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...... .... I am really glad seeing your comments and likes... It's really been my drive.. But I won't be able to update till at least Monday or Tuesday next week... My laptop just crashed yesterday.... I really don't know what happened...
... I have been down since yesterday because of that... If I am unable to get it fixed after Tuesday, i will go back to my phone..
.. Please, you guys shouldn't be mad though, I will surely finish what I have started.......
.....love you all.....

Youngfalz:
Oga solo tommorow na my birthday oooo, xo i am expecting a special update tommorow

... .... Happy birthday bro..... Many more fulfilling years ahead...

boladex1:
Thanks Solomon for serving us lunch

.... ... You are welcome, bro.... Long time though....

Oladim001:
Mr solomonbrown, i sent a criticism to the last wolf forgotten mate and you've not replied me. Am still waiting oo. And i really love this story.

.... ... Thanks bro, I like your what you wrote.... There are quite a number of holes which were deliberately put there by me.... I didn't want to post the full story on Nairaland... Which is why I am filling those holes now... You will enjoy the book when it finally goes on sale..... Once again, thanks for the criticisms.....

Nkemjika913:
Bro,you sound like terry goodkind...you a fan?

... .... Yeah... I am a big fan....

Ipheyemmy01:
This is becoming serious and more suspense filled. The battle line between Claudia and Nyasa have bee being drawn, the battle for Keiran's good side. King Solo kindly go to any local joint of your choice and take one red wine and two plate of Isi-Ewu on my account. You are doing a great work. Thanks Bro...

.... ... Lol... You sure say you go pay... Thanks for the comment... I appreciate it... Keep reading....

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KIERAN
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“I am the hand that pulls the string,
I am the arrow that kills the game,
I am the game that can’t be seen,
What am I?” my daughter asked.


“Hmm…..hmmm.....your question is quite difficult to answer as it is not a straight riddle. I don’t think I have an answer to it.” I smiled and pretended to be thinking. Mellissa smiled and then chuckled after I started scratching my head and giving my wife eye contacts in my hope that she might help me. She just smiled and looked away from me after she got a glare from our daughter.


“Don’t be cunny like the fox, father. Look at me and stop seeking for help from mother.”


I smiled and then said,


“The hand should be the hunter, the arrow is the killer and the game that can’t be seen is the old one.” A scowl appeared on Mellissa’s face after what I just said which was a sign that I answered the riddle correctly.


“How did you figure it out?” she asked.


“I am a hunter, I should know my riddles.” I laughed after saying that and opened my arms for her to run into. She ran into me and later moved back, she stared at me for a while before she picked interest in playing with my nose.


“How did you come about that riddle, mother told you?” I asked.

“No, mother did not tell me anything. I created the riddle myself.” She answered and continued playing with my nose. I smiled and kissed her forehead before pulling her to me.


“You will become a better hunter than I am.” I whispered in her ear. She laughed and ran off to be with her mother.


I woke up with a start to find myself on a bed and the face of the beautiful witch staring at me. I looked around me to discover I wasn’t in the same room I was earlier. This room was a lot bigger than the other one and beautiful with ornaments and other things gracing the top of it. I was on a rather big bed and when I looked towards the window I saw a figure facing it and backing me. With displeasure written all over my face, I said,


“You used your filthy magic on me to get me away from someone who needed me. How did your magic get to work on me, anyway?”


“There are so many things you do not understand about magic. No worries, it will be our utmost pleasure to teach you to understand what you carry inside of you.”


“That’s enough, Ellen. You can leave now.” the figure facing the window finally spoke, the beautiful witch gave me a strange look before she stood up to leave, swaying her hips as she walked. She is quite the attraction, an extraordinary face and the perfect body.


“I will strongly advise you to stay away from that woman, she hates men and I wonder why she has taken to you long before you got here.” The strange figure continued to speak without deeming it fit to look at me while doing so.


“I know better, thank you.” I replied.


“Of course you do, which is why you brought in a spy with you and disregarded the rules of your hosts to get what you wanted.”


“She was dying and they seem to care more about your hatred for the woman than saving her.”



“There is a reason why they are despised. They have killed so many people and have left so many souls in anguish as you will soon come to know, in their service to their king.
Anyway, she won’t be here for long. There are more important issues that require our attention. You were dreaming a while ago and that was the last time you saw your family. Do you know why your daughter said anything about that riddle before you killed one of them?”


