CHAPTER 5
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REMORSE
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CLAUDIA
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I was busy reading one of the books on prophecy when
Kieran suddenly barged into the room. He looked ruffled
with his hair all over the place. This wasn’t how he looked
when he left the room a while ago to feel the wind
despite my warnings. He went straight for our things and
asked, no, he ordered me to be on my feet and drop the
ugly book I was reading. I didn’t like what he said, so I
decided to stay put. He looked at me with an angry stare
before taking the things out of the room. I wondered
why he was in such a hurry but when I heard him setting
the things on the horse I got for us this morning, I knew
he wasn’t playing around. I ran quickly to where he was.
The horse was tied to the panes of the windows in our
room where I could watch it as I didn’t trust the people
in this town.
"Why are you in such a hurry?” I asked as he was filled
with so much emotions that it was difficult for me to
know which he was feeling now.
“Just get on the horse woman.” He said, gritting his
teeth. Dear spirits, what an unpredictable man. I got on
the horse and quickly he raced out into the path that
leads out of the town.
After we have ridden for quite some time, we slowed
down a little and got down from the horse. He walked
back for a while and stopped. He looked around, searching
for something I knew not. He walked back to the horse
and started playing with my toes, which shocked me. What
is wrong with this man, he was asking strange moments
ago, now he is suddenly kind?
“I met a strange woman at the inn when I left the room.
I heard her asking about a man that fits my look. She was
after me, I went over to speak with her and find out who
she is. We spoke for a while and during that period, I
found out she wasn’t much of a talker which made her
lies quite easy to read. I charmed into letting me follow
her room and after we had sex, I was able to find……”
“…..so you slept with her?” He ignored my questions and
continued with what he was saying.
“…I was then able to find that she is one of the
gorgonds. I have seen such knives before and they are
only meant for them. The gordonds are very dangerous
people and I am sure you know you can’t use magic
against them. If she is after me, then it means…………..”
“…..the mad king wants you.” I completed his statement.
“That’s what is not making any sense to me. why does he
want me when he has the same power with me? Why did
he kill my wife and daughter when he could have just
come after me.” “I am sorry, I wish I could explain
everything but I don’t have the answers, my superior
does.”
He nodded and got back on the horse as he rode into the
night.
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REMORSE
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CLAUDIA
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I was busy reading one of the books on prophecy when
Kieran suddenly barged into the room. He looked ruffled
with his hair all over the place. This wasn’t how he looked
when he left the room a while ago to feel the wind
despite my warnings. He went straight for our things and
asked, no, he ordered me to be on my feet and drop the
ugly book I was reading. I didn’t like what he said, so I
decided to stay put. He looked at me with an angry stare
before taking the things out of the room. I wondered
why he was in such a hurry but when I heard him setting
the things on the horse I got for us this morning, I knew
he wasn’t playing around. I ran quickly to where he was.
The horse was tied to the panes of the windows in our
room where I could watch it as I didn’t trust the people
in this town.
"Why are you in such a hurry?” I asked as he was filled
with so much emotions that it was difficult for me to
know which he was feeling now.
“Just get on the horse woman.” He said, gritting his
teeth. Dear spirits, what an unpredictable man. I got on
the horse and quickly he raced out into the path that
leads out of the town.
After we have ridden for quite some time, we slowed
down a little and got down from the horse. He walked
back for a while and stopped. He looked around, searching
for something I knew not. He walked back to the horse
and started playing with my toes, which shocked me. What
is wrong with this man, he was asking strange moments
ago, now he is suddenly kind?
“I met a strange woman at the inn when I left the room.
I heard her asking about a man that fits my look. She was
after me, I went over to speak with her and find out who
she is. We spoke for a while and during that period, I
found out she wasn’t much of a talker which made her
lies quite easy to read. I charmed into letting me follow
her room and after we had sex, I was able to find……”
“…..so you slept with her?” He ignored my questions and
continued with what he was saying.
“…I was then able to find that she is one of the
gorgonds. I have seen such knives before and they are
only meant for them. The gordonds are very dangerous
people and I am sure you know you can’t use magic
against them. If she is after me, then it means…………..”
“…..the mad king wants you.” I completed his statement.
“That’s what is not making any sense to me. why does he
want me when he has the same power with me? Why did
he kill my wife and daughter when he could have just
come after me.” “I am sorry, I wish I could explain
everything but I don’t have the answers, my superior
does.”
He nodded and got back on the horse as he rode into the
night.
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CONTINUED
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LUCIEN
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“I found the man you seek last night but I didn’t feel
what you said I would. Am I to keep tailing him or
should I bring him to the palace.” I woke up to see
Nyasa’s message on my travel book. Finding the man
took quite a short time which isn’t too far-fetched for
someone of her abilities. But there was something else
in her message; it felt like she was supremely
confident. Has she won the man’s heart so soon or
probably I am just reading too much into her message?
I took a feather and replied;
"I didn’t expect less from you. Keep on tailing him; I
want to know who the people behind his capture are and
what they plan to do with him. Protect him from any
harm, I want him alive and well.” My message was a sort
of trap because Nyasa doesn’t often reply my order
except something is wrong but if she does in this case it
will mean that she has something to with the man.
I was about to get up and wash myself when I saw
scribbling on the travel book. She replied which just
confirmed my fears.
“I can’t protect him without being seen. He is quite a
careful man. I can only watch and follow him which is
difficult because he covers his tracks. The woman’s gift
is what I use to track them.”
She is disobeying my order which means she is having
divided loyalty already. The gordonds were created by a
spell that makes them loyal to one born with both sides
of the gift. They were only loyal to my dad because he
created the spell. My dad wasn’t peculiar about the
person but rather the gift in the person as he thought
I was the only one with such attributes. Well, as it
turned out I wasn’t and once one of the gordonds bonds
with someone like me, their loyalty will begin to shift.
There are two ways through which the spell will keep
binding on them; I will have to sleep with them on
regular periods or I will share some of my gifts with
them, The latter was not feasible as that will weaken
my powers so I chose to fvck them even if I hate
sleeping with them.
She has probably fvcked the man, that’s why she has
the nerve to question my orders or how she knows the
man is a careful man. I will deal with the traitor when
she returns, but for now, I still need her help.
“Do as you have been told.”
I dropped my feather and walked to the wash pool
where the maids will do the washing. As they started
with their job, I let my mind drift to the little findings
I have been able to make of my creation. I was in the
library all day yet, all I could find was the reason why
my dad wanted a child with such powers. I found out
that he found a way to break the spell that prevents
everyone of having both sides of the gift but there was
a clause; his spell could only work on an unborn child.
Which is why he chose to try the spell on me but if my
gift wasn’t balanced then why is this man’s ,even. He is
a common hunter, and couldn’t have had any one to
help him with such a spell. These things don’t happen
naturally anymore as evident in my own powers.
Someone was behind his as my father was behind mine.
Which is why I need Nyasa to do what I have ordered
her to do, I only hope she doesn’t sleep with the man
again.
Iwas putting on my royal robes when Conner came in,
"My King…..”
“What do you have for me, Conner?”
“It seems Elphisius’s wants for the man far outweighs
yours.”
“Speak further…”
“I have been watching him, and just last night, I saw
him receive four bodies. Two were just killed, while the
other two were just plain bones. I do not how he got
them but they are most certainly related to the man
you both seek. “
“Are you certain of what you saw?”
“I am certain, my king.”
“ Very well, you can leave. Do not watch him for the
time being. He is always cautious when he wants to deal
with things such as what you just said. He will surely
find out I sent you if you continue. I will take it from
here, return to your post.”
He nodded and left. I have been told that Elphisius is a
double edged sword; he only wants what will benefit
him. He hasn’t done anything against me yet because I
am more powerful. Now, there is a way for him to even
the scales or become more powerful. I won’t let him,
and right now I must find the identity of those bodies,
which will lead me to what he is up to then, I can arrest
him on the count of treason.
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NYASA
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He didn't ask how I managed to find him which is good
but then how does he expect me to tail and then find
sniff out his enemies before they harm his target. I
have been following him as fast as I could after he
smashed my head into the door and it has been very
difficult to do. He always covers his tracks and I would
have gone the wrong way if it wasn’t for the fact that
I can sense when the woman with him uses her gift. I
will surely get him for what he did to me. I can’t still
believe that I actually fvcked another man and I don’t
feel remorseful about it. I felt something with the man
after the sex, it is similar to what I feel whenever my
master fvcks me. Could that be the reason why he said
that the strange man is like him or probably because
that’s the second man I have ever slept with. I was the
youngest to be recruited by my master’s father and I
was still in training before his death. My master was
the only man that knew me before the strange man and
the way he made love to me was quite different from
my master’s. I can’t be certain but what I am certain
of is the fact that what happened last night will never
repeat itself. I will never break my oath again; I am for
my master and my master alone, no one else.
All through the day, they have been riding through the
path that leads deep into the midlands. The man must
be aware that I am tailing him or somebody else which
my master ordered me to protect the man from;
because the man keeps leaving the path and coming
back in. He will go through the woods and then return
to the path, but all this won’t matter as long as I can
sense the woman’s gift. The next town should be
Aydindrill; my place of birth.
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ELPHISISUS
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“Be careful, you simpleton! I spent quite a fortune to
get those bodies.” I screamed at the bent beings that
brought in the goods I asked for. After telling the mad
king what he wanted to hear, I moved into action. I
sent some of the wizards under me to find out about
the strange man whose name I learnt is Kieran Carrows.
It took less than a day for them to get back to me and
tell me that his dead father was a soldier and his
mother, a healer. I asked for the bodies of his dead
wife and daughter because I wanted to find where his
dead parents were buried. I took the decaying heart of
his wife and cast a spell that will link him to me for a
while as his heart and his wife’s are one.
The spell was brief because of the sort of power he
carries within him but within that short time I was able
to get what I needed and here before are the answers
to the questions I have had in mind for a long time;
how was this man’s gifts and Lucien’s created?
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LUCIEN
****************** *****************************,
“I found the man you seek last night but I didn’t feel
what you said I would. Am I to keep tailing him or
should I bring him to the palace.” I woke up to see
Nyasa’s message on my travel book. Finding the man
took quite a short time which isn’t too far-fetched for
someone of her abilities. But there was something else
in her message; it felt like she was supremely
confident. Has she won the man’s heart so soon or
probably I am just reading too much into her message?
I took a feather and replied;
"I didn’t expect less from you. Keep on tailing him; I
want to know who the people behind his capture are and
what they plan to do with him. Protect him from any
harm, I want him alive and well.” My message was a sort
of trap because Nyasa doesn’t often reply my order
except something is wrong but if she does in this case it
will mean that she has something to with the man.
I was about to get up and wash myself when I saw
scribbling on the travel book. She replied which just
confirmed my fears.
“I can’t protect him without being seen. He is quite a
careful man. I can only watch and follow him which is
difficult because he covers his tracks. The woman’s gift
is what I use to track them.”
She is disobeying my order which means she is having
divided loyalty already. The gordonds were created by a
spell that makes them loyal to one born with both sides
of the gift. They were only loyal to my dad because he
created the spell. My dad wasn’t peculiar about the
person but rather the gift in the person as he thought
I was the only one with such attributes. Well, as it
turned out I wasn’t and once one of the gordonds bonds
with someone like me, their loyalty will begin to shift.
There are two ways through which the spell will keep
binding on them; I will have to sleep with them on
regular periods or I will share some of my gifts with
them, The latter was not feasible as that will weaken
my powers so I chose to fvck them even if I hate
sleeping with them.
She has probably fvcked the man, that’s why she has
the nerve to question my orders or how she knows the
man is a careful man. I will deal with the traitor when
she returns, but for now, I still need her help.
“Do as you have been told.”
I dropped my feather and walked to the wash pool
where the maids will do the washing. As they started
with their job, I let my mind drift to the little findings
I have been able to make of my creation. I was in the
library all day yet, all I could find was the reason why
my dad wanted a child with such powers. I found out
that he found a way to break the spell that prevents
everyone of having both sides of the gift but there was
a clause; his spell could only work on an unborn child.
Which is why he chose to try the spell on me but if my
gift wasn’t balanced then why is this man’s ,even. He is
a common hunter, and couldn’t have had any one to
help him with such a spell. These things don’t happen
naturally anymore as evident in my own powers.
Someone was behind his as my father was behind mine.
Which is why I need Nyasa to do what I have ordered
her to do, I only hope she doesn’t sleep with the man
again.
Iwas putting on my royal robes when Conner came in,
"My King…..”
“What do you have for me, Conner?”
“It seems Elphisius’s wants for the man far outweighs
yours.”
“Speak further…”
“I have been watching him, and just last night, I saw
him receive four bodies. Two were just killed, while the
other two were just plain bones. I do not how he got
them but they are most certainly related to the man
you both seek. “
“Are you certain of what you saw?”
“I am certain, my king.”
“ Very well, you can leave. Do not watch him for the
time being. He is always cautious when he wants to deal
with things such as what you just said. He will surely
find out I sent you if you continue. I will take it from
here, return to your post.”
He nodded and left. I have been told that Elphisius is a
double edged sword; he only wants what will benefit
him. He hasn’t done anything against me yet because I
am more powerful. Now, there is a way for him to even
the scales or become more powerful. I won’t let him,
and right now I must find the identity of those bodies,
which will lead me to what he is up to then, I can arrest
him on the count of treason.
