The Hauntings of Scott Remington by Robert B Marcus Jr

Author:Robert B Marcus Jr [Marcus, Robert B Jr]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: psychological thriller, thriller, Kidnapping, Nightmares, Ancient Curse, murder
Publisher: Robert B. Marcus Jr
Published: 2020-04-20T22:00:00+00:00

Somehow, I knew I had arrived at a very important time.

I had lived sixteen tuns and was a son of the Balam family. We were an old family, born of the jaguars. Last tun my family had chosen an atanzahab, who was to pick my bride. The Xiu family wanted more power in the city. Though we were poor, we were respected and, like the Xiu, were enemies of the Cocom family, so he had chosen me a Xiu bride named Raxka. Then at one of the festivals, I’d met Ichika, whose name meant rainbow, a wonderful association for me. She was certainly my rainbow.

The festival had been going on all day, and now the dancing in the streets had slowed down a little. As darkness came, it would pick up. I was seated on the wall of a small building in Mayapan, watching a bunch of children bouncing a caoutchouc ball around without using their hands, trying not to let it hit the ground. In a real game, the goal was to bounce it through a round hoop high in the wall of the ball court. As I watched, I suddenly sensed someone beside me, a young girl about twelve.

“Do you play Pitz?” she asked. I liked her voice. It was soft but not at all timid.

“No, I’m a mason. I played some when I was little, but my skills developed in another direction. Besides, we don’t have a ball court in Mayapan.”

“There’s the big one in Chichén Itza.”

“Does anyone still use it?”

“I think so. The ball court and the Sacred Cenote are still used, sometimes.”

“I guess I’ve heard that, too. Certainly, the Cenote is used.”

“I’m Ichika, of the Cocoms,” she said.

“I’m of the Balam family,” I replied.

“Oh yes, you’re the one who will marry Raxka soon.”

“That’s what I’m supposed to do,” I said.

I could feel her staring at me, so finally I turned and gazed into her dark eyes. They didn’t flinch. It was as if they knew I already preferred her over Raxka. Though she was only twelve, we immediately knew we were meant for each other.

But she was Cocom, so our families would never approve. We could never marry.

My family had already arranged for my marriage to Raxka. I’d met Raxka once and was not impressed; she was cold and distant. But the rules were straightforward. My atanzahab was still negotiating how long I would work for her father.

But I didn’t want to work for him at all. I didn’t want to marry Raxka.

Raxka was named after the bolts of fire from the sky that come before the loud rumbles. And that was what I thought of her. Not as a rainbow, but as a fire that was dangerous and could hurt me.

Ichika meant rainbow, and I could see the colors of her soul.

But I knew that I had no choice.

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