I was surprised she knew about my dream but killing the special deer was too much to take. I stood and went after her; I pulled her back and held her neck. I wanted answers to so many things and I needed no one’s help to tell me she was the Anna I seek. I was about to ask how she knew about the old one I killed when I stopped and moved back out of shock. The face staring at me was not one I expected to see.


“You….you…how can this be? You are the woman I helped once from being raped by some excited boys. How can you be Anna?......no…no…you have been watching me, it’s why you know about what I kill and a lot more I didn’t tell anyone. What do you want from me?” I asked out of frustration.
The unusually young, middle-aged woman turned away from me and went over to the bed.


“I have a lot to tell you which is very true but right now I need you to answer my question.”

“If you were in my dreams, you would know that I don’t have an answer to that question. I don’t know how she came about that riddle and I wish she hadn’t, probably she might still be breathing.”


The woman looked worried and started walking back and forth for quite some time before she said,


“I unlocked your gift by enabling you stray to where one of the old ones could be seen once in forty years. I felt the time was right for you and your gift to be one but I still don’t know how a very young girl like your daughter is able to say and understand such a difficult riddle. From the way she spoke, it’s quite clear someone was speaking through her but the identify of whoever it was still remains a mystery to me and if we don’t find an answer to that question quickly, we might have an unknown player in the prophecy.”


"What are you on about now, what has prophecy got to do with anything?” she shook her head before she answered,


“Your ignorance and unawareness is really a cause for concern. You want to tell me you didn’t know your daughter had the gift of sorcery and had the unique ability to not just read prophecies but also write one. The fault here isn’t her powers but the fact that she was too young to start using such powers. Someone was clearly using her to get to you, someone with powers like hers. She is dead now and the only other person we know of such abilities is you but we know now that’s not true. Someone is out there manipulating the prophecy to suit them and if they are not found out, we are in serious trouble.”

I couldn’t believe how blind I was not to know my daughter had the gift which must be the reason behind her death.


“What is this prophecy that you keeps you on your toes?”




“A prophecy that was discovered not too long ago talks about the return of the golden one who will seek to conquer all. He will be broken in the soul and will be out for vengeance. The prophecy had you in everything which is why I brought you here now to teach how to use your gift for good and not for evil. I have watched you all this time to make sure you do not walk the path of evil but it appears you are not the one in the prophecy and neither is the mad king – Lucien. The prophecy is directed at another golden destiny whom we don’t know yet but we are certain has been born. There is a lot to be worried about apart from saving a demon."

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....happy birthday..... Youngfalz......

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NYASA
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I felt someone hit me quite hard on my left arm, I wondered why and thought I was dreaming but when I felt water on my face like someone poured a whole pail of it on me. I knew I wasn’t sleeping and I opened my eyes to see the sorceress with Kieran. She was very angry and I wondered why she was. I looked away from her scary face and looked around me to discover that I was in sort kind of room, with the bed just opposite the window. How did I get in here and if Claudia is here with me, it means I am in the forgotten lands, guess the good spirits heard my prayers for them to provide a way for me. I saw some luggage on the floor which meant that it was Kieran’s room, he wasn’t in the room and I was left with an angry sorceress. Anyway, she knows she can’t harm me.


“Your plan came to fruition, didn’t it?” She said. I feigned ignorant and asked,


“What are you on about now?”


“Just stop with the pretense, you did all you did on the way here to make Kieran take you in here. You knew you couldn’t take all of those men but still revealed yourself when any dumb assassin would have remained in hiding until sure of victory. I saw you put yourself in harm’s way so that those men would walk on you. You did all that just to make Kieran believe you were protecting him and throwing your life away for him. You knew if you were terribly injured, he wouldn’t abandon you and will fight anyone to get to a place where you should never be in the first place. You used his goodwill against him and now he foolishly thinks he owns you when in truth you are only working for your evil master. You are cunny, repulsive as well as pathetic. I wish Kieran never found a way to heal you so that you could have been long dead, paying for your sins in the underworld. You gordonds don’t deserve to live after the horrible things you have done to so many innocents in your service to your king. I hope you will be ready to betray him when the time comes because I know you will and I also hope you will be the one to tell him how you and your fellow demons killed his family. How you set fire to his daughter and watched how his wife was raped till her death. Will you be able to tell him Because if you don’t, someone else will. You don’t deserve the goodness of a man you helped kill his only last saving grace, and yet here you are, well and sound, ready to continue with the work you have been assigned to. My hatred for you knows no end and I will make sure you do not hurt him more than you already have.”