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NYASA
**********************************************
He didn't ask how I managed to find him which is good
but then how does he expect me to tail and then find
sniff out his enemies before they harm his target. I
have been following him as fast as I could after he
smashed my head into the door and it has been very
difficult to do. He always covers his tracks and I would
have gone the wrong way if it wasn’t for the fact that
I can sense when the woman with him uses her gift. I
will surely get him for what he did to me. I can’t still
believe that I actually fvcked another man and I don’t
feel remorseful about it. I felt something with the man
after the sex, it is similar to what I feel whenever my
master fvcks me. Could that be the reason why he said
that the strange man is like him or probably because
that’s the second man I have ever slept with. I was the
youngest to be recruited by my master’s father and I
was still in training before his death. My master was
the only man that knew me before the strange man and
the way he made love to me was quite different from
my master’s. I can’t be certain but what I am certain
of is the fact that what happened last night will never
repeat itself. I will never break my oath again; I am for
my master and my master alone, no one else.
All through the day, they have been riding through the
path that leads deep into the midlands. The man must
be aware that I am tailing him or somebody else which
my master ordered me to protect the man from;
because the man keeps leaving the path and coming
back in. He will go through the woods and then return
to the path, but all this won’t matter as long as I can
sense the woman’s gift. The next town should be
Aydindrill; my place of birth.
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ELPHISISUS
*********************************************
“Be careful, you simpleton! I spent quite a fortune to
get those bodies.” I screamed at the bent beings that
brought in the goods I asked for. After telling the mad
king what he wanted to hear, I moved into action. I
sent some of the wizards under me to find out about
the strange man whose name I learnt is Kieran Carrows.
It took less than a day for them to get back to me and
tell me that his dead father was a soldier and his
mother, a healer. I asked for the bodies of his dead
wife and daughter because I wanted to find where his
dead parents were buried. I took the decaying heart of
his wife and cast a spell that will link him to me for a
while as his heart and his wife’s are one.
The spell was brief because of the sort of power he
carries within him but within that short time I was able
to get what I needed and here before are the answers
to the questions I have had in mind for a long time;
how was this man’s gifts and Lucien’s created?
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CONTINUED
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KIERAN
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“Take the straight path and turn to your left when you
get to a cross-head. You should see a little cabin, stop
there and wake me up.” Claudia instructed and shortly
after fell asleep on my back. I still wonder how someone
can sleep despite the uncomfortable movement of the
horse. She did anyway and I was left to myself. We
entered the town of Aydridrill not too long ago, I
thought of stopping at an inn as that has been the
regular routine but she was against it. Probably,
because of what I did with the strange woman at the
inn, she hasn’t been talking with me as she usually does.
I still don’t what is it to her if I sleep with a stranger,
I am a grown man; I don’t need anyone’s approval to
fvck whom I want. Anyway, her disapproval or disgust
over what I did is the least of my concerns right now. I
need to know why King Lucien came after my family,
murdered them and waited a few days later before
coming after me. I have been trying to make sense of
it but I have been hitting walls. Now, if he is truly
after me, why would he send a woman to do the job,
after all the last time he sent the most powerful
wizard in the land and a couple of soldiers. His change
of personnel means he doesn’t want me captured, he
wants me watched. He wants to know what Claudia and
her precious Anna want with me; well, that’s brilliant
from him.
Soon, we reached the little cabin Claudia directed me
to earlier. I woke her up and got our things before
heading for the Cabin. It was late in the afternoon
that we arrived there and as soon as Claudia opened
the door to the cabin, she collapsed on the bed. She
was fast asleep within a very short time. The cabin was
well kept and arranged which shouldn’t be considering
the dirty surroundings. She must have visited this place
when she was coming for me or someone else did. She
seems to be well known around here too because as she
passed, people bowed their heads in greeting. Is she is
some kind of princess or what, because most sorceress
don’t get such respect. They are mostly feared by the
by the populace.
I turned my attention from her and decided to clean up
the surroundings and clean the horse. I dropped our
things on the floor, washed my face and hair and then
went out to do the clean-up. As I cleaned up the horse,
memories of my father teaching me how to ride a horse
rushed into my head. I was seven then and mother
didn’t think I was ready yet but Father felt I was
because I was taller than most of my friends of the
same age. My first lesson was one of the scariest
moments of my life because as soon as my father set
me on the horse. I hit the horse and screamed “he-
yah” just as father does but unfortunately, I wasn’t
expecting the horse to move. Its sudden movement set
me off balance and I almost fell off it. I was screaming
for my father to save me as it was the straddle on the
horse that was holding me from bashing my head on the
ground. My wicked father didn’t help, he was laughing
instead with mother scolding him for doing so. My legs
were flying freely and my chest hurt from exerting so
much pressure to keep myself from falling. I hoped for
the dumb animal to stop but it didn’t as it was close to
entering the woods then. I knew if I get in there with
the way I was, my legs wouldn’t be flying freely again.
In my desperation, I pulled the reins with one of my
hands, the horse didn’t stop. I pulled again and still it
didn’t stop, probably because my little hands couldn’t
exert the required force to stop the animal. We were
almost at the woods, I couldn’t keep on hoping and with
both hands, I pulled the reins and this time the horse
stopped.
Holding on to the reins only and swaying freely in the
air allowed me to use my whole weight to pull the reins
which stopped the horse. Of course, I didn’t know this
then and I returned home that day crying and saying
that I would never ride a horse again after picking
myself from the ground. I chuckled at my childhood
experience, I left the horse to eat and set out to cut
the grown grasses when I heard a heavy stump. I
stopped what I was doing immediately and set out to
know what caused that noise. The noise came from the
woods and not the house but still I decided to check on
Claudia before setting out into the woods. She was still
asleep, the noise didn’t wake her. I took the machete I
was using in cutting the grasses and went to the point
of the noise. I looked around when I got there but I
didn’t see anything that could have caused the noise
but I saw tracks. Someone was just here and probably
isn’t too far away. I tried to follow the tracks but it
led to nowhere, the fellow must have disturbed the
pattern. I looked up hoping to see something but there
was nothing. If the fellow was watching then it means
that he or she is still watching. I decided to fool the
person by going back the same way I came and then
after walking a few steps, I hid behind a big tree. The
tree would have blocked the fellow’s view of me and will
most likely force the person to come out from his or
her hiding place because I am certain that the fellow
was sent to watch me.
I waited for quite some time before I heard rustling of
leaves and then the quiet sound of someone or
something walking towards my hiding place. When the
movement was just a step away from where I was, I
left my hiding place and emerged right in front of the
person. The person was shocked and before the fellow
could react, I punched the lungs of the person which
forced him or her back. I quickly put my hands around
the neck of the person, raise the body up and slam it
on the ground. I heard a few curses and some groans, I
sat on the person with my machete to the unknown
person’s throat and asked;
“Who are you?”
“ Fvck your c.ock, it’s me , Vanessa.”
I heard the person say, I quickly removed the cloak
covering the face of the person, and truly, it was her.
She has been following me all this time,
“ …..You?” I asked, not too surprised to see her
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KIERAN
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“Take the straight path and turn to your left when you
get to a cross-head. You should see a little cabin, stop
there and wake me up.” Claudia instructed and shortly
after fell asleep on my back. I still wonder how someone
can sleep despite the uncomfortable movement of the
horse. She did anyway and I was left to myself. We
entered the town of Aydridrill not too long ago, I
thought of stopping at an inn as that has been the
regular routine but she was against it. Probably,
because of what I did with the strange woman at the
inn, she hasn’t been talking with me as she usually does.
I still don’t what is it to her if I sleep with a stranger,
I am a grown man; I don’t need anyone’s approval to
fvck whom I want. Anyway, her disapproval or disgust
over what I did is the least of my concerns right now. I
need to know why King Lucien came after my family,
murdered them and waited a few days later before
coming after me. I have been trying to make sense of
it but I have been hitting walls. Now, if he is truly
after me, why would he send a woman to do the job,
after all the last time he sent the most powerful
wizard in the land and a couple of soldiers. His change
of personnel means he doesn’t want me captured, he
wants me watched. He wants to know what Claudia and
her precious Anna want with me; well, that’s brilliant
from him.
Soon, we reached the little cabin Claudia directed me
to earlier. I woke her up and got our things before
heading for the Cabin. It was late in the afternoon
that we arrived there and as soon as Claudia opened
the door to the cabin, she collapsed on the bed. She
was fast asleep within a very short time. The cabin was
well kept and arranged which shouldn’t be considering
the dirty surroundings. She must have visited this place
when she was coming for me or someone else did. She
seems to be well known around here too because as she
passed, people bowed their heads in greeting. Is she is
some kind of princess or what, because most sorceress
don’t get such respect. They are mostly feared by the
by the populace.
I turned my attention from her and decided to clean up
the surroundings and clean the horse. I dropped our
things on the floor, washed my face and hair and then
went out to do the clean-up. As I cleaned up the horse,
memories of my father teaching me how to ride a horse
rushed into my head. I was seven then and mother
didn’t think I was ready yet but Father felt I was
because I was taller than most of my friends of the
same age. My first lesson was one of the scariest
moments of my life because as soon as my father set
me on the horse. I hit the horse and screamed “he-
yah” just as father does but unfortunately, I wasn’t
expecting the horse to move. Its sudden movement set
me off balance and I almost fell off it. I was screaming
for my father to save me as it was the straddle on the
horse that was holding me from bashing my head on the
ground. My wicked father didn’t help, he was laughing
instead with mother scolding him for doing so. My legs
were flying freely and my chest hurt from exerting so
much pressure to keep myself from falling. I hoped for
the dumb animal to stop but it didn’t as it was close to
entering the woods then. I knew if I get in there with
the way I was, my legs wouldn’t be flying freely again.
In my desperation, I pulled the reins with one of my
hands, the horse didn’t stop. I pulled again and still it
didn’t stop, probably because my little hands couldn’t
exert the required force to stop the animal. We were
almost at the woods, I couldn’t keep on hoping and with
both hands, I pulled the reins and this time the horse
stopped.
Holding on to the reins only and swaying freely in the
air allowed me to use my whole weight to pull the reins
which stopped the horse. Of course, I didn’t know this
then and I returned home that day crying and saying
that I would never ride a horse again after picking
myself from the ground. I chuckled at my childhood
experience, I left the horse to eat and set out to cut
the grown grasses when I heard a heavy stump. I
stopped what I was doing immediately and set out to
know what caused that noise. The noise came from the
woods and not the house but still I decided to check on
Claudia before setting out into the woods. She was still
asleep, the noise didn’t wake her. I took the machete I
was using in cutting the grasses and went to the point
of the noise. I looked around when I got there but I
didn’t see anything that could have caused the noise
but I saw tracks. Someone was just here and probably
isn’t too far away. I tried to follow the tracks but it
led to nowhere, the fellow must have disturbed the
pattern. I looked up hoping to see something but there
was nothing. If the fellow was watching then it means
that he or she is still watching. I decided to fool the
person by going back the same way I came and then
after walking a few steps, I hid behind a big tree. The
tree would have blocked the fellow’s view of me and will
most likely force the person to come out from his or
her hiding place because I am certain that the fellow
was sent to watch me.
I waited for quite some time before I heard rustling of
leaves and then the quiet sound of someone or
something walking towards my hiding place. When the
movement was just a step away from where I was, I
left my hiding place and emerged right in front of the
person. The person was shocked and before the fellow
could react, I punched the lungs of the person which
forced him or her back. I quickly put my hands around
the neck of the person, raise the body up and slam it
on the ground. I heard a few curses and some groans, I
sat on the person with my machete to the unknown
person’s throat and asked;
“Who are you?”
“ Fvck your c.ock, it’s me , Vanessa.”
I heard the person say, I quickly removed the cloak
covering the face of the person, and truly, it was her.
She has been following me all this time,
“ …..You?” I asked, not too surprised to see her
CONTINUED
**************************
NYASA
**************************
The moment I stepped into Audridrill, I felt weak and
had a sudden stomach upset. I wanted to turn back but
I couldn’t, I had a mission to complete. I put the cloak
over my head and continued tailing the strange man. As
I passed through the path that leads through the main
square in the town, memories I didn’t want to
remember rushed in but I pushed them out as I didn’t
want to remember how I was taken from my parents
and the brutal way they were killed. I stopped for a
little while to get myself before continuing . I told
myself whatever happened that day was for the
greater good. I rode quickly as I couldn’t wait to leave
the square where I once played with other kids in the
moonlight. Those times were gone with the wind.
I took a left turn when I got to the famous croos-road
and continued down the road. The path was bushy and
empty with just vegaetation and huge trees. This path
led to the house of the evil witch who once terrorized
everyone in this town until her death, why would the
strange man and his companioin stop here?
I stopped my horse when I was a few metres from the
house and decided to go through the forest. The
strange man seems very good at covering tracks, he did
it so well that if it wasn’t for the woman with the gift,
I would have doubted they passed through here. I
enetered through the left side of the path and quietly
walked through the woods there. I carried a little bag
where I kept the travel book and a liitle cup. I saw the
house but I couldn’t see much after that, I needed to
see more. I knew I couldn’t get too close to it as I
didn’t want to be found out, I decided to climb a tree
to have a better view. I was able to see him cutting the
grasses and for some strange reason, my heart leaped.
