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leading."
Gideon's lips curled in a sneer and the veins at his temple popped
out furiously. "I will not work with you."
"I am not asking to work with you. You could easily drain my life
source just as fast as I could plunge a dagger into your life
source." Malakai chuckled. "But I can make an offer."
Gideon lifted his head. "I'm listening."
"I will help you find Deorci and your woman."
"Under what condition?"
"Give me his head."
Gideon stared at the man, studying the emotions surrounding his
energy. It was very hard to tell his true intentions but it was
very easy to conclude that Malakai's words bore the truth. "And
then what?"
"We go our separate ways."
He studied the man hard and long. They were enemies of the Earth,
long before they existed. Them working together was like a war of
the worlds, it went against all he knew...disputed all Marujan
laws. But it would help him gain his woman back... Finding Deorci
would prove to be much easier and faster with Malakai Baamel's
help. But he would have to watch his back nonetheless. For whatever
happened in the end, they would always be enemies. 
Gideon sighed. "Fine. But we go alone."
A smile touched Malakai's lips. "It's a deal." And he turned away
in the direction of the door. 
"Aren't you going to release me?"
Malakai turned the knob and chuckled deeply. "Humoring me already,
Maruj?" he threw over his shoulder and walked out of the
room. 
Gideon chortled to himself, allowing the burnt ropes to fall from
his hands, the ones tightly bound around his feet dropping in the
same fashion. 

* * *  E very
effort to contact Faolan was unsuccessful. And it was pissing him
off.
    Gideon shrugged on his
jacket and paced the empty room impatiently. He needed to let
Faolan know about the change in their plan. But that seemed highly
unlikely to happen. Either way, his departing with Malakai Baamel
had to happen. They were to leave Baamel in a matter of minutes so
he had no time to sit and wait. If he were to make contact with his
brother again, it would have to be at some point during his
journey. 
Glancing down at his watch for the last time, Gideon frowned and
pounded his fist repeatedly against the adjoining door. It opened
and in walked Malakai, smoothing down the front of his leather
cloak. 
"You're awfully impatient."
Gideon snorted, wishing the man would just burn to ashes and blow
the hell away. Damn, but he needed him. "It's time we left. I've
got no more time to waste. Esyth's life is at stake and if you've
got jokes, tell me so I can just leave you the fuck here from
now."
Malakai shrugged. "No need to get sensitive." He then turned
towards the door and eyed Gideon sharply. "We need to leave Baamel
borders before sunrise."
"Why?"
"You'll see. On the way, I can try to locate Deorci's
energy."
Gideon eyed the man one last time before he stepped over the
threshold and exited the room. Both men moved down the empty
corridor, an even space between them as they walked. Tension
crackled between them but the satisfaction that they would make
Deorci dead meat someday kept them from killing each other. There
was a commotion in the central hall of Malakai Baamel's house. The
fierce curses of men's voice filled the area, followed by heavy
scuffling of feet and strained grunts. 
"I SAID GET BACK ."
"Let me go, man!" came a voice. Gideon knew that voice. Moving into
the hall behind Malakai, his gaze came to settle on the man he had
seen earlier in the bar, being restrained by one of the guards.
Kyle was his name. Or at least that was what he remembered it to
be.
"What's going on here?" Malakai said, giving his guard a sharp
look. 
"Sir, he just broke in here."
"No, I didn't. He just—"
"Hush!" Gideon's voice sliced through the room like death itself,
freezing every man in position. Even Malakai turned to look at him.
Ignoring his angry glare, he approached the guard. "Let him go.
He's with me."
The guard released Kyle immediately, but not before he'd shot his
ruler a hesitant glance.