She spat at my face before leaving the room. I sighed before getting up; I moved the thick cloth used to cover me to discover that I was actually naked. I wondered who might have removed my clothes and then it hit me that I forgot to take along my bag after I tied it to my horse. I slapped my head in disappointment, well, you can’t have everything. I had to get in here and if my precious cloth was the sacrifice, then so be it. I went to the wash tub where I washed myself and checked for any injuries, there were none. I took a great risk getting myself injured like I did, knowing that I couldn’t be healed by normal healers. I hoped that Kieran will discover his connection with me and healed me, from the look of my skin, I guess he did. I saved his life and he saved mine. I might have used his goodwill but it doesn’t matter as I must see to it that I fulfill the desire of my master. The witch said some troubling things though, how did she know that I was with my master when Kieran’s family was being mishandled by him. No one knows about our targets and who we go after, how then did she know of Kieran’s family?


Anyway, it doesn’t matter as I have no regrets to what I did, what happened just had to happen. I will always make my master happy before anyone else. I left the wash tub and searched for the cloth that was removed from me, I checked my trousers and found what I was looking for; my travel book. I smiled as I took one of the coats in the room and covered myself with it, the next thing I need to do is make Kieran hate Claudia and make him trust me. I need his trust and I have earned it.


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CLAUDIA
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As I charged towards where that filth was kept, I overheard Maureen in a conversation with one of the guardians. They were talking about the gordand and how foolish Kieran was to heal the woman who helped killed his family. I was shocked at such a discovery and tried my best not to scream. Kieran’s ignorance might just be his downfall, I will have to watch him even if he is safe here but he is not far away from trouble as long as that woman lives here. He is making enemies with those who will help him and becoming closer to those who killed his family and will surely kill him when the time comes.

She didn’t deny my accusations but kept a straight face. She still have her plans but I wonder why she seems to care deeply for Kieran or could that be one of the instructions given to her by her master. She has gone beyond watching him now; it seems she wants him to see her in another light, which explains why she slept with as soon as she met him and always appearing in his time of trouble. Surely, Kieran won’t see her as the killing demon she is any longer but one he can share his thoughts with. I can deal with an enemy who wants my friends dead but one that wants to be with my friends and in so doing, make me the enemy is one I don’t know how to deal with. Anna might have other uses for Kieran but as long as this woman is among us, such plans will come to nothing. I will make it my responsibility to prevent such from happening, after all my failure to see beyond the surface allowed her access into this place. I will redeem my image as well as protect the broken man.

marcusagrippa:
Hey Solomonbrown64, in your last update where you mentioned that Nero was "invisible" I think , from the context, you meant "invincible" I.e. indestructible.
Kindly confirm this.

..... ... Thanks... I will correct it.....

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MELFISIUS
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I woke up late into the night after haven passed out from the impact of the black lightening which was actually conjured by me. I guess this must be what that man meant by my brother being killed by his own flames. He must have hurled the flames at that strange woman and the thing redirected after getting too close to her just like in my case. She seemed impenetrable to magic and not physical attacks, her kind was quite rare. I tried to get up but I couldn’t as I had severe pains in my abdomen where the lightning struck me. I struggled to get back on my feet but later succeeded.


I checked how severe the injury was, it was quite terrible but it could have been worse if I didn’t protect myself. I was able to finish the spell required for my protection before it hit me. I looked around in the moonlight to see the dead bodies of my men, men who lost their lives and left behind their families all for the sake of getting another man just like them. I lost my brother because of the same man; I gritted my teeth and swore to kill this man myself. That had to wait though as I must return back home and relay the bad news to my king. He will be very displeased but there will always come another opportunity and this time I won’t lose. I took one of the abandoned horses and rode into the night.


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CLAUDIA
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I woke up to and opened my eyes but quickly closed them back as the bright lights from the oiled lamps prevented me from doing so. I waited a while before opening them again, I saw Melinda and Cecelia, two of the best healers we have in the family seated and watching me. I rubbed my eyes and sat up; I looked around me and found out that I was actually in my room. How could that be? The last time I was conscious, I was sailing straight for the woods where I hit my head on one of those trees. Kieran was in so much pain as the old man was taking his gift from him. If the man had succeeded, he should be dead and I should have bleed to my death and not lying on my beautiful bed.


“How did I get here?” I asked.


“The strange man brought you here, you were bleeding severely from your head and could have died if he hadn’t arrive when he did.”