The reaction shocked me and I quickly got a hold of
myself. What was wrong with me lately? My heart
doesn’t even move when I see the king , why this man
whom I barely know. Far in my thoughts, I didn’t realize
se the bag was slipping from my hands until it was too
late as I brought it with me to report to the king on
my current location. I tried to grab it but it was too
late as it moved down the tree and landed with quite
some noise. I hoped that the man wouldn’t hear it but
he did and stopped what he was doing. Dear spirits, I
am becoming too careless. Fortunately for me, the man
decided to go into the house first for whatever reason ,
this enabled me to get down quickly and recover my lost
items. I frantically covered my tracks and moved into
hiding, expecting the man.
He came later with a machete, he found the spot where
my bag fell, looked around and decided to check for
tracks after finding nothing that could have caused the
noise. He followed the tracks but it led to nowhere, he
stood up and looked around and settled at the direction
where I was. I became suddenly afraid because of the
cold look in his eyes, amazingly , those eyes also melted
my heart as the memories of what happened two nights
ago flashed through my mind. I hoped he wouldn’t come
towards my location, after staring for a while, he
turned and walked away.
This man must be a hunter for him to have been able to
find the exact spot where the noise came from. He
knows now that it was a human being that caused the
noise as my tracks gave me away. Fvck! I am becoming
too silly. I was blinded where I was as I couldn’t tell
where the man was. I waited for a while before coming
out of hiding, I looked around and found no one. I
decided to walk a little further and get a tree closer
to the house to climb. I had found the perfect tree
and was about to start climbing when he suddenly
showed from behind the tree. I was so shocked to see
him, I didn’t know what I was supposed to do. While I
was contemplating , he had already made his decision.
He directed his right fist to my lungs which forced me
to cough out and move back. I had barely recovered
from that before he wrapped his hands around my neck
and lifted me up, slamming hard on the ground.
Immediately, I felt a sharp pain in my lower back, the
prick has broken something.
He didn’t let me whine in pain, he separated my hands
and sat on me before putting that mean looking blade
to my neck. He asked who I was and I replied the prick
through my pains. He didn’t seem too surprised to see
me. He got off me and walked away. He didn’t even
apologized for hurting me a second time. I got
infuriated for his inhumane treatment and I decided to
punish him. I ran towards him and gave a kick to his
c.ock, he whistled and then bent low , I gave a solid
punch to his mouth which strangely made him laugh. I
wondered what was amusing about everything.
“ I should be dragging that blade out of you now. I
warned you to stay away from me and you didn’t. For
some reason I do not yet know, I decided to spare your
life and this is how you thank me.” He said. I should
thank him for sparing my life, what arrogance!
“ Why should I thank you after nearly separating my
head the other time and now you nearly broke me in
half. You are repulsive, I wonder if this is how you
treat your wife.” My mention of his wife seem to upset
him greatly as he walked quickly towards me, with his
face a shadow of itself.
“ Dont you ever speak of my wife again, or I swear I
will hurt you more than I have already done.”
" My, my……what a temper. You didn’t think of that
threat when you were busy ramming your c.ock into my
hole, did you?”
“ Whatever happened that night was a mistake, it will
never happen again.”
“ Indeed, it wont. Why is your c.ock moving like a snake
now if what you say is true.” I retorted, grabbing his
manhood. He pushed my hand away, before walking
away from me.
“ I thought you gordonds were only for the king, how
come it was so easy for me to fvck you, or was that one
of the things your king asked you to carry out. If not,
I am sure you know what he is going to do to you when
he finds out.” He said with a little smile on his face.
How did he know I am a gordond, I didn’t even think of
what might happen to me if I was found out. Master
will surely have his brutal soldiers rape me before
killing me. I didn’t have the chance to reply him when I
heard the sound of a woman calling out a name; Kieran.
“ If you want to spy on me for your king, do so without
being found out. You might not be so lucky next time,
be gone.”
I picked my bag and disappeared into the woods. I
wasn’t too happy I was caught but at least, I got to
know his name; Kieran. I must tell master immediately.
**************************
NYASA
**************************
The moment I stepped into Audridrill, I felt weak and
had a sudden stomach upset. I wanted to turn back but
I couldn’t, I had a mission to complete. I put the cloak
over my head and continued tailing the strange man. As
I passed through the path that leads through the main
square in the town, memories I didn’t want to
remember rushed in but I pushed them out as I didn’t
want to remember how I was taken from my parents
and the brutal way they were killed. I stopped for a
little while to get myself before continuing . I told
myself whatever happened that day was for the
greater good. I rode quickly as I couldn’t wait to leave
the square where I once played with other kids in the
moonlight. Those times were gone with the wind.
I took a left turn when I got to the famous croos-road
and continued down the road. The path was bushy and
empty with just vegaetation and huge trees. This path
led to the house of the evil witch who once terrorized
everyone in this town until her death, why would the
strange man and his companioin stop here?
I stopped my horse when I was a few metres from the
house and decided to go through the forest. The
strange man seems very good at covering tracks, he did
it so well that if it wasn’t for the woman with the gift,
I would have doubted they passed through here. I
enetered through the left side of the path and quietly
walked through the woods there. I carried a little bag
where I kept the travel book and a liitle cup. I saw the
house but I couldn’t see much after that, I needed to
see more. I knew I couldn’t get too close to it as I
didn’t want to be found out, I decided to climb a tree
to have a better view. I was able to see him cutting the
grasses and for some strange reason, my heart leaped.
The reaction shocked me and I quickly got a hold of
myself. What was wrong with me lately? My heart
doesn’t even move when I see the king , why this man
whom I barely know. Far in my thoughts, I didn’t realize
se the bag was slipping from my hands until it was too
late as I brought it with me to report to the king on
my current location. I tried to grab it but it was too
late as it moved down the tree and landed with quite
some noise. I hoped that the man wouldn’t hear it but
he did and stopped what he was doing. Dear spirits, I
am becoming too careless. Fortunately for me, the man
decided to go into the house first for whatever reason ,
this enabled me to get down quickly and recover my lost
items. I frantically covered my tracks and moved into
hiding, expecting the man.
He came later with a machete, he found the spot where
my bag fell, looked around and decided to check for
tracks after finding nothing that could have caused the
noise. He followed the tracks but it led to nowhere, he
stood up and looked around and settled at the direction
where I was. I became suddenly afraid because of the
cold look in his eyes, amazingly , those eyes also melted
my heart as the memories of what happened two nights
ago flashed through my mind. I hoped he wouldn’t come
towards my location, after staring for a while, he
turned and walked away.
This man must be a hunter for him to have been able to
find the exact spot where the noise came from. He
knows now that it was a human being that caused the
noise as my tracks gave me away. Fvck! I am becoming
too silly. I was blinded where I was as I couldn’t tell
where the man was. I waited for a while before coming
out of hiding, I looked around and found no one. I
decided to walk a little further and get a tree closer
to the house to climb. I had found the perfect tree
and was about to start climbing when he suddenly
showed from behind the tree. I was so shocked to see
him, I didn’t know what I was supposed to do. While I
was contemplating , he had already made his decision.
He directed his right fist to my lungs which forced me
to cough out and move back. I had barely recovered
from that before he wrapped his hands around my neck
and lifted me up, slamming hard on the ground.
Immediately, I felt a sharp pain in my lower back, the
prick has broken something.
He didn’t let me whine in pain, he separated my hands
and sat on me before putting that mean looking blade
to my neck. He asked who I was and I replied the prick
through my pains. He didn’t seem too surprised to see
me. He got off me and walked away. He didn’t even
apologized for hurting me a second time. I got
infuriated for his inhumane treatment and I decided to
punish him. I ran towards him and gave a kick to his
c.ock, he whistled and then bent low , I gave a solid
punch to his mouth which strangely made him laugh. I
wondered what was amusing about everything.
“ I should be dragging that blade out of you now. I
warned you to stay away from me and you didn’t. For
some reason I do not yet know, I decided to spare your
life and this is how you thank me.” He said. I should
thank him for sparing my life, what arrogance!
“ Why should I thank you after nearly separating my
head the other time and now you nearly broke me in
half. You are repulsive, I wonder if this is how you
treat your wife.” My mention of his wife seem to upset
him greatly as he walked quickly towards me, with his
face a shadow of itself.
“ Dont you ever speak of my wife again, or I swear I
will hurt you more than I have already done.”
" My, my……what a temper. You didn’t think of that
threat when you were busy ramming your c.ock into my
hole, did you?”
“ Whatever happened that night was a mistake, it will
never happen again.”
“ Indeed, it wont. Why is your c.ock moving like a snake
now if what you say is true.” I retorted, grabbing his
manhood. He pushed my hand away, before walking
away from me.
“ I thought you gordonds were only for the king, how
come it was so easy for me to fvck you, or was that one
of the things your king asked you to carry out. If not,
I am sure you know what he is going to do to you when
he finds out.” He said with a little smile on his face.
How did he know I am a gordond, I didn’t even think of
what might happen to me if I was found out. Master
will surely have his brutal soldiers rape me before
killing me. I didn’t have the chance to reply him when I
heard the sound of a woman calling out a name; Kieran.
“ If you want to spy on me for your king, do so without
being found out. You might not be so lucky next time,
be gone.”
I picked my bag and disappeared into the woods. I
wasn’t too happy I was caught but at least, I got to
know his name; Kieran. I must tell master immediately.
CHAPTER SIX
**************************
THE BEACON
**************************
UNKNOWN
**************************
I have waited for two days now, just to be sure of what
the old wizard said and every day that passes seems to
confirm his story. There is indeed another golden
destiny; an ungifted whose powers were released before
birth. Reports have been flying in from the midlands
and the south of the strange man who is just like the
mad king. I didn’t want such rumour to be flying
around but now it is more than that, it’s a confirmed
fact. Something that will surely delay me from my goal
as I know now that other equally dangerous people will
be after him; the mad king especially as the man was in
his kingdom initially. I just got word that a strange man
and an old woman were wanted by the great Elphisius
himself. If that is true, then it means Lucien wants him
just as much as I do. This has turned out to be more
difficult than I thought it would.
I summoned Melfisius earlier and he told me that he
couldn’t trace the man’s gifts any longer. The last time
he was able to, the man was on the path that leads to
the midlands. I am quite certain that’s not their final
destination but i do not know their final destination. I
must find him, this is my best opportunity. Lucien had
the gordonds to protect him and an army of soldiers
which made it impossible for me to get to him. He
rarely leaves his palace but this man is a lone soldier
with just an old woman by his side. The woman must
have been the one that fought off Elphisius which
means somebody else wants the man and they have
somehow won his heart. If they get him to whatever
they are taking him, it might be extremely difficult to
get him back. I must send someone to the midlands
immediately; a wizard and a handful of my best men. I
want that man before he leaves my grasp; I have
waited long enough for this. I deserve my powers to be
released just like them; they are neither better nor
special than I am. The spell causing me to age slower
than everyone else might be very useful but it’s still
pointless if I cannot fulfill my destiny. It’s been one
hundred and fifty years of careful planning and study,
I can’t lose it all now to some persons who have no idea
what’s going on. I laid the foundation for what Lucien
is today but his father tweaked the spell causing it to
work on only an unborn child and he quickly destroyed
the procedures of creating the spell. I was stripped of
what should have been mine, it will surely not happen
again.
*************************
KIERAN
**************************
“You scared me , where have you been?” Claudia asked.
"I was checking on something, I didn’t mean to.”
"………………..you are bleeding. What were you checking
on?”
“……I fell down chasing a squirrel; I wanted it for our
dinner. I guess we will eat something else.”
I laughed and wiped the blood dripping from my lips.
She stared at me for a while before heading back into
the cabin. I looked back before following her in. I got
in and washed my hair and feet before changing my
clothes. Claudia kept on staring at me for some
reasons, I didn’t know if she could tell if I was lying. I
tried my best to ignore her and continue with whatever
I was doing. She later turned her eyes away from me
and went to one of the bags and brought out two
breads with some weird looking vegetables. She cut the
bread into halves and kept the vegetable between them
before handing one of such to me, I stared at the
strange meal as I had never seen such a meal before.
She left me to my discomfort and started eating hers.
“What sort of food is this?” I asked but Claudia
pretended not to hear me and continued devouring her
meal, washing it down with water. I asked again and the
same thing happened, I decided to keep quiet and wait
for her reply. She took forever to eat the small food
and when she was done, she stood up, cleaned her
mouth and went towards where the door was. She
locked them firmly, took her books and went over to
where she lit a candle and started reading. I watched
keenly and wondered what I did wrong for her to just
ignore me the way and manner she just did. It was quite
disrespectful and utterly rude of her, I was quite
disappointed. I wrapped the food in a cloth and kept it
in my bag.
“I am really disappointed; I didn’t expect such from
you. I thought you were matured and all, it seems I was
wrong. If you think I have wronged you in anyway, I
expect you to discuss it with me rather than act like a
little girl.” I said before setting up where I intended to
lay my head. I was already on the spare bed and almost
drifting to sleep before she decided to talk to me.
