Chapter 273: Marabella I caught a taxi to the graveyard before spending a good twenty minutes trying to remember where Kyanâs family plot was. Once I had found it, though, I got the same strange sweeping feeling as I stopped in front of Dominicâs grave. What took me twenty minutes took Eziah only minutes to find. Eziah appeared behind it with a not-so-happy expression on his face when he dropped the duffle bag that was hanging from his shoulder onto the ground at my feet. 1 âGot everything but the kitchen sink,â he growls at me before tossing a shovel at me. I snatch the handle out of the air.
âBy the way, dad is on to us. Apparently, he questioned mum,â Eziah says as I rummage through the bags to find the old books, none of them resembled any of Kyanâs family grimoires. However, I find the dagger and a brown paper bag. My brows pinch together when I see a smiley face drawn on it and recognize my fatherâs handwriting.
âDad packed you lunch?â
âUs lunch, and yes, Mum told him we were having a picnic,â
âThat involved a dagger, shovels, and old books?â I laugh, and he shrugs. 2 âYou know our fathers wonât ask questions. They trust the fates seeing as mum is now one,â Eziah says, leaning on his shovel. I examine the dagger.
It was identical to the one back at the manor.
âSo are you going to tell me why we are digging up Kyanâs father and why mum was that excited she was nearly peeing her pants?â he asks before reaching out and touching the headstone. He gets a peculiar expression on his face, and I watch him, wondering if he gets the same funny feeling that rises in me, and I bite my lip.
âWell, first we have to dig him up and see if my assumption is correct,â
âCare to share this assumption, sis? If I am defiling a grave, I want to know what for,â
âI think Dominic is alive,â I tell him, and Eziah snorts.
âOh, shit, you are being serious?â he asks, and I nod, looking down at the gravesite.
âWell, that explains the strange feeling I got,â he says, patting the headstone.
âSo, this is why mum is so excited?â he asks.
âDominic gave his life up for mine. He also gave me his magic. So grab a shovel,â
âYou know if he is dead, I canât bring him back, though?â he asks.
âI know, and I wouldnât ask that of you,â he nods.
âIf it was you, I wouldnât think about it, but he has been dead a while, it would kill me to try t o, and it isnât like bringing back a dead lizard,â he says, making me remember when we were kids, and I accidentally killed the poor little thing, and he brought it back.
âI wonder if it is still alive?â I chuckled, knowing the chances were slim.
âMaybe, but his buddy ainât,â Eziah says as I stab the shovel in the ground. I stop looking at him.
âWhat?â I ask.
âTo save a life, I must take one, sis. I gave you back the lizard you killed. However, you didnât see the other one I had in my other hand that I killed to bring it back,â he chuckled, and I frowned.
âYou killed a lizard to bring my dead one back?â
âYou were crying! I hate when you cry,â he says and shrugs. I click my tongue, turning back to my shovel to start digging.
An hour in, and we had barely dug a hole. âMan, I am not built for manual labor. Canât you like, I donât know, wave a wand with Daddy Domâs magic and magic him to the surface?â
I pull a face at his term of Daddy Dom, âAh, no, and since I have come back from the dream revelations, I havenât been able to reach him.â
âHe is gone?â
âNo, I just think I am having trouble connecting with him because I am calm. I will figure it out,â I tell him, and he sighs.
âWell, this sucks,â he whines, stabbing the shovel into the earth while looking around suspiciously for anyone. Luckily, we were at the back and hidden pretty well from anyone that may drive by. Eziah curses, and I laugh.
âAh, finally,â Eziah says, and I glance over at him. He tosses his shovel, and seconds later, mum appears, only this time she brought both of my fathers, all with a shovel in hand.
âNeed a hand?â my father Ezra asks, and I smile, chucking my shovel into the dirt and rushing over to wrap my arms around him. He squeezes tight, burying his face in my hair.
âYou told them what about not wanting to change fate, not that I am complaining?â Eziah says.
âGot sick of listening to you whine, and as long as we get out of here before you open that casket, I think the future will be fine!â my mother tells him.
âYou came to help?â I ask, looking up at my father.
âWell, if you are going to hell for disrupting a grave, I am coming with,â my father Mateo says. I let go of my father to go give him a hug.
âBut we open it, and there are ghosts or something. Ring your other father thought, I donât do ghost, he will bring the sage,â he chuckles, kissing my head and hugging my shoulders. âI missed you, and I am sorry,â he whispers, kissing my cheek.
âI missed you too,â I tell him, letting him go and looking at my mother. She reaches over and squeezes my fingers before grabbing a shovel, and we all start digging. It didnât take long, especially with both my fathers, who knew how to work and when I heard the shovel hit metal, we all stopped and used how hands. Now, we had the issue of getting the casket out of the ground. Digging it up was one thing. Getting it out was another thing entirely. I let out a breath and huffed. Now what? 2 âNow, how do we get it out?â I asked, looking around at everyone.
âDig the sides out, so we can stand either side, and we are gonna have to lift it,â my father Mateo says, wiping his face with the back of his hand.
âWhy did he have to be buried? I figured he would have a crypt or something. Why the damn ground if he wanted to be exhumed?â Eziah says, grabbing his knees and catching his breath.
âNo, point whining, keep digging,â
âAnd where do we put the casket? We canât leave it here?â I glance around to find a CRYPT! Which was part of Kyanâs family plot. I point to it.
