Nikolas and Company Episode 3: The Foul and The Fallen by Kevin McGill

Author:Kevin McGill [McGill, Kevin]
Language: ara, eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2014-05-29T05:00:00+00:00

“King’s Highway.” Jack crumpled to his knees, rattling his coat-of-potions. “That’s our road. If we can make our way there, then it’ll take us back to the city gates.”

“Before we go anywhere,” Brandy said. “Can someone please explain to me what just happened up there? What’s going on?”

“I think Father laid a trap for the city,” Jack said.

“Clearly,” Nikolas said. “Silas rounded us all up and sent those gorgons after us. Tried to turn everyone to stone.”

“Not us,” Jack said. “We were merely collateral damage. Father was after the Merrows.”

“Why?” Brandy said.

“Because he’s a Dujinnin,” Jack said.

“Really?” Nikolas said.

“Really?” Helen said.

“Yeah,” Jack said. “Our family. We’re Dujinnins.”

“Wait a second,” Nikolas said. “The Sheriff of Huron, a Dujinnin, gave sanctuary to Merrows? Why would he do that?”

“Aren’t they like, sworn enemies?” Helen said.

“Yes,” Jack said.

“Weren’t you their slaves?” Nikolas said.

“I’m afraid so,” Jack said. “The Merrows were our slave masters. For thousands of years we served their every whim. Their great enterprises and conquests were executed on the backs of my people, the Dujinnin. Even now they treat us like one of their slaves.”

“Grimmelwald is a Dujinnin,” Nikolas explained to the others. “That’s why Mr. Waters treated him so badly on the Mottle Craw. Like he was nothing.”

“Yes,” Jack said. “Once a Dujinnin slave, always a Dujinnin slave, in the eyes of the Merrow anyway. And that’s also why those Dujinnin men were so upset with Xanthus’s Merrow earring. It symbolizes our subjugation. Those pendants are of tremendous worth to the Merrows, and were used in the buying and selling of Dujinnin. In fact, Dujinnins were valued by the pendants. Most Dujinnin were worth a quarter-of-a-pendant, others were half-a-pendant, and very few a whole pendant.”

“So why did he give them sanctuary in Huron, then?” Nikolas said. “The Sheriff claimed he loved the Merrows at the City Council. Wanted to help them. I heard him say it.”

“What better trap than the Festival of Lights,” Jack said. “Nearly every Merrow was there. And what he said at the city council was a lie. Father never wanted to protect them, he hates them. His every breathe is spent on his anger toward the Merrows. It was one of the reasons I ran away last year and have never returned to Ironvale Estates. I knew he was going to do something evil toward the Merrows and I didn’t want to be a part of it.”

“Yeah. Guess that makes sense,” Nikolas said. “This has all been one big trap.”

“Could be no other,” Jack said.

“It wasn’t the first time the Dujinnin meant to trap the Merrows,” Yeri said.

“What?” Nikolas said. “You know something about all of this?”

“When I led Lir and his wife, Nia, to the safety of their fortress, they were also attacked by Dujinnin off the coast of Eynhallow,” Yeri said. “Nesses and ships were bearing down on the Merrow fortresses to trap them inside. It’s why they sought help from the City of Huron, to take refuge here.”

“But why does the voice of Huron keep calling the Merrows evil?” Nikolas said.

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