The Darkslayer: Book 03 - Underling Revenge by Craig Halloran

Author:Craig Halloran [Halloran, Craig]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Amazon: B00918413Y
Publisher: Two-Ten Book Press
Published: 2012-08-30T05:00:00+00:00

It all made perfect sense, the nods of Georgio and Joline seemed to confirm that. Joline had even let out a sigh of relief. Even Lefty had been almost convinced, despite knowing that the whole account Gillem had given them was a bald-faced lie. His parents had told him no such thing, and they told him everything. Yet, it seemed only he knew that, and even though he wasn’t sure of it, he was pretty sure Gillem knew it, too. But, he played along.

Lefty sat swishing the coffee in circles inside his mug. He felt tired, exhausted rather, something he had not ever encountered before. He said, “Georgio, do you miss Bone?

“Ah, sort of. I mean, I miss Venir and Chongo, and those biscuits Luga made for me. Those were the best! The food here is great, but there’s nothing that compares to ‘The Georgio’.”

Lefty swore he heard the boy’s tummy rumble.

“I kinda miss the stables, too for some odd reason,” Georgio said.

“Do you miss Melegal?”

“Hah! No way, not that guy.”

“Really?”

“Yes … well, mostly yes anyway. He never said anything nice to me, not once. He’d pay me sometimes and steal it back and try to tell me I lost it.”

“He did not.”

“Did, too!”

Lefty put his finger to his lips and said, “Ssshh!”

“So,” Georgio said, “do you miss Melegal?”

Lefty shrugged. “Yeah.”

“Why? He’s mean,” Georgio said, slurping his coffee and wiping it on his sleeve.

“No he isn’t, he just makes things hard on you. It’s for your own good, I think. You just think its mean. I think that’s how he teaches us things.”

Georgio laughed and took another drink of his coffee.

“He’s a mean teacher, then. I miss Venir. He’s never mean to me. He knows how to smile and tell story. He lights up a room. Melegal scares away the fun.”

Lefty was shaking his head as he said, “See, Venir scares me.”

“What? That’s silly. You’re scared of everything, Lefty, even your own kind. I see how you look at Gillem. He’s harmless, and you act like he’s a ghost.”

“I do not. What do you mean?”

“You bounce on your toes and your eyes dart around. You keep wiping your nose on that handkerchief,” Georgio said as he drained his cup, walked over to the couch, laid down, and yawned. Lefty was stunned at his friend's accurate recount of his nervous actions. If Georgio took notice of such things, then certainly others could detect his nervousness as well. Now he understood what Gillem had meant when he'd said, “You got to act yerself.” It had never made any sense, until now. Now though, the only thing he wanted was for Kam to wake up. He had no one but Georgio now. He wanted to tell him about Gillem and Palos, but Georgio wouldn’t understand, and would certainly tell Kam. He was tempted to shake her and tell her himself. Then he had an idea.

“I’m gonna check on Kam.”

Kam was still, breathing her only movement. Lefty ran his little fingers over her hair, and then nudged her shoulder.

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