“I left my place of comfort to come to this immoral
and dirty place to get you and keep you safe from
yourself. I put myself in danger as I do this and right
now, there is actually no assurance that I will get back
home alive and yet, the man I do all this for finds it
hard to trust me enough to tell me the truth. I have
stayed away from your past because it is not my
concern but lying to me over what might cost us both
our lives is what is disappointing. It seems you think
with your c.ock than with your head, which is not
strange for an unlearned man.”
What is she rambling about now, what has my c.ock got
to do with anything. Is she still mad because I told her
I slept with a woman?
“If you want to fvck me, come out straight and tell me
and stop going in circles. What exactly did I do to make
you angry?”
“Don’t speak to me the way you talk to your w.hores,
because frankly, I don’t care who you sleep with. I am
angry because you allowed the same w.hore to follow
you here, I mean how heated can one be. Can’t you
control yourself; your wife has not been dead for a full
moon yet. …”
“….Don’t you dare talk about my wife, leave her out of
this….”
“ ……..You cared so much about her that you were busy
going in and out of a woman some days back. We are
been hunted by very dangerous people and the best
thing you could do was tell your w.hore to tail so that
while I sleep, you can fvck her!!!
I know you were with a woman few moments ago when I
was calling your name. I don’t need magic to confirm
that, the guilt in your eyes gave you away. You were
thinking of yourself without considering the fact that
she might have been followed.”
“…..She couldn’t have……”
" …. And how can you be so sure. I cannot trust your
judgements anymore, we leave at dawn. I have always
wondered why the best gifts are given to the dim-
witted, and you have only added yourself to that list;
shame on you.”
**************************
THE BEACON
**************************
UNKNOWN
**************************
I have waited for two days now, just to be sure of what
the old wizard said and every day that passes seems to
confirm his story. There is indeed another golden
destiny; an ungifted whose powers were released before
birth. Reports have been flying in from the midlands
and the south of the strange man who is just like the
mad king. I didn’t want such rumour to be flying
around but now it is more than that, it’s a confirmed
fact. Something that will surely delay me from my goal
as I know now that other equally dangerous people will
be after him; the mad king especially as the man was in
his kingdom initially. I just got word that a strange man
and an old woman were wanted by the great Elphisius
himself. If that is true, then it means Lucien wants him
just as much as I do. This has turned out to be more
difficult than I thought it would.
I summoned Melfisius earlier and he told me that he
couldn’t trace the man’s gifts any longer. The last time
he was able to, the man was on the path that leads to
the midlands. I am quite certain that’s not their final
destination but i do not know their final destination. I
must find him, this is my best opportunity. Lucien had
the gordonds to protect him and an army of soldiers
which made it impossible for me to get to him. He
rarely leaves his palace but this man is a lone soldier
with just an old woman by his side. The woman must
have been the one that fought off Elphisius which
means somebody else wants the man and they have
somehow won his heart. If they get him to whatever
they are taking him, it might be extremely difficult to
get him back. I must send someone to the midlands
immediately; a wizard and a handful of my best men. I
want that man before he leaves my grasp; I have
waited long enough for this. I deserve my powers to be
released just like them; they are neither better nor
special than I am. The spell causing me to age slower
than everyone else might be very useful but it’s still
pointless if I cannot fulfill my destiny. It’s been one
hundred and fifty years of careful planning and study,
I can’t lose it all now to some persons who have no idea
what’s going on. I laid the foundation for what Lucien
is today but his father tweaked the spell causing it to
work on only an unborn child and he quickly destroyed
the procedures of creating the spell. I was stripped of
what should have been mine, it will surely not happen
again.
*************************
KIERAN
**************************
“You scared me , where have you been?” Claudia asked.
"I was checking on something, I didn’t mean to.”
"………………..you are bleeding. What were you checking
on?”
“……I fell down chasing a squirrel; I wanted it for our
dinner. I guess we will eat something else.”
I laughed and wiped the blood dripping from my lips.
She stared at me for a while before heading back into
the cabin. I looked back before following her in. I got
in and washed my hair and feet before changing my
clothes. Claudia kept on staring at me for some
reasons, I didn’t know if she could tell if I was lying. I
tried my best to ignore her and continue with whatever
I was doing. She later turned her eyes away from me
and went to one of the bags and brought out two
breads with some weird looking vegetables. She cut the
bread into halves and kept the vegetable between them
before handing one of such to me, I stared at the
strange meal as I had never seen such a meal before.
She left me to my discomfort and started eating hers.
“What sort of food is this?” I asked but Claudia
pretended not to hear me and continued devouring her
meal, washing it down with water. I asked again and the
same thing happened, I decided to keep quiet and wait
for her reply. She took forever to eat the small food
and when she was done, she stood up, cleaned her
mouth and went towards where the door was. She
locked them firmly, took her books and went over to
where she lit a candle and started reading. I watched
keenly and wondered what I did wrong for her to just
ignore me the way and manner she just did. It was quite
disrespectful and utterly rude of her, I was quite
disappointed. I wrapped the food in a cloth and kept it
in my bag.
“I am really disappointed; I didn’t expect such from
you. I thought you were matured and all, it seems I was
wrong. If you think I have wronged you in anyway, I
expect you to discuss it with me rather than act like a
little girl.” I said before setting up where I intended to
lay my head. I was already on the spare bed and almost
drifting to sleep before she decided to talk to me.
“I left my place of comfort to come to this immoral
and dirty place to get you and keep you safe from
yourself. I put myself in danger as I do this and right
now, there is actually no assurance that I will get back
home alive and yet, the man I do all this for finds it
hard to trust me enough to tell me the truth. I have
stayed away from your past because it is not my
concern but lying to me over what might cost us both
our lives is what is disappointing. It seems you think
with your c.ock than with your head, which is not
strange for an unlearned man.”
What is she rambling about now, what has my c.ock got
to do with anything. Is she still mad because I told her
I slept with a woman?
“If you want to fvck me, come out straight and tell me
and stop going in circles. What exactly did I do to make
you angry?”
“Don’t speak to me the way you talk to your w.hores,
because frankly, I don’t care who you sleep with. I am
angry because you allowed the same w.hore to follow
you here, I mean how heated can one be. Can’t you
control yourself; your wife has not been dead for a full
moon yet. …”
“….Don’t you dare talk about my wife, leave her out of
this….”
“ ……..You cared so much about her that you were busy
going in and out of a woman some days back. We are
been hunted by very dangerous people and the best
thing you could do was tell your w.hore to tail so that
while I sleep, you can fvck her!!!
I know you were with a woman few moments ago when I
was calling your name. I don’t need magic to confirm
that, the guilt in your eyes gave you away. You were
thinking of yourself without considering the fact that
she might have been followed.”
“…..She couldn’t have……”
" …. And how can you be so sure. I cannot trust your
judgements anymore, we leave at dawn. I have always
wondered why the best gifts are given to the dim-
witted, and you have only added yourself to that list;
shame on you.”
CONTINUED
**************************
KIERAN
**************************
Her words really got to me but I didn’t want her to win
the day so I returned to my bed and pretended to be
sleep. I have always been in control of my emotions, I
knew when to release my feelings and when not to but
my encounter with Vanessa changed all that. I was
unusually careless and wild and yes I have been thinking
of myself lately. I should be going after the men that
killed my loved ones but I know that will be futile at
this stage. I don’t have the means to get them; my
only hope will be the so-called gift I have. Regardless
of the fact that I can’t enact my vengeance
immediately, I shouldn’t be playing the love game when
we were quite far from safety. I trust that no one is
tailing Vanessa because she is well trained and
organized which Claudia doesn’t know yet. Still, I could
harm her without such intentions if she uses her magic
on Vanessa which will cause her to believe I was dining
with the enemy to probably get to them. I have to be
more observant because it seems Vanessa has a way of
tailing us even without our tracks.
I am still unable to explain why I always fell the strange
need to protect Vanessa or is it to be around her.
Whenever she is close, I just lose myself to some forces
I can’t explain. That has to stop because I am certain I
am not in love with her, I don’t even like her. I will not
be a slave to some magic or whatever; I must be in
control of my feelings and mind. That’s what makes me
the leader of my home and wherever I find myself, I
must never discard the teachings of my father. For
now, I will see it to it that I and Claudia get to her
place where I can finally get answers to my questions,
no more Vanessa and her strange pull.
**********************************************
I woke up just before dawn to find Claudia still reading,
what’s in those books that won’t just let her be. I stood
up and did the regular washing and all. I changed my
clothes and set the bags on the horse. I wonder why she
didn’t get another horse, we are putting quite some
weight on this one and if we are in a situation where we
are being chased, it might put us at a disadvantage. I
decided to ask her why when I got back inside.
“I noticed you have avoided getting another horse which
would have helped in reducing the load, why is that?”
She stopped reading and faced me. For once, I actually
looked carefully at her face and it surprised me that I
didn’t get to see just how beautiful she is , up until
now. She has a round face with red, plump lips. Her
hair was brown and her eyes took the same colour, her
nose was small but straight. The light from the candle
seem to illuminate her face in a strange way which
made her brown eyes very bright. She is slightly thick
but it only added to her beauty. I wonder why I am just
seeing all this now. She seemed to notice I was staring
at her and that brought a little smile to her face.
“Well, I was firmly warned by Anna not to let you out of
my sight because you are unpredictable and both times
I have done that, you have done something silly. There
won’t be a third time, I will watch you day and night
till we arrive at our destination which shouldn’t take
more than a day,”
“I am not a child that should be watched, I am a grown
man who had a family till some days back. You are
getting a horse at the next town.” She smiled yet again
after my outburst and simply walked outside to mount
the horse.
I mounted on the horse too and followed a narrow path
at the back of the house. I felt like turning back but I
didn’t and continued down the path. We rode for quite
some time before we entered the main route that leads
out of town. All that time, Claudia didn’t say anything
to me, I thought of bringing something up but I
changed my mind. When the silence was becoming
unbearable, I decided to start a conversation,
“Where exactly is this place you are taking me?” I
asked.
“It’s the forgotten lands.”
“I know, why is it named that way?”
“It’s a place reserved for those who have decided to
serve humanity with their gifts. It was once called the
home of the guardians but as men and women of magic
decided to serve themselves instead of the society, the
once bubbling place become a shadow of what it used to
be. Now, the persons there are so few that the number
of houses are even more than the people living there,
it’s because of this it is now called the forgotten
lands.”
“ I take it that there will be more women than men
there.”
“I am sure that’s where your mind will drift to. Yes,
the men are quite few.”
“I thought I would be the only male. So, what made
decide to serve humanity rather than yourself?”
“Well, I think it was because my gift was unique. I see
visions once in a while and I tend to be able to read and
Interpret prophecies but I do not write. The gift of
writing prophecies hasn’t been seen in anyone in a very
long time. My gift itself is very rare and most powerful
wizards will kill to have what I carry as one can make a
lot of gold interpreting prophecies from books and
whatever materials they have been written on. I was
attracted to the forgotten lands because of the huge
number of books they have on prophecies there. That
was the only place that could satisfy my thirst for what
I wanted.”
“ I take it that you never had it in mind to settle down
and raise a family.”
“I have never really liked the idea of raising a family.
There is no fun doing that, all you do is repeat the
same things over and over again till the day of death. I
don’t know how to take disappointments very well; I
tend to lose myself to my emotions all the time. If I am
with a man who has no gifts or even my children, I fear
that I might harm during one of my outbursts. I almost
killed my mum one night and when it happened a second
time, I knew I had to leave.”
“I am sorry to hear that. I noticed that your journey
routes seems to be taking us round the midlands, why
can’t we go north, instead of going round?”
“We can’t because the route to my home through the
north has been sealed off a long time ago. Don’t ask
me why because I do not know myself. i…………..”
Claudia was cut off by the screams of a woman.
**************************
KIERAN
**************************
Her words really got to me but I didn’t want her to win
the day so I returned to my bed and pretended to be
sleep. I have always been in control of my emotions, I
knew when to release my feelings and when not to but
my encounter with Vanessa changed all that. I was
unusually careless and wild and yes I have been thinking
of myself lately. I should be going after the men that
killed my loved ones but I know that will be futile at
this stage. I don’t have the means to get them; my
only hope will be the so-called gift I have. Regardless
of the fact that I can’t enact my vengeance
immediately, I shouldn’t be playing the love game when
we were quite far from safety. I trust that no one is
tailing Vanessa because she is well trained and
organized which Claudia doesn’t know yet. Still, I could
harm her without such intentions if she uses her magic
on Vanessa which will cause her to believe I was dining
with the enemy to probably get to them. I have to be
more observant because it seems Vanessa has a way of
tailing us even without our tracks.
I am still unable to explain why I always fell the strange
need to protect Vanessa or is it to be around her.
Whenever she is close, I just lose myself to some forces
I can’t explain. That has to stop because I am certain I
am not in love with her, I don’t even like her. I will not
be a slave to some magic or whatever; I must be in
control of my feelings and mind. That’s what makes me
the leader of my home and wherever I find myself, I
must never discard the teachings of my father. For
now, I will see it to it that I and Claudia get to her
place where I can finally get answers to my questions,
no more Vanessa and her strange pull.
**********************************************
I woke up just before dawn to find Claudia still reading,
what’s in those books that won’t just let her be. I stood
up and did the regular washing and all. I changed my
clothes and set the bags on the horse. I wonder why she
didn’t get another horse, we are putting quite some
weight on this one and if we are in a situation where we
are being chased, it might put us at a disadvantage. I
decided to ask her why when I got back inside.
