The Sons of Destiny (The Reluctant Hero Trilogy Book 3) by Summer Lee Page A
Authors: Summer Lee
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touched the bare shroud and the box of jewels at the same time.
Lightning flashed and thunder rolled, driving the darkness away. With an amazingly slow radiation of light, the phony Jezebel, the Hive members, and Jezebel’s jewels all disappeared. They were gone.
“Let’s go,” said Reuben. “We’re through here.”
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Daniel
Daniel saw the Hive of Baal arrive in the area. They circled the camp and moved in closer. He could see something in the middle of the Hive horde. It looked like a woman with a crown on her head—a queen.
Daniel knew who it was, but wondered why she was dressed like that, when her minions were almost exactly as he had seen them before. It was a question he would like to know the answer to.
Slowly, the central figure struggled to stand, shedding a dark debris and bringing into view the person inside. It was an enhanced Yasmeen in the appearance of Jezebel . Daniel’s eyes widened as he saw her figure shed the last of the dark grime. He had hoped she was gone, but here she was back in his life.
She stood straight and tall. Her waist-length raven hair flowed over her shoulders. Her crystal blue eyes were almost florescent. She wore black leather tight pants and a black leather midriff tank top.
She wore a black onyx bracelet on each wrist and radiated more beauty than any woman Daniel had ever seen. She was dark skinned and looked of Israeli descent. She also looked confused, as she glanced at her hands and flexed her fingers.
A gold chain was laced around her neck. On the chain, a golden coin adorned her neck. The visage of the woman who wore it stood out against her black wardrobe. Dante had created Yasmeen in the image of the coin.
“The lost coin,” Daniel looked at his father with disdain. “She has my coin.”
Dante laughed.
Lightning flashed all around. Daniel felt uneasy. The thunder was loud. Slowly, a radiation of light came out of nowhere, circling the center of the Hive. Circling and circling. The Hive members dropped to their knees as they faced her. Daniel stared at it wondering what was next. Then Daniel saw Yasmeen was laughing nervously, as if she had just learned to walk for the first time. She grabbed her throat and clung to the necklace, looking all around her. As if looking for someone. Maybe Daniel or Magena.
She spotted Daniel. “Ha! If it isn’t Ahab!” When Yasmeen spoke, Dante’s men looked confused, like they couldn’t understand what she was saying. They probably didn’t. She was speaking in Hebrew. She took a step toward Daniel. “You see me now as I am! Don’t you, Ahab ?”
“Do I really? What is your name now?”
“I am revealed once more to the world as Jezebel , Queen of Israel!” She laughed a haunting sound. “No longer do I hide under the guise of the one known as Yasmeen!”
“It was not a guise.” Daniel spoke seriously. “That is who you are. Even with that, you are not human.”
She looked down at the ground and expressed mirth as she crouched and grabbed fistfuls of dirt and grass. “I am home!” she shouted, throwing the soil. “I am home in Israel forever.”
She laughed again, as Dante started toward her with slow, uneasy steps. Suddenly, every eye was on him. No one bothered to stop him. They just watched. She stopped laughing and rose to her feet. Dante stopped about 5 feet in front of her. The Hive members backed up but were on guard as they eyed him.
“Your Highness,” he said in English, while bowing his head. “Daniel does not understand ancient Hebrew, which is what you have been speaking to him. I, however, spent years learning the language for just this event.”
She glanced at Daniel. Still speaking Hebrew, she said, “Do you understand me, peasant? I know you do. You know what I am saying.”
Surprisingly enough, he said in unbroken Hebrew, “I hear and understand you.” His Hebrew was clear. “Say on.”
Dante looked shocked. “I don’t believe this.”
“I can
Lightning flashed and thunder rolled, driving the darkness away. With an amazingly slow radiation of light, the phony Jezebel, the Hive members, and Jezebel’s jewels all disappeared. They were gone.
“Let’s go,” said Reuben. “We’re through here.”
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Daniel
Daniel saw the Hive of Baal arrive in the area. They circled the camp and moved in closer. He could see something in the middle of the Hive horde. It looked like a woman with a crown on her head—a queen.
Daniel knew who it was, but wondered why she was dressed like that, when her minions were almost exactly as he had seen them before. It was a question he would like to know the answer to.
Slowly, the central figure struggled to stand, shedding a dark debris and bringing into view the person inside. It was an enhanced Yasmeen in the appearance of Jezebel . Daniel’s eyes widened as he saw her figure shed the last of the dark grime. He had hoped she was gone, but here she was back in his life.
She stood straight and tall. Her waist-length raven hair flowed over her shoulders. Her crystal blue eyes were almost florescent. She wore black leather tight pants and a black leather midriff tank top.
She wore a black onyx bracelet on each wrist and radiated more beauty than any woman Daniel had ever seen. She was dark skinned and looked of Israeli descent. She also looked confused, as she glanced at her hands and flexed her fingers.
A gold chain was laced around her neck. On the chain, a golden coin adorned her neck. The visage of the woman who wore it stood out against her black wardrobe. Dante had created Yasmeen in the image of the coin.
“The lost coin,” Daniel looked at his father with disdain. “She has my coin.”
Dante laughed.
Lightning flashed all around. Daniel felt uneasy. The thunder was loud. Slowly, a radiation of light came out of nowhere, circling the center of the Hive. Circling and circling. The Hive members dropped to their knees as they faced her. Daniel stared at it wondering what was next. Then Daniel saw Yasmeen was laughing nervously, as if she had just learned to walk for the first time. She grabbed her throat and clung to the necklace, looking all around her. As if looking for someone. Maybe Daniel or Magena.
She spotted Daniel. “Ha! If it isn’t Ahab!” When Yasmeen spoke, Dante’s men looked confused, like they couldn’t understand what she was saying. They probably didn’t. She was speaking in Hebrew. She took a step toward Daniel. “You see me now as I am! Don’t you, Ahab ?”
“Do I really? What is your name now?”
“I am revealed once more to the world as Jezebel , Queen of Israel!” She laughed a haunting sound. “No longer do I hide under the guise of the one known as Yasmeen!”
“It was not a guise.” Daniel spoke seriously. “That is who you are. Even with that, you are not human.”
She looked down at the ground and expressed mirth as she crouched and grabbed fistfuls of dirt and grass. “I am home!” she shouted, throwing the soil. “I am home in Israel forever.”
She laughed again, as Dante started toward her with slow, uneasy steps. Suddenly, every eye was on him. No one bothered to stop him. They just watched. She stopped laughing and rose to her feet. Dante stopped about 5 feet in front of her. The Hive members backed up but were on guard as they eyed him.
“Your Highness,” he said in English, while bowing his head. “Daniel does not understand ancient Hebrew, which is what you have been speaking to him. I, however, spent years learning the language for just this event.”
She glanced at Daniel. Still speaking Hebrew, she said, “Do you understand me, peasant? I know you do. You know what I am saying.”
Surprisingly enough, he said in unbroken Hebrew, “I hear and understand you.” His Hebrew was clear. “Say on.”
Dante looked shocked. “I don’t believe this.”
“I can
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