âYou are fucking kidding me. He has a crypt! Was it for shits and giggles? Why Daddy Dom, why?â Kyan whines. 3 âYou really gotta stop calling him that,â I tell him with a shudder.
âYes, please do not refer to him like that. Dominic actually gave those vibes off,â My father Mateo shudders, and mum chuckles and clucks her tongue. 2 âOkay, enough now get him out to see if they can open it,â Mum says, clapping her hands and ordering us back to work. We continue to dig. After half an hour more, we dug enough out that we could lift it out. However, nearly the entire day had passed, and my phone began ringing. Mum motions for them to remain quiet when she checks the phone and shows me the screen. I t was Kyan. I reach for it dusting my hands off before answering it.
âHey,â
âWhere are you at?â
âOut with my brother. Where are you?â
âHeading to the manor, if you are still in the city, I can come to grab you, or is Eziah going to drop you home?â he asks.
âActually, can you pick me up in an hour from the casino, or is Jonah still there?â
âHe is. I will ring him and tell him to wait for you.â Kyan falls quiet for a second.
âAre you bringing your brother back to the manor?â he asked, and I could feel through the bond he didnât want to see my brother right now. I didnât blame him would be hard seeing someone who killed your Uncle.
Eziah shakes his head and mouths Jonahâs. I nod to him.
âCan he stay at Jonahâs in the Casino?â
âYes, I just donât want to deal with him. Iâm sorry, Marabella, but not yet,â I chew my lip, and I watch my mother open the crypt while my fathers and Eziah carry the coffin over, placing it inside.
âSure, I will be home soon.â
âLove you,â he tells me.
âLove you too,â I tell him before hanging up. I race over to my parents, grabbing the duffle bag Eziah brought with him. Eziah tried to open the coffin, and so did. We tried for about ten minutes, but nothing worked, and mum became increasingly nervous.
âStop. Your fathers canât be here; it wasnât part of my vision. And you had brown leather,â she closes her mouth.
âYou will find it; I canât say anymore. I donât want to interfere when I only have glimpses,â she says.
âYou saw it am I right?â
Mumâs lips tug up, âI canât say, and I donât want to jinx anything,â but I knew that was her way of telling me I am. We quickly pushed all the dirt back into the grave, which still had an enormous hole. Now it was empty of the casket before we said our goodbyes and locked the family crypt up.
My parents left, and Eziah and I waited for our taxi. And man, did we get some strange stares from the taxi driver? We didnât think that through very well. Leaving the cemetery covered in dirt looked pretty guilty.
We got out at the back of the casino to sneak into the underground car park and use the elevator to go straight to the apartment.
Once inside, we both shower and get changed into fresh clothes. I gave Eziah some of Jonahâs before I chucked our clothes in the washing machine.
Within seconds of hiding all the evidence of our outing, Jonah stepped in. Eziah was going threw one of the books taken from the Moon Goddess realm.
âKyan said you would be here,â Jonah said. He looked at Eziah nervously. The windows still hadnât been fixed, but I knew they would be worried about the hotel room oneâs first since this room wasnât supposed to be occupied with us going back to the manor.
âEziah,â Jonah says, Things were a little strange between them and I wasnât sure if it was because of Kyanâs unease knowing Eziah was here or if he was suspicious. I went with suspicious as he plucked the book from Eziahâs hand.
âWhy are you looking at spells and curses?â Eziah shrugs.
âMum gave me homework,â Eziah lies smoothly with a shrug before snatching it back off him.
âDid you pack what you want to take with you!â Jonah asks, and I shake my head as he moves toward his room. He grabs a few changes of clothes and packs them, along with our phone charges. He was awfully quiet, which made me worry. Grabbing my pajamas, I place them in his bag when he leans down next to me.
âYouâre up to something,â Jonah whispers.
âI will tell you when I am sure,â I tell him.
âEziah knows this secret, obviously,â Jonah murmurs, and I nod.
âKyan knows youâre up to something. He rang me earlier, wanting to know why Eziah was in the city,â Jonah says, slinging the bag over his shoulder.
âWhat did you say?â I asked him.
âThat you were having lunch and hanging out. I trust you, but if you need help with something, please ask,â Jonah says.
âJust not yet. I want to be sure.â I tell him.
âCome on then, I want to get to the manor before Kyan comes looking for us. I donât think it is good for him to see your brother right now, not so soon after Lucas,â I agree and follow him out.
âStay away from the windows. You know where everything is, so help yourself. I will drop Mara off in the morning so you can do whatever it is you are both up to,â Jonah tells him. Eziah nods, leaning over and grabbing the remote from the coffee table and turning the TV on. Jonah walks out and I give my brother my key in case he leaves to go anywhere.
âHad a thought,â Eziah says, and I stop while Jonah continues out the door.
âWhat?â I ask him.
âDominic did the spell right, from that grimoire?â
âI think so,â
âThen wouldnât he have it? You need to check the manor?â Eziah says, which makes sense. For him to have used the spell, he had to have known it, meaning he had to have a grimoire.
âIâll find it,â I tell him.
âI will see if I can find anything in these books tonight. And I will see you in two days, maybe see if you can borrow a car,â Eziah says, and I sigh.
âJonah works tomorrow. He will let us... wait, why two days?â Eziah chuckles. âYou will be preoccupied, youâll see,â he laughed before waving me off to go home. I purse my lips, annoyed he wouldnât tell me. Shaking my head, I leave to find Jonah waiting by the elevator.
âReady?â he asks.
âYeah, letâs go home,â I tell him, grabbing his hand.
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