“I noticed you have avoided getting another horse which
would have helped in reducing the load, why is that?”
She stopped reading and faced me. For once, I actually
looked carefully at her face and it surprised me that I
didn’t get to see just how beautiful she is , up until
now. She has a round face with red, plump lips. Her
hair was brown and her eyes took the same colour, her
nose was small but straight. The light from the candle
seem to illuminate her face in a strange way which
made her brown eyes very bright. She is slightly thick
but it only added to her beauty. I wonder why I am just
seeing all this now. She seemed to notice I was staring
at her and that brought a little smile to her face.
“Well, I was firmly warned by Anna not to let you out of
my sight because you are unpredictable and both times
I have done that, you have done something silly. There
won’t be a third time, I will watch you day and night
till we arrive at our destination which shouldn’t take
more than a day,”
“I am not a child that should be watched, I am a grown
man who had a family till some days back. You are
getting a horse at the next town.” She smiled yet again
after my outburst and simply walked outside to mount
the horse.
I mounted on the horse too and followed a narrow path
at the back of the house. I felt like turning back but I
didn’t and continued down the path. We rode for quite
some time before we entered the main route that leads
out of town. All that time, Claudia didn’t say anything
to me, I thought of bringing something up but I
changed my mind. When the silence was becoming
unbearable, I decided to start a conversation,
“Where exactly is this place you are taking me?” I
asked.
“It’s the forgotten lands.”
“I know, why is it named that way?”
“It’s a place reserved for those who have decided to
serve humanity with their gifts. It was once called the
home of the guardians but as men and women of magic
decided to serve themselves instead of the society, the
once bubbling place become a shadow of what it used to
be. Now, the persons there are so few that the number
of houses are even more than the people living there,
it’s because of this it is now called the forgotten
lands.”
“ I take it that there will be more women than men
there.”
“I am sure that’s where your mind will drift to. Yes,
the men are quite few.”
“I thought I would be the only male. So, what made
decide to serve humanity rather than yourself?”
“Well, I think it was because my gift was unique. I see
visions once in a while and I tend to be able to read and
Interpret prophecies but I do not write. The gift of
writing prophecies hasn’t been seen in anyone in a very
long time. My gift itself is very rare and most powerful
wizards will kill to have what I carry as one can make a
lot of gold interpreting prophecies from books and
whatever materials they have been written on. I was
attracted to the forgotten lands because of the huge
number of books they have on prophecies there. That
was the only place that could satisfy my thirst for what
I wanted.”
“ I take it that you never had it in mind to settle down
and raise a family.”
“I have never really liked the idea of raising a family.
There is no fun doing that, all you do is repeat the
same things over and over again till the day of death. I
don’t know how to take disappointments very well; I
tend to lose myself to my emotions all the time. If I am
with a man who has no gifts or even my children, I fear
that I might harm during one of my outbursts. I almost
killed my mum one night and when it happened a second
time, I knew I had to leave.”
“I am sorry to hear that. I noticed that your journey
routes seems to be taking us round the midlands, why
can’t we go north, instead of going round?”
“We can’t because the route to my home through the
north has been sealed off a long time ago. Don’t ask
me why because I do not know myself. i…………..”
Claudia was cut off by the screams of a woman.
CONTINUED
**************************
NYASA
**************************
I hid myself somewhere close to the edge of the woods.
I was able to see what was going on from where I was, I
saw Kieran speaking with a woman but I couldn’t see
the person. I tried shifting from one end to another
but it seems he was blocking from seeing the woman
intentionally. They spoke for a while before she walked
back in. From her back view, I could tell that she
wasn’t an old woman. Her walk was steady and her feet
firm on the ground. Her hips moved rhythmically and I
must admit that she has got some on her. This wasn’t
the grace of an old woman; she must be a witch for her
to be able to change her body shape at will. But her
gift is quite different from the normal witches; I
wonder what sort of a witch she is. Kieran later
followed her in but not after looking back at the woods,
probably hoping I was out of sight. He shouldn’t be
worried about me; I can take care of myself when it
comes to fighting with a witch.
Soon, it was dark and when I was sure that they were
asleep, I brought out the travel book and started
writing to my master:
“I have been tailing them as you asked. They are now in
Aydridrill, I am not certain of where they are headed
but I know it’s not the midlands. They are only passing
through. I was able to find out that the man’s name is
Kieran and the woman who isn’t old has a special kind of
gift. One I haven’t sensed before.” I dropped the
feather and left the book opened just in case he replies
me. , Master didn’t look like replying anytime soon so I
decided to leave my hiding place and move a little close
to the cabin. I moved close to the house and found
most of it to be dark. I had to tread carefully though
as the surroundings of the cabin had no trees for cover
should any of them decide to come out. I saw a dim
light coming from one of the little windows, I walked
slowly to the window where the light was coming from
and there I was able to see that it was the woman
reading a book. She had her back facing the window
which was quite silly to me. I mean what if someone had
intentions of attacking her, how would she see the
attack coming. I was upset because I still couldn’t see
her face, why is that so impossible. I couldn’t see
Kieran but I knew he was somewhere in the room. I
waited where I was for sometime in the hope that I
might get to see the woman’s face or get to know
where they were headed.
I waited in vain as I didn’t get any of what I wanted.
When it was close to dawn, I returned to my hiding
place to find a message from master.
“That’s what I wanted from you. Keep on watching and
when you are certain of where they are headed, let me
know.” I closed the book and returned it to my bag. As
soon as the sun was out, I saw them both walk out from
the cabin and mounted the horse. Once again, I couldn’t
see her face as she was putting on a cloak. I was
getting frustrated with my inability to get more
information. They didn’t return to the route in which
they used in getting to the house, instead, they
followed a path that goes through the back of the
house.
“Fvck you both” I swore within me because my horse was
a bit far from where I was and by the time I get back,
they must have put some distance between me and
them. I was dirty and sweaty as I haven’t had a proper
bath for some time now. When they were out of sight, I
ran as fast as I could to where I tied my horse but I
was surprised to find an empty tree. This couldn’t be as
this was the tree I tied the horse to, I checked for
tracks for where the horse could have gone but I
couldn’t find any. It was like the horse untied itself
and disappeared. This must be the work of thieves but
then who would come to this abandoned part of town to
steal, something is not right here. I was getting really
frustrated with how careless I have become. How do I
hope to get my black leather back, how do I explain to
master that I lost my identity, this is getting
unbecoming of me.
I snapped out of my thoughts when I sensed the gift of
someone close by, whoever took my horse was still very
much around. I followed the beacon of the gift, careful
not to make a sound and I soon found a gathering of
people. They were about ten in number, they sat around
a fire that was roasting some kind of meat, and at the
tail end of their little circle was my horse. My heart
leaped for joy, at least my things are still intact, I just
have to find a way to get to it before they do. I
waited for a while to see if there were any more of
them but when no one showed up apart from those
seated on the ground, I decided to go for my horse. I
moved swiftly but carefully as I didn’t want to cause
them to look away from their meal. They were talking
about some of their adventures which unsurprisingly
centred on the many wh0res they have fvcked.
Their accent was strange to me and was unable to tell
where they hailed from. I was now some steps away
from my horse; I stopped walking and checked around
for any traps. There weren’t, so I moved to where my
horse was and started untying it, I was done and had
almost started moving it away from where it was when
suddenly one of them stood up for whatever reason.
Our eyes met and he immediately screamed that
someone was stealing the horse. How could I possibly
steal my horse, the rest of them quickly got up and
started looking for their weapons. I mounted my horse
and rode into the woods before they got themselves.
Soon, I heard the sound of horses behind me; I hit my
horse to go faster. I made sure I avoided the main path
as I didn’t want to be hit by one of their weapons.
Being in the woods will prevent them from shooting
accurately and will just make them follow me.
Soon, I got to the cabin and I quickly followed the path
Kieran rode a while ago. I knew I shouldn’t be riding
through that path as I would lead them straight to him
but I had no choice. I didn’t have the strength to best
ten men alone and going back to town was a bad choice
as I would have been caught before I got any help. The
path was very narrow and this time, Kieran didn’t cover
their tracks which made it quite easy for me to follow
them. The path soon led to another bigger one and this
became trouble for me as the men started shooting
arrows desperately at me. I did my best to evade them
but I couldn’t do that to all of them.
Eventually, I got hit on my right shoulder, the pain was
excruciating, still I kept riding but when another hit my
left shoulder, I couldn’t hold it anymore, I screamed
with all I had, hoping I would be heard by Kieran. Their
shootings showed that they didn’t want me dead but I
knew that if they didn’t get to me sooner, they might
change their minds.
They started shooting my horse when they saw that I
wasn’t going to stop. The horse held on for a while but
the shootings got to it, which made it collapse to the
ground. I got off the dead animal, and started running
but I didn’t get far as I was quickly surrounded by the
strange looking men. As I looked around me, I cursed
myself for getting carried by a man. My carelessness
caused all this and I only have myself to blame.
**************************
NYASA
**************************
I hid myself somewhere close to the edge of the woods.
I was able to see what was going on from where I was, I
saw Kieran speaking with a woman but I couldn’t see
the person. I tried shifting from one end to another
but it seems he was blocking from seeing the woman
intentionally. They spoke for a while before she walked
back in. From her back view, I could tell that she
wasn’t an old woman. Her walk was steady and her feet
firm on the ground. Her hips moved rhythmically and I
must admit that she has got some on her. This wasn’t
the grace of an old woman; she must be a witch for her
to be able to change her body shape at will. But her
gift is quite different from the normal witches; I
wonder what sort of a witch she is. Kieran later
followed her in but not after looking back at the woods,
probably hoping I was out of sight. He shouldn’t be
worried about me; I can take care of myself when it
comes to fighting with a witch.
Soon, it was dark and when I was sure that they were
asleep, I brought out the travel book and started
writing to my master:
“I have been tailing them as you asked. They are now in
Aydridrill, I am not certain of where they are headed
but I know it’s not the midlands. They are only passing
through. I was able to find out that the man’s name is
Kieran and the woman who isn’t old has a special kind of
gift. One I haven’t sensed before.” I dropped the
feather and left the book opened just in case he replies
me. , Master didn’t look like replying anytime soon so I
decided to leave my hiding place and move a little close
to the cabin. I moved close to the house and found
most of it to be dark. I had to tread carefully though
as the surroundings of the cabin had no trees for cover
should any of them decide to come out. I saw a dim
light coming from one of the little windows, I walked
slowly to the window where the light was coming from
and there I was able to see that it was the woman
reading a book. She had her back facing the window
which was quite silly to me. I mean what if someone had
intentions of attacking her, how would she see the
attack coming. I was upset because I still couldn’t see
her face, why is that so impossible. I couldn’t see
Kieran but I knew he was somewhere in the room. I
waited where I was for sometime in the hope that I
might get to see the woman’s face or get to know
where they were headed.
I waited in vain as I didn’t get any of what I wanted.
When it was close to dawn, I returned to my hiding
place to find a message from master.
“That’s what I wanted from you. Keep on watching and
when you are certain of where they are headed, let me
know.” I closed the book and returned it to my bag. As
soon as the sun was out, I saw them both walk out from
the cabin and mounted the horse. Once again, I couldn’t
see her face as she was putting on a cloak. I was
getting frustrated with my inability to get more
information. They didn’t return to the route in which
they used in getting to the house, instead, they
followed a path that goes through the back of the
house.
“Fvck you both” I swore within me because my horse was
a bit far from where I was and by the time I get back,
they must have put some distance between me and
them. I was dirty and sweaty as I haven’t had a proper
bath for some time now. When they were out of sight, I
ran as fast as I could to where I tied my horse but I
was surprised to find an empty tree. This couldn’t be as
this was the tree I tied the horse to, I checked for
tracks for where the horse could have gone but I
couldn’t find any. It was like the horse untied itself
and disappeared. This must be the work of thieves but
then who would come to this abandoned part of town to
steal, something is not right here. I was getting really
frustrated with how careless I have become. How do I
hope to get my black leather back, how do I explain to
master that I lost my identity, this is getting
unbecoming of me.
I snapped out of my thoughts when I sensed the gift of
someone close by, whoever took my horse was still very
much around. I followed the beacon of the gift, careful
not to make a sound and I soon found a gathering of
people. They were about ten in number, they sat around
a fire that was roasting some kind of meat, and at the
tail end of their little circle was my horse. My heart
leaped for joy, at least my things are still intact, I just
have to find a way to get to it before they do. I
waited for a while to see if there were any more of
them but when no one showed up apart from those
seated on the ground, I decided to go for my horse. I
moved swiftly but carefully as I didn’t want to cause
them to look away from their meal. They were talking
about some of their adventures which unsurprisingly
centred on the many wh0res they have fvcked.
Their accent was strange to me and was unable to tell
where they hailed from. I was now some steps away
from my horse; I stopped walking and checked around
for any traps. There weren’t, so I moved to where my
horse was and started untying it, I was done and had
almost started moving it away from where it was when
suddenly one of them stood up for whatever reason.