“What do you mean he brought me here, he was dying? How could he have escaped that man’s
hold?”

They both looked confused after what I just said and faced each other before turning their attention back on me.


“You will have to ask the man himself because when he came, he looked fine.” Cecilia said after allowing her senior, Melinda answer my questions earlier. I nodded,


“Did he bring any person with him?”


“Oh yes, he brought a Gordond and even fought off Maureen in his attempt to carry the filth beyond the second gate. Mother is very angry with you because you failed in your mission. She will see you after she is through with him.” Melinda said before they both stood to take their leave. I kissed both their hands as it was customary here after one has been attended to by the healers. I got up and left for the wash room where I washed myself of more than two days dirt and as I did, I tried my best to explain to myself why Kieran will deem it fit for him to bring along an enemy of the guardians into their home and even fight one of the most senior of them here just to have his way. But that is just one of my major failings; my inability to bring Kieran safe and sound will surely be the major talking point in the next gathering. I failed to bring him home, I failed to protect him and I also failed to tame him. I will surely be a thing of mockery now among my fellow guardians. He actually fought Maureen, shame on me. I left the tub and wore my clothes as I intended to see one of the silly beings, the first being that spy from the south.


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ANNA
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Ever since I managed to get myself away from the vile land filled with so much innocent blood. It was a battle but I arrived just in time before the candles went off. I was happy that I was able to save Kieran and hoped that Claudia was up to the task. I waited out of anxiety and looked to my travel book every now and then. I got information as they travelled and I thought she was telling me the truth but it turned out she wasn’t. She hid the truth about the gordand and refused to tell me anything about. It felt really embarrassing when Maureen charged into my chambers enraged after what the wild man did to her all because of a person she considers as filth. She had always had issues with my leadership and this will give her the perfect landing for her to use against me for her claim on the table in the next gathering. She was right in her ranting though, what exactly was I doing inviting our enemies to our doorstep. She didn’t know the worst of it though, if she knew both Merfisius and Elphisius were both after Kieran then she would have called for a gathering immediately and I would be forced to vacate my office as mother for inviting two powerful kingdoms to our peaceful home.

She doesn’t know that and it will stay that way. I could fault Claudia for the disappointing manner in which she carried out the task given to her but her encounters made me aware of whom our true enemies were. The mad king sent a single person which means he wants Kieran watched, while the other king sent men after men until he sent the one time child prodigy – Merfisius, which showed his desperation. One wants the other watched to ascertain his levelof power while the other wants the power. But the troubling question is; what use will be Kieran’s power for an ungifted king?
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....... Lol... I am sorry about yesterday but a man has his needs..... Manage this one..

DandyPearl:
Hello SolomonBrown64,

During the time you were writing The Last Wolf Series, I wanted to send Anthea after you but I decided against it. But now you're making me reconsider that. Don't make me send another of Lucien's Gordongs after you.
By virtue of this give us another update

PS: All wetin I write up there na wash jare biko make una give us your loyal shidren update...

..... .... Lol.... I wish I could but I can't.. I am really busy and I am taking my time with this story.. Don't want to rush it like the last wolf...
.. I am sorry dear but the next update will have to come tomorrow.. Until then....

SPDAZZY:
Great one.

.... ... Thanks dear...

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KIERAN
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The beautiful sorceress refused to leave without me and continued to watch me hope for a turnaround to happen but the painful truth I refused to believe was that, Vanessa will surely die if nothing was done. Nothing could be done in her situation; the spell that made her invisible might turn out to be the one that might likely kill her. The spell doesn’t know good magic from bad magic, it goes against all magic. I still couldn’t believe it’s me praying that the servant of my enemy lives when I should have killed her long before now. Well, if I had, I would have been long dead, same with Claudia. I must do something, I can’t watch her die.

