woman standing before him. Finally! He could take her home now and—
“GIDEON!” It was Hadaen.
“Shit, here we go again!” he whined, clutching Esyth tighter to him. When would he get a break? In a minute, he saw his brother rushing towards him with Amelia at his side.
“We know what happened,” Hadaen said, breathlessly. “I felt it.” He then looked at Esyth and smiled. “You alright?”
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�I’m okay,” she replied, eyeing Amelia sheepishly Then in a second both women were embracing each other, crying and sobbing and doing all that women did at a time like this.
Hadaen chuckled and pulled his brother aside. “You did this Gideon! You made this happen for us. The Marujan kingdom owes it to you.”
Gideon grinned. “Well…does that mean I was right to not listen to you?”
“No!” Hadaen snapped. “And don’t do it again. You could have been killed. Now there’s something else that we have to deal with.”
Frowning, Gideon stared at his brother, waiting. “What? What is it? Will it take long ‘cause I need to—”
“Faolan is engaged.”
Gideon stopped talking and laughed. “You must be joking. Naaa. You are joking! To who?”
“I’m serious,” Hadaen said, reaching into his coat pocket and shoving a piece of paper into Gideon’s hand. “I got this yesterday.”
Gideon snatched the paper and read through the handwriting swiftly. His mouth was wide open and his eyes popping when he was finished. He then looked up at Hadaen and whispered, “And we’re invited.”
Hadaen nodded and folded his arms over his chest. Gideon sighed and rubbed his eyes. Boy was he tired! He needed to get Esyth home immediately and he was desperately in need of a bath, some good solid food….and definitely some sex.
“The adventure never ends, does it?” Haden muttered.
Shoving back the paper, Gideon sighed.
“Yeah, well you started it… Over seven fucking centuries ago.”
END
Did you like Gideon, Book 2 of The Marujan Brothers Series?
Stay tuned and look out for Faolan’s story, the last installment of the trilogy…coming in 2015!!
About The Author
Hannah-Lee Hitchman is a Jamaican who wrote her first book at the age of 11. She enjoys creating a world, through her writing, in which persons often yearn for. Publishing her first two books on the Amazon Kindle at age 17, she had fulfilled a life-long dream. Writing is her passion, and even though she finds other activities thrilling (drawing, painting, surfing the web and hanging-out with friends), she always ends up around her laptop (or library computer), typing a way and getting absorbed in another upcoming book....
At age 9, she came 2nd in an island-wide Wellness Essay Competition, won a short-story contest in High School and continues to aspire for becoming a world-known author someday. Her favourite authors include Nora Roberts, James Patterson, Danielle Steele, Teresa McCarthy, Sienna Mynx and many She is currently a prospective university student in the Sciences field.
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