Our eyes met and he immediately screamed that
someone was stealing the horse. How could I possibly
steal my horse, the rest of them quickly got up and
started looking for their weapons. I mounted my horse
and rode into the woods before they got themselves.
Soon, I heard the sound of horses behind me; I hit my
horse to go faster. I made sure I avoided the main path
as I didn’t want to be hit by one of their weapons.
Being in the woods will prevent them from shooting
accurately and will just make them follow me.
Soon, I got to the cabin and I quickly followed the path
Kieran rode a while ago. I knew I shouldn’t be riding
through that path as I would lead them straight to him
but I had no choice. I didn’t have the strength to best
ten men alone and going back to town was a bad choice
as I would have been caught before I got any help. The
path was very narrow and this time, Kieran didn’t cover
their tracks which made it quite easy for me to follow
them. The path soon led to another bigger one and this
became trouble for me as the men started shooting
arrows desperately at me. I did my best to evade them
but I couldn’t do that to all of them.
Eventually, I got hit on my right shoulder, the pain was
excruciating, still I kept riding but when another hit my
left shoulder, I couldn’t hold it anymore, I screamed
with all I had, hoping I would be heard by Kieran. Their
shootings showed that they didn’t want me dead but I
knew that if they didn’t get to me sooner, they might
change their minds.
They started shooting my horse when they saw that I
wasn’t going to stop. The horse held on for a while but
the shootings got to it, which made it collapse to the
ground. I got off the dead animal, and started running
but I didn’t get far as I was quickly surrounded by the
strange looking men. As I looked around me, I cursed
myself for getting carried by a man. My carelessness
caused all this and I only have myself to blame.
CONTINUED
**************************
KIERAN
**************************
I stopped the horse and asked myself why Vanessa
would be screaming, revealing herself. What sort of a
dumb spy is she anyway, I was really getting really
tired of her, and she isn’t really worth the trouble. I
came from the horse and decided to find out what’s
with her; probably she has gotten herself into some real
trouble. I expected Claudia to say something but she
just stared at me, I could tell she knew it was my
w.hore calling again. I looked away from her and walked
the horse to one of the trees where I tied it. I didn’t
want to say anything because I was really ashamed of
myself and most importantly, I didn’t want Claudia to
see Vanessa, she might get to her for whom she truly
is. I set off to the direction when I was certain Claudia
won’t be coming, as I ran , I looked around me for
something I could use as weapon just in case she was in
trouble. I didn’t get to take my bow and arrows
because of the attack from Lucien’s men at the inn. I
saw a fallen tree branch; I stopped and decided to
break off the unwanted part that was when I saw an
arrow stuck to a tree.
Actually, the arrows were more than one. Someone just
shot the arrows as they weren’t here when we rode
through this path a while back. Vanessa is in some real
trouble then, I thought of going to get Claudia as it
wouldn’t be safe leaving her there with only Magic to
defend herself. I couldn’t be trying be to save someone
I shouldn’t even be saving and leave the more
important one in danger. Just as I was set to go after
recovering some more arrows from the trees at the
other end of the tree, which means the shooters were
at least more than three and were quite relentless. I
saw Claudia heading towards my direction; she was
running a little which made her breasts go….. I removed
such thoughts from my mind immediately I saw her
face- it was monstrous. She was really angry and I
couldn’t tell if it was because of me.
“I guess you were right, some dangerous people
followed her as she tailed me for whatever reasons.
They must have captured and probably started
torturing her, hence the screams.”
“We both know the reason she was tailing you, do stop
the pretence.”
I ignored her and started looking for tracks that
didn’t belong to us as I didn’t clean ours off the road.
I decided to continue my search from the woods as I
felt these persons might be watching from somewhere.
“What is this woman to you that she can’t seem to let
you be and you are unable to do the same either.” I
didn’t answer so she continued.
“A wh0re’s business is to fvck and not run after
customers, or did you fvck so well she forgot her trade
rules. I am sure she is more than that; you are keeping
the truth from me. Well, that won’t be for long as I
intend to meet this woman and talk some sense into
her. That’s if she is still alive.” I ignored her all
through her little speech and continued looking for what
shouldn’t be on the ground. After walking for some
time, I found the place she was probably caught. They
were a lot of tracks there but they were mostly that of
horses, and in the middle was one of a woman, because
of the size. There was nothing other than that there,
which suggests the men managed to take her without
coming down from their horses. That won’t matter
though as the tracks of their horses would do the
telling.
I moved along the path, careful now as her captors
could be anywhere. We soon arrived at where her horse
was killed, the beast was beautiful though.
“Such a waste.” I heard Claudia say.
We followed the tracks of the many horses till it led us
back to the cabin where we heard voices. I stopped
Claudia and told her to remain where she was. She
didn’t like that and sought to continue following but I
insisted. I took the arrows and walked through the
woods until I was able to see the cabin from where I
was. I watched for some time and discovered that they
were two men at the door to the cabin, which meant
the others were inside. I couldn’t attack head on as
that will cause me to reveal myself and I couldn’t wait
till night as I know they would have done some vile
things to her before then. I decided to distract the
men but Claudia stopped me and said she had a plan. I
was furious at first with her for leaving where I asked
her to stay put, but she ignored me and went towards
the men at the door carrying some plants.
“Who might you be, old woman?” I heard one of them
say with a very weird accent. Claudia has changed her
look so fast.
“I should ask you that, young men. What are you both
doing at my door?”
“Oh…..you live here?” I heard another ask before
laughing. I wonder what was so amusing about
everything. Suddenly, I saw the door of the cabin open
and a big, tall man came out and asked what was
amusing both men. They kept quiet immediately and
looked towards where Claudia was standing.
“Hmmm….What strange gift do you carry there, old
wo…………” Claudia didn’t allow him finish his sentence
before throwing into the cabin by waving her right arm.
The two door men rushed at Claudia after seeing that,
removing their swords from their sheaths as they ran
but they soon crumble to do the ground as I heard
their necks snapped. I came out of my hiding place
when I saw where the fight was heading. The remaining
men came out from the cabin led by the big man who
must have recovered from the crash. He administered
the same treatment that Claudia did and she flew,
crashing into me. I pushed her wrinkled body off me
just in time to block the same blue flames at the inn
again. I took the whole blast before standing to my
feet. Claudia was screaming about pains in her back but
I was more interested in the shocked look on their
faces.
“Leave the woman, get the man. He is what we seek.”
The big man barked before going back in. I geared
myself ready for battle as I would finally get to put
my anger into something useful. The first came at me
with his sword but I missed his wild swing before
burying an arrow to his neck. The remaining six decided
to come in twos, I took up the dead man’s sword and
threw an arrow at the man closest to me. He thwarted
the arrow aside while I battled the other one. This one
was a fighter though but I had to get rid of him quickly
before the others join him. I drove my sword into him
after catching the hand that wields his sword. The one I
threw at an arrow at came after me when he saw I
hadn’t removed my sword yet from his compatriot. I
moved back due to his incessant swings, I stopped
moving and he thought wise to come after directly. He
struck his sword with his whole weight behind it; he
missed the target and lost his balance in the process. I
reacted quickest by burying the last arrow to his
shoulder before stepping on right knee, breaking it in
the process.
The others came at me but before they reached me,
they collapsed with their necks looking to the extreme
left of their target. I guess Claudia was getting tired
of the bloody show. The big man came out with Vanessa
who was looking really bad with her clothes torn in
different places, especially around her breasts.
“I assume you are both here for her. I will kill her if
the man doesn’t surrender to me.”
I didn’t say anything and I pulled Claudia to me, which
surprised her. We remained that way and when the man
saw that I wasn’t forth coming; he threw Vanessa to
the ground out of anger and pointed his hands at her.
“I will burn her while you watch, surrender to me now.”
I stayed put and the man stretched forth hands, blue
flames emerged which he threw at Vanessa. Claudia was
trying to get away from to help Vanessa but I held on
tight to her. The flames redirected back to its creator
as soon as it got too close to Vanessa. The flames burnt
the man to the ground; there was nothing of him after
it was done. Claudia pushed me away from her and
quickly performed the spell that changed her back to
her real self.
How was she able to do it so quick the other time, I
wondered. She ran towards Vanessa and looked deeply
into her eyes. She didn’t find what she was looking for
and quickly took holds of Vanessa’s hair, tossing it here
and there, looking for something. She finally found her
treasure and looked straight at me with mean looking
eyes after;
“Your wh0re is the mad king’s spy and yet you couldn’t
tell me. Are you…………just start talking Boy, before I
do the unthinkable.” She threatened.
**************************
KIERAN
**************************
I stopped the horse and asked myself why Vanessa
would be screaming, revealing herself. What sort of a
dumb spy is she anyway, I was really getting really
tired of her, and she isn’t really worth the trouble. I
came from the horse and decided to find out what’s
with her; probably she has gotten herself into some real
trouble. I expected Claudia to say something but she
just stared at me, I could tell she knew it was my
w.hore calling again. I looked away from her and walked
the horse to one of the trees where I tied it. I didn’t
want to say anything because I was really ashamed of
myself and most importantly, I didn’t want Claudia to
see Vanessa, she might get to her for whom she truly
is. I set off to the direction when I was certain Claudia
won’t be coming, as I ran , I looked around me for
something I could use as weapon just in case she was in
trouble. I didn’t get to take my bow and arrows
because of the attack from Lucien’s men at the inn. I
saw a fallen tree branch; I stopped and decided to
break off the unwanted part that was when I saw an
arrow stuck to a tree.
Actually, the arrows were more than one. Someone just
shot the arrows as they weren’t here when we rode
through this path a while back. Vanessa is in some real
trouble then, I thought of going to get Claudia as it
wouldn’t be safe leaving her there with only Magic to
defend herself. I couldn’t be trying be to save someone
I shouldn’t even be saving and leave the more
important one in danger. Just as I was set to go after
recovering some more arrows from the trees at the
other end of the tree, which means the shooters were
at least more than three and were quite relentless. I
saw Claudia heading towards my direction; she was
running a little which made her breasts go….. I removed
such thoughts from my mind immediately I saw her
face- it was monstrous. She was really angry and I
couldn’t tell if it was because of me.
“I guess you were right, some dangerous people
followed her as she tailed me for whatever reasons.
They must have captured and probably started
torturing her, hence the screams.”
“We both know the reason she was tailing you, do stop
the pretence.”
I ignored her and started looking for tracks that
didn’t belong to us as I didn’t clean ours off the road.
I decided to continue my search from the woods as I
felt these persons might be watching from somewhere.
“What is this woman to you that she can’t seem to let
you be and you are unable to do the same either.” I
didn’t answer so she continued.
“A wh0re’s business is to fvck and not run after
customers, or did you fvck so well she forgot her trade
rules. I am sure she is more than that; you are keeping
the truth from me. Well, that won’t be for long as I
intend to meet this woman and talk some sense into
her. That’s if she is still alive.” I ignored her all
through her little speech and continued looking for what
shouldn’t be on the ground. After walking for some
time, I found the place she was probably caught. They
were a lot of tracks there but they were mostly that of
horses, and in the middle was one of a woman, because
of the size. There was nothing other than that there,
which suggests the men managed to take her without
coming down from their horses. That won’t matter
though as the tracks of their horses would do the
telling.
I moved along the path, careful now as her captors
could be anywhere. We soon arrived at where her horse
was killed, the beast was beautiful though.
“Such a waste.” I heard Claudia say.
We followed the tracks of the many horses till it led us
back to the cabin where we heard voices. I stopped
Claudia and told her to remain where she was. She
didn’t like that and sought to continue following but I
insisted. I took the arrows and walked through the
woods until I was able to see the cabin from where I
was. I watched for some time and discovered that they
were two men at the door to the cabin, which meant
the others were inside. I couldn’t attack head on as
that will cause me to reveal myself and I couldn’t wait
till night as I know they would have done some vile
things to her before then. I decided to distract the
men but Claudia stopped me and said she had a plan. I
was furious at first with her for leaving where I asked
her to stay put, but she ignored me and went towards
the men at the door carrying some plants.
“Who might you be, old woman?” I heard one of them
say with a very weird accent. Claudia has changed her
look so fast.
“I should ask you that, young men. What are you both
doing at my door?”
“Oh…..you live here?” I heard another ask before
laughing. I wonder what was so amusing about
everything. Suddenly, I saw the door of the cabin open
and a big, tall man came out and asked what was
amusing both men. They kept quiet immediately and
looked towards where Claudia was standing.
“Hmmm….What strange gift do you carry there, old
wo…………” Claudia didn’t allow him finish his sentence
before throwing into the cabin by waving her right arm.
The two door men rushed at Claudia after seeing that,
removing their swords from their sheaths as they ran
but they soon crumble to do the ground as I heard
their necks snapped. I came out of my hiding place
when I saw where the fight was heading. The remaining
men came out from the cabin led by the big man who
must have recovered from the crash. He administered
the same treatment that Claudia did and she flew,
crashing into me. I pushed her wrinkled body off me
just in time to block the same blue flames at the inn
again. I took the whole blast before standing to my
feet. Claudia was screaming about pains in her back but
I was more interested in the shocked look on their
faces.
“Leave the woman, get the man. He is what we seek.”
