Malachai Parker

Malachai "Kai" Parker is a main character of The Witch Diaries. Malachai is a very powerful witch and a former slave. He is the adoptive son of Benjamin Nightwalker and the adoptive brother of Lillian-Rose Nightwalker.

History
Kai was a slave to the Governor. In 1820, during the Governor's son's funeral, Kai sees him being whipped. After Kai throws an apple back at the man whipping him, showing his bravery, Ben kills the man before he can retaliate. When Ben asks the boy his name, he tells him that his mother wouldn't give him one until he turned 10 years old out of fear of him dying of fever; but his mother died before she could name him. Ben names the boy Malachai, meaning my messenger. Ben then took in Kai and raised him like a son.