The big man barked before going back in. I geared
myself ready for battle as I would finally get to put
my anger into something useful. The first came at me
with his sword but I missed his wild swing before
burying an arrow to his neck. The remaining six decided
to come in twos, I took up the dead man’s sword and
threw an arrow at the man closest to me. He thwarted
the arrow aside while I battled the other one. This one
was a fighter though but I had to get rid of him quickly
before the others join him. I drove my sword into him
after catching the hand that wields his sword. The one I
threw at an arrow at came after me when he saw I
hadn’t removed my sword yet from his compatriot. I
moved back due to his incessant swings, I stopped
moving and he thought wise to come after directly. He
struck his sword with his whole weight behind it; he
missed the target and lost his balance in the process. I
reacted quickest by burying the last arrow to his
shoulder before stepping on right knee, breaking it in
the process.
The others came at me but before they reached me,
they collapsed with their necks looking to the extreme
left of their target. I guess Claudia was getting tired
of the bloody show. The big man came out with Vanessa
who was looking really bad with her clothes torn in
different places, especially around her breasts.
“I assume you are both here for her. I will kill her if
the man doesn’t surrender to me.”
I didn’t say anything and I pulled Claudia to me, which
surprised her. We remained that way and when the man
saw that I wasn’t forth coming; he threw Vanessa to
the ground out of anger and pointed his hands at her.
“I will burn her while you watch, surrender to me now.”
I stayed put and the man stretched forth hands, blue
flames emerged which he threw at Vanessa. Claudia was
trying to get away from to help Vanessa but I held on
tight to her. The flames redirected back to its creator
as soon as it got too close to Vanessa. The flames burnt
the man to the ground; there was nothing of him after
it was done. Claudia pushed me away from her and
quickly performed the spell that changed her back to
her real self.
How was she able to do it so quick the other time, I
wondered. She ran towards Vanessa and looked deeply
into her eyes. She didn’t find what she was looking for
and quickly took holds of Vanessa’s hair, tossing it here
and there, looking for something. She finally found her
treasure and looked straight at me with mean looking
eyes after;
“Your wh0re is the mad king’s spy and yet you couldn’t
tell me. Are you…………just start talking Boy, before I
do the unthinkable.” She threatened.
CONTINUED
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HARRRISON
**************************
“You are to find a man who has been able to unlock his
ungifted powers. Bring him here without harming him.
Start your search from the Midlands. You must hurry as
there is little time left; the king needs the man
immediately. Take your best men and leave no trace
back to the king.”
That was the order given to me by the King’s wizard,
Merfisius. He didn’t need to describe the man to me as
most of us already heard of the rumours of a man who
was similar to the mad king of the south in power. He
was said to have a Mane like a woman, something which
is not strange in the land of the uncultured. I got my
things ready and sent for my men, we took the fastest
horses from the palace of the king and set for the
midlands which was half a day’s journey from our
location in the North. Most powerful men and women of
Magic felt the strange gift some days back. It was
quite the unusual surprise but I decided against going
for the man as most others did. We all know that the
strongest amongst us will succeed and of course kill
anyone who opposed them in any way. The man we seek
was said to have emerged from the kingdom of the
south which means that he will also be wanted by him. If
I can find whoever was sent by the mad king, it will
make my mission easier.
I have been hunting men now for the old wizard for
more than forty seasons and I have never failed him
once. A man travelling with an old woman shouldn’t be
much of a challenge. I had friends everywhere,
especially in the midlands as that was the place where
the gifted abided. There were few gifted ones in the
North and the reason for that is still unknown. Some
said most of the gifted ones moved to the midlands
generations ago, leaving plain humans to occupy the
North. Others said the north was cursed by very strong
wizards in ancient times for reasons we do not know.
Well, I was one of the few born with the gift and I
decided to use mine in finding humans like myself. It
was adventurous and it has brought me a lot of gold as
reward. I got to hayville late in the afternoon and
immediately set out for my friend who sells ale. There
is nothing that happens here that he is not aware of.
“Old friend, how do you do?” I screamed when I saw
him.
“The good spirits has surely been good with you. The
years haven’t been kind to you, though.” I laughed and
went straight to business.
“I have heard the rumours of a man with both sides of
the gift. He is wanted by very powerful people and I
have been paid handsomely well to find him. I was told
that he passed through this town, surely I am not the
last man to ask of a tall man with a mane travelling
with an old woman.”
“Indeed, I heard the rumours and very few have asked
that question. A woman particularly asked that question
about two days back, she asked a lot of people but they
didn’t have the answer.”
“I am sure you do.” “ Don’t flatter me, please. Men
with long hair are not quite seen around here and if
seen, they turn out to be the sons of the wealthy but
about three nights ago, I saw a young couple. The man
had a mane which was quite long and beautiful. I
initially mistook him for a woman until I looked well. He
was travelling with an even beautiful woman who had
the gift with her; the man was a normal human being.
They stayed at that inn over there and haven’t been
seen afterwards, the same with the woman who asked
for them.”
“Thank you for this old friend. You have been very
kind.” I kissed him before dropping some pieces of gold
with him. I headed straight for the inn and the man in
charge repeated almost the same thing my friend
already said. He said they went towards the path that
led out of town after I dropped two pieces of gold on
the table.
The path led to the quiet town Aydrindrill, where we
were told that a man fitting the description I relayed
to them went through the town square, towards the
abandoned home of the famous witch – Laura. We rode
all through the night and when we were close to the
cabin, we decided to set up a little camp. I heard the
sound of a horse and followed the noise. We found a
horse tied to tree with some load on it. I dropped my
things and searched through the bag, I found things
that belonged to a woman. This must be the things of
the woman tailing the man I seek. She tied her horse
here, which suggests that she is not far away and has
the intention to returning, probably with the man. I
told the men to set camp some distance from where the
horse was and take the horse with them. I smiled as I
didn’t need to do much anymore, the woman will surely
bring the man to us. Morning came and still the woman
was yet to show up, as time went I became restless and
the idle talk of the men with me didn’t help my mood. I
still don’t know why men boast of sleeping with women
who have been fvcked by the others like them. What is
the pride in doing the same thing someone has already
done, it has never made any sense to me. I was taken
away from my thoughts when I saw a shadow moving
quietly in the woods. The shadow was heading for the
horse which meant the woman had finally come. Just as
she was about to run away with her horse, I stood up
and raised my voice. Immediately, my men went after
her with me far behind in the pursuit. She smartly
avoided the path, and instead used the woods. This
made my men unable to shoot her; she passed through
the cabin and headed for a narrow path which later
lead to a bigger path. My men started shooting the
instant she exposed herself which must have been
desperation by her. I saw the tracks of a horse which
meant the path was just used by someone. The arrows
tore through her shoulders and after the same killed
her horse, she ran and was easily caught by our men.
“He will come for me, he will come for Me.” she kept on
repeating the same words. How could she be so sure the
man would come for her? She was taken by one of the
men and we headed for the cabin, waiting for her
knight to come save her.
She was tied and after questioning her without getting
any answers, I left her for the men to play with. I
waited patiently for the man and it didn’t take too
long as I heard laughter outside. I came out to find the
foolish men I told to report anything they saw laughing
at an old woman. I looked towards the woman and felt
the unusual gift she carried within her. I have never in
my years on this earth felt such unique gift, but the
woman didn’t allow me finish with my observation as she
threw me into the house. She must likely be a
sorceress; I quickly got up to my feet to see two of my
men fall like dead leaves from a tree. I returned the
favor back to her and she flew into the man I was here
to get. I sort to take the woman out of the show by
burning her with the cursed flames but the man
instead took the blast and I almost cursed my luck but
stopped when I saw the most remarkable thing ever.
The flames went off when they came in contact with
the man; I have never seen anything stop those flames
before. This must be why this man was so valued, if one
could have such powers, the limits one could go would be
immeasurable. I ordered the men to go for the man
instead and bring him to me. But it was of use as my
men seemed only good at fvcking rather than fighting,
they were easily bested by the man before they were
finished off by the woman.
I knew I was at the disadvantage as I couldn’t best the
man in a fight due to my age and having a sorceress by
his side didn’t really help me. I moved for the woman
we just captured and threatened to kill her if the man
doesn’t surrender to me but instead of pleading for
her, the man dragged the old woman to himself, telling
me I could do whatever I wanted with her. I became
angry and summoned the flames yet again which only
weakened me but the man looked on which made no
sense to me. Why come back for the woman and then
watch her die? I grew tired of holdiing back the
flames and hurled it at her and then watch to see her
burn to the ground. But yet again, I watched another
fascinating thing as the flames seemed to hit a wall
when they came close to the woman and came back
straight for me. I had little time to react before it
consumed me; I died wondering how I failed to realize
that the woman was a gordond.
**************************
HARRRISON
**************************
“You are to find a man who has been able to unlock his
ungifted powers. Bring him here without harming him.
Start your search from the Midlands. You must hurry as
there is little time left; the king needs the man
immediately. Take your best men and leave no trace
back to the king.”
That was the order given to me by the King’s wizard,
Merfisius. He didn’t need to describe the man to me as
most of us already heard of the rumours of a man who
was similar to the mad king of the south in power. He
was said to have a Mane like a woman, something which
is not strange in the land of the uncultured. I got my
things ready and sent for my men, we took the fastest
horses from the palace of the king and set for the
midlands which was half a day’s journey from our
location in the North. Most powerful men and women of
Magic felt the strange gift some days back. It was
quite the unusual surprise but I decided against going
for the man as most others did. We all know that the
strongest amongst us will succeed and of course kill
anyone who opposed them in any way. The man we seek
was said to have emerged from the kingdom of the
south which means that he will also be wanted by him. If
I can find whoever was sent by the mad king, it will
make my mission easier.
I have been hunting men now for the old wizard for
more than forty seasons and I have never failed him
once. A man travelling with an old woman shouldn’t be
much of a challenge. I had friends everywhere,
especially in the midlands as that was the place where
the gifted abided. There were few gifted ones in the
North and the reason for that is still unknown. Some
said most of the gifted ones moved to the midlands
generations ago, leaving plain humans to occupy the
North. Others said the north was cursed by very strong
wizards in ancient times for reasons we do not know.
Well, I was one of the few born with the gift and I
decided to use mine in finding humans like myself. It
was adventurous and it has brought me a lot of gold as
reward. I got to hayville late in the afternoon and
immediately set out for my friend who sells ale. There
is nothing that happens here that he is not aware of.
“Old friend, how do you do?” I screamed when I saw
him.
“The good spirits has surely been good with you. The
years haven’t been kind to you, though.” I laughed and
went straight to business.
“I have heard the rumours of a man with both sides of
the gift. He is wanted by very powerful people and I
have been paid handsomely well to find him. I was told
that he passed through this town, surely I am not the
last man to ask of a tall man with a mane travelling
with an old woman.”
“Indeed, I heard the rumours and very few have asked
that question. A woman particularly asked that question
about two days back, she asked a lot of people but they
didn’t have the answer.”
“I am sure you do.” “ Don’t flatter me, please. Men
with long hair are not quite seen around here and if
seen, they turn out to be the sons of the wealthy but
about three nights ago, I saw a young couple. The man
had a mane which was quite long and beautiful. I
initially mistook him for a woman until I looked well. He
was travelling with an even beautiful woman who had
the gift with her; the man was a normal human being.
They stayed at that inn over there and haven’t been
seen afterwards, the same with the woman who asked
for them.”
“Thank you for this old friend. You have been very
kind.” I kissed him before dropping some pieces of gold
with him. I headed straight for the inn and the man in
charge repeated almost the same thing my friend
already said. He said they went towards the path that
led out of town after I dropped two pieces of gold on
the table.
The path led to the quiet town Aydrindrill, where we
were told that a man fitting the description I relayed
to them went through the town square, towards the
abandoned home of the famous witch – Laura. We rode
all through the night and when we were close to the
cabin, we decided to set up a little camp. I heard the
sound of a horse and followed the noise. We found a
horse tied to tree with some load on it. I dropped my
things and searched through the bag, I found things
that belonged to a woman. This must be the things of
the woman tailing the man I seek. She tied her horse
here, which suggests that she is not far away and has
the intention to returning, probably with the man. I
told the men to set camp some distance from where the
horse was and take the horse with them. I smiled as I
didn’t need to do much anymore, the woman will surely
bring the man to us. Morning came and still the woman
was yet to show up, as time went I became restless and
the idle talk of the men with me didn’t help my mood. I
still don’t know why men boast of sleeping with women
who have been fvcked by the others like them. What is
the pride in doing the same thing someone has already
done, it has never made any sense to me. I was taken
away from my thoughts when I saw a shadow moving
quietly in the woods. The shadow was heading for the
horse which meant the woman had finally come. Just as
she was about to run away with her horse, I stood up
and raised my voice. Immediately, my men went after
her with me far behind in the pursuit. She smartly
avoided the path, and instead used the woods. This
made my men unable to shoot her; she passed through
the cabin and headed for a narrow path which later
lead to a bigger path. My men started shooting the
instant she exposed herself which must have been
desperation by her. I saw the tracks of a horse which
meant the path was just used by someone. The arrows
tore through her shoulders and after the same killed
her horse, she ran and was easily caught by our men.
“He will come for me, he will come for Me.” she kept on
repeating the same words. How could she be so sure the
man would come for her? She was taken by one of the
men and we headed for the cabin, waiting for her
knight to come save her.
She was tied and after questioning her without getting
any answers, I left her for the men to play with. I
waited patiently for the man and it didn’t take too
long as I heard laughter outside. I came out to find the
foolish men I told to report anything they saw laughing
at an old woman. I looked towards the woman and felt
the unusual gift she carried within her. I have never in
my years on this earth felt such unique gift, but the
woman didn’t allow me finish with my observation as she
threw me into the house. She must likely be a
sorceress; I quickly got up to my feet to see two of my
men fall like dead leaves from a tree. I returned the
favor back to her and she flew into the man I was here
to get. I sort to take the woman out of the show by
burning her with the cursed flames but the man
instead took the blast and I almost cursed my luck but
stopped when I saw the most remarkable thing ever.
The flames went off when they came in contact with
the man; I have never seen anything stop those flames
before. This must be why this man was so valued, if one
could have such powers, the limits one could go would be
immeasurable. I ordered the men to go for the man
instead and bring him to me. But it was of use as my
men seemed only good at fvcking rather than fighting,
they were easily bested by the man before they were
finished off by the woman.
I knew I was at the disadvantage as I couldn’t best the
man in a fight due to my age and having a sorceress by
his side didn’t really help me. I moved for the woman
we just captured and threatened to kill her if the man
doesn’t surrender to me but instead of pleading for
her, the man dragged the old woman to himself, telling
me I could do whatever I wanted with her. I became
angry and summoned the flames yet again which only
weakened me but the man looked on which made no
sense to me. Why come back for the woman and then
watch her die? I grew tired of holdiing back the
flames and hurled it at her and then watch to see her
burn to the ground. But yet again, I watched another
fascinating thing as the flames seemed to hit a wall
when they came close to the woman and came back
straight for me. I had little time to react before it
consumed me; I died wondering how I failed to realize
that the woman was a gordond.
CONTINUED
**************************
CLAUDIA
**************************
I was shocked to see the cursed flames return to its
creator as soon as it got too close to the woman. It was
one of the most amazing things come to life apart from
the other similar things I have been privileged to read.
This must be the reason behind Kieran’s strange decision
to hold on to me when I sought to help his wh0re, but
it’s very clear now that this woman was no ordinary
woman, much less a wh0re. She must be his protector or
something like that which is probably why he has
refused to say much about her. He let me go after the
threat which was the big wizard had disappeared into
nothing after his own flames returned to destroy him. I
ran towards the woman and instead of cutting her
free, I was more interested in who she was. I tried to
feel her gift by looking directly into her eyes but there
was nothing to feel because she had no gift. I was taken
aback by that because if such powerful magic as found
in the cursed flames could be wrestled from its creator
and controlled by her, she should have some portions of
both sides of the gift which isn’t too difficult to get.
In her case, there was nothing like that, she was empty
just like every other human who was ungifted. I looked
towards Kieran who didn’t deem it fit to come close to
the woman now that I was between them. I decided to
put one of my theories to use as Anna never told me of
any protector looking after Kieran, else his wife and
child would still be in the world of the living. I grabbed
hold of her hair rather forcefully as I was getting to
one of those uncontrollable outbursts of mine. I hated
secrets but puzzles drives me mad, I checked for any
sign of ownership burnt to her scalp as that was the
manner the rich in the south claimed property. I tossed
her hair here and there until I found it; a tiny black
horse which was burnt to the right side of her side of
her head, a symbol of the house of the mad king.
The discovery made me lose the little control I had and
I didn’t know when I threatened the man I should bring
home without harm. He didn’t answer my questions but
decided at that moment to go after one of the men he
didn’t kill. That action of his only increased my rage
which made me wave my right hand, taking him off his
feet. He landed and hit his back on a tree, fear
overcame my rage as I thought I had broken his back
with the way he hit the tree. My fears didn’t come to
pass this time when I saw him move and then after
some murmurs, he got to his feet. He was clearly angry
at what I did because I could see the wild look in his
blue eyes when he walked over to me.
“Anna will surely hear of this and I will surely return
the favor when its time, never forget as I always fulfill
my promises.” He said that and moved over to the man
who was still cursing us all this time in his language. He
ignored the woman who was signaling for us to set her
free and started questioning the man.
“Who are you and why did you want me?” the man
smiled and then spat at Kieran which didn’t help his
situation. Kieran was still angry at what I just did to
him and he poured his rage on the man. He took hold of
the man’s second knee and stepped on it. He repeated
the same thing until the knee broke to tiny pieces. He
repeated the same questions after the inhumane thing
he just carried out but the man was stubborn and still
refused to talk. Kieran picked up a sword from the
floor and ran the man through. He got up and went
towards the woman after pulling the sword out of the
man, I could see the fear in the woman’s eyes but I
knew Kieran won’t hurt her. He cut the ropes used in
tying her up and then walked away from her.
“I thought I was cold, well it seems you don’t have a
heart. You watched your sorceress treat me like shitt
and then when you finally remember I was still alive,
you set me free and walk away from me. I blame
myself for this, well, it won’t happen again. I should
never have gotten myself into bed with an unlearned,
wild, untamed animal as yourself.” She said that and
then walked into the cabin to probably change her
clothes but not before giving me a dangerous look. She
will most likely get back to me just as Kieran said he
would.
Kieran kept staring into the woods and he stayed that
way till the woman came out with a dress a little too big
for her but she didn’t seem to mind. She got on one of
the horses and rode through the path that went
through the back of the house. She spat at the
Kieran’s feet before leaving, the action didn’t move
him at all and when she was out of sight, he looked
away from the woods and went into the cabin. He
didn’t even look towards my direction, I thought of
apologizing for my reckless behavior but thought
otherwise as it wasn’t my fault. He was keeping too
many secrets and if those men had captured us because
of his inability to control his urges, it would have been a
different story all together. I waited for sometime
before going into the cabin too, I found him searching
through the things of the men, looking for something
that could tell us something about them. He searched
everything but he couldn’t find anything meaningful.
He left the cabin and started opening the clothes of
the dead men, checking their skin and hairs hoping to
find something but surprisingly, these men were clean.
No cuts or drawings were found on them which were
quite unusual; he slumped to the ground out of
frustration.
I kept quiet all through his search, I tried helping him
once but he forcefully took the bag I was looking
through from me which meant he was still angry. He
stood up after sitting on the ground for a while and
went towards one of the horses. He mounted it and
waited a signal that I should get on it. I mounted the
horse too and he rode through the same path the
woman followed. He stopped when he got to our horse
and asked me to come down. He spoke this time which
made me happy. I mounted mine and started riding
slowly along with him, smiling as I remembered when he
vowed that he was surely getting another horse; he does
keep to his promises. We rode at a slow pace for quite
some time and I wondered why he was doing so.
“The woman is no wh0re, she is a gordond and they are
only loyal to the mad king. If she wanted me, she would
have gotten me a long time ago and must have killed
you to get to me. I wasn’t certain until a while ago, she
has been asked to tail us, so for now she is not a
threat. I don’t have any feelings for her, so stop
worrying about that. She is still alive because she is not
a threat, the moment she becomes one, I will kill her
myself.” He said suddenly. I knew she was working for
the mad king but a gordond, I honestly didn’t know
that. This explains why Kieran didn’t want me to meet
her as I could have used magic against her and end up
hurting or even killing myself. He had his reasons but
then he should have told me something, what was that
when he said I should stop worrying about who he fvcks,
I honestly don’t care.
“Don’t flatter yourself too much, I don’t care who you
put your c.ock into.” He smiled after I said that and
then picked up pace. Why does he think I am lying, I
really don’t care or do I? I asked myself as I hit my
horse to go faster.
**************************
CLAUDIA
**************************
I was shocked to see the cursed flames return to its
creator as soon as it got too close to the woman. It was
one of the most amazing things come to life apart from
the other similar things I have been privileged to read.
This must be the reason behind Kieran’s strange decision
to hold on to me when I sought to help his wh0re, but
it’s very clear now that this woman was no ordinary
woman, much less a wh0re. She must be his protector or
something like that which is probably why he has
refused to say much about her. He let me go after the
threat which was the big wizard had disappeared into
nothing after his own flames returned to destroy him. I
ran towards the woman and instead of cutting her
free, I was more interested in who she was. I tried to
feel her gift by looking directly into her eyes but there
was nothing to feel because she had no gift. I was taken
aback by that because if such powerful magic as found
in the cursed flames could be wrestled from its creator
and controlled by her, she should have some portions of
both sides of the gift which isn’t too difficult to get.
In her case, there was nothing like that, she was empty
just like every other human who was ungifted. I looked
towards Kieran who didn’t deem it fit to come close to
the woman now that I was between them. I decided to
put one of my theories to use as Anna never told me of
any protector looking after Kieran, else his wife and
child would still be in the world of the living. I grabbed
hold of her hair rather forcefully as I was getting to
one of those uncontrollable outbursts of mine. I hated
secrets but puzzles drives me mad, I checked for any
sign of ownership burnt to her scalp as that was the
manner the rich in the south claimed property. I tossed
her hair here and there until I found it; a tiny black
horse which was burnt to the right side of her side of
her head, a symbol of the house of the mad king.
The discovery made me lose the little control I had and
I didn’t know when I threatened the man I should bring
home without harm. He didn’t answer my questions but
decided at that moment to go after one of the men he
didn’t kill. That action of his only increased my rage
which made me wave my right hand, taking him off his
feet. He landed and hit his back on a tree, fear
overcame my rage as I thought I had broken his back
with the way he hit the tree. My fears didn’t come to
pass this time when I saw him move and then after
some murmurs, he got to his feet. He was clearly angry
at what I did because I could see the wild look in his
blue eyes when he walked over to me.
“Anna will surely hear of this and I will surely return
the favor when its time, never forget as I always fulfill
my promises.” He said that and moved over to the man
who was still cursing us all this time in his language. He
ignored the woman who was signaling for us to set her
free and started questioning the man.
“Who are you and why did you want me?” the man
smiled and then spat at Kieran which didn’t help his
situation. Kieran was still angry at what I just did to
him and he poured his rage on the man. He took hold of
the man’s second knee and stepped on it. He repeated
the same thing until the knee broke to tiny pieces. He
repeated the same questions after the inhumane thing
he just carried out but the man was stubborn and still
refused to talk. Kieran picked up a sword from the
floor and ran the man through. He got up and went
towards the woman after pulling the sword out of the
man, I could see the fear in the woman’s eyes but I
knew Kieran won’t hurt her. He cut the ropes used in
tying her up and then walked away from her.
“I thought I was cold, well it seems you don’t have a
heart. You watched your sorceress treat me like shitt
and then when you finally remember I was still alive,
you set me free and walk away from me. I blame
myself for this, well, it won’t happen again. I should
never have gotten myself into bed with an unlearned,
wild, untamed animal as yourself.” She said that and
then walked into the cabin to probably change her
clothes but not before giving me a dangerous look. She
will most likely get back to me just as Kieran said he
would.
Kieran kept staring into the woods and he stayed that
way till the woman came out with a dress a little too big
for her but she didn’t seem to mind. She got on one of
the horses and rode through the path that went
through the back of the house. She spat at the
Kieran’s feet before leaving, the action didn’t move
him at all and when she was out of sight, he looked
away from the woods and went into the cabin. He
didn’t even look towards my direction, I thought of
apologizing for my reckless behavior but thought
otherwise as it wasn’t my fault. He was keeping too
many secrets and if those men had captured us because
of his inability to control his urges, it would have been a
different story all together. I waited for sometime
before going into the cabin too, I found him searching
through the things of the men, looking for something
that could tell us something about them. He searched
everything but he couldn’t find anything meaningful.
He left the cabin and started opening the clothes of
the dead men, checking their skin and hairs hoping to
find something but surprisingly, these men were clean.
No cuts or drawings were found on them which were
quite unusual; he slumped to the ground out of
frustration.
I kept quiet all through his search, I tried helping him
once but he forcefully took the bag I was looking
through from me which meant he was still angry. He
stood up after sitting on the ground for a while and
went towards one of the horses. He mounted it and
waited a signal that I should get on it. I mounted the
horse too and he rode through the same path the
woman followed. He stopped when he got to our horse
and asked me to come down. He spoke this time which
made me happy. I mounted mine and started riding
slowly along with him, smiling as I remembered when he
vowed that he was surely getting another horse; he does
keep to his promises. We rode at a slow pace for quite
some time and I wondered why he was doing so.
“The woman is no wh0re, she is a gordond and they are
only loyal to the mad king. If she wanted me, she would
have gotten me a long time ago and must have killed
you to get to me. I wasn’t certain until a while ago, she
has been asked to tail us, so for now she is not a
threat. I don’t have any feelings for her, so stop
worrying about that. She is still alive because she is not
a threat, the moment she becomes one, I will kill her
myself.” He said suddenly. I knew she was working for
the mad king but a gordond, I honestly didn’t know
that. This explains why Kieran didn’t want me to meet
her as I could have used magic against her and end up
hurting or even killing myself. He had his reasons but
then he should have told me something, what was that
when he said I should stop worrying about who he fvcks,
I honestly don’t care.
“Don’t flatter yourself too much, I don’t care who you
put your c.ock into.” He smiled after I said that and
then picked up pace. Why does he think I am lying, I
really don’t care or do I? I asked myself as I hit my
horse to go faster.