I stood up suddenly which startled the sorceress, I pulled down the thick cloth I used in covering her naked body and made sure I didn’t linger too long when I touch and moved my hands around her chest. The skin around there was flawless, I moved away from there and checked her knees and calves and they were all flawless. I covered her back and sat down wondering why her skin was smooth save for her recent injuries. She is sort of a female soldier and therefore must have done some secret missions for the king for him to have sent just her to tail me. Surely, in such missions, she must have been attacked by whosoever she was sent after, how come her body is that smooth? There were no scars, no cuts or history of injuries, if she wasn’t a fighter, one would take her for a princess or a concubine for the rich. As far as I am concerned, there is no fighter without scars, because those scars are their pride and legacy. Something isn’t right here, she must have found a way to heal herself and that ability is certainly not in her right now, somebody else did it for her. I looked towards the sorceress who had been watching me keenly all along,


“Tell me about the Gordonds.” I asked
She stared at me for a while before she answered me,


“They are ungifted females, selected by Nero himself after they have been subjected to inhumane treatments and every despicable thing one can only imagine. A spell which has never been seen up till this moment was performed on them; the spell makes them only loyal to one born with both sides of the gift. The emphasis was on those born with the gift as Nero knew of those who were able to do get both sides of the gift by taking from others. It made the well trained women only loyal to him and his son. No one knows why they were loyal to Nero, some say it’s because he was their creator. Regardless, they are only loyal to Lucien now and with them by his side and his unique abilities, he is practically invisible.”
Yeah, he is invincible with beautiful and extremely useful women like the gordonds, but if they are only loyal to him, where was it so easy for me to sleep with Vanessa. Is it because I share the same attributes as her king, we are both golden destinies.


“How do you channel your gift to heal someone?” I asked the woman.


“It can’t be done, there is no….”


“…………that’s not what I asked.” I said, cutting the woman off. She frowned as she didn’t like what I did; she looked even more beautiful after.


“All one has to do is transfer your healthy light into the other person, usually by touching the person.”


I nodded and took hold of Vanessa’s arm again, I called to my gift and did as she said but nothing happened. I repeated the same thing but nothing changed in Vanessa. The woman chuckled and shook her head after watching me fail a second time. I ignored her and rested my head on Vanessa’s right calf and closed my eyes as the scenes where we made love kept hovering in my mind. I remembered her reactions when I touched her nipples, when I kissed her neck, when I lingered around her thighs with my tongue. I chuckled as I remembered the look on her face when I inserted my tongue into her hole but the smile soon disappeared off my face when I suddenly felt some pains around my abdomen. I sprang up to my feet immediately but for some reason I held on to Vanessa’s arm. The pains continued and then they moved to my waist and then to my thighs which forced to go on my knees. I began to breathe hard and sweat profusely, the woman after keenly watching for sometime decided to pull off the cloth on Vanessa’s body instead of coming to my aid. She screamed a little and then covered her mouth, I looked at Vanessa’s body and I saw her skin returning to what it was when we made love a few nights ago.


I couldn’t believe what I was seeing, Vanessa was healing. I held on to her arm despite the excruciating pains and after a while, the pains stopped. The bleeding had stopped and the terrible cuts and her collapsed abdomen due to her broken ribs were restored to what they should be. I was happy even if she still hadn’t woken up, I tried to get up to get some water which I could use in cleaning her skin as the sorceress preferred to stare at her skin than do any other thing. I fell back to the ground as soon as I tried to get up, I tried again but I just crumbled to the ground this time. My new position made the woman focus and tried to help me up. The moment she touched me, I felt some tingling sensation moving from her touch to the rest of my body.


“You shouldn’t feel the pain of the one you are healing, that’s very strange. You are weak after using both sides of your gift at the same time. I don’t know how you were able to do it but you just saved a life.” she smiled at me before tossing my hair like I was a kid. I looked towards Vanessa’s naked skin and smiled but I soon fell asleep, I couldn’t tell if it was due to the sorceress’s magic or the amount of power I used in healing Vanessa but my heart was glad as I was able to save someone close to me for the first time in my miserable life.
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.... Abeg, make una manage this one... Happy Sunday folks.. .

VictorZeus:
Chai...Solo u'r just torturing me the way that Old man was torturing kerian... I need two updates tonight to quench dis torture. .

Mr brown am glued to my phone all day just to see an update... Keep it up brother...

..... ...... Thanks bro.... Keep reading.....,

prettyJoy22:
wow this is really nice, the op is a good writer. I could clearly picture all the characters and scenes in my mind. Nice one...

..... .... Well, thanks dear
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Chapter v ! ! !
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The Guardians
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KIERAN
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“Mother will like to speak with you, hunter.” Another one of those sorceresses was here to repeat the same statement already spoken by five of them. They seem to be hard of hearing, I decided to look at this one and give her my meanest look, and maybe she can finally get the message.

“I said I am not leaving this room until she is healed, are those simple words so fvcking difficult to under………” I was unable to complete my sentence when I turned to see face of the sorceress. The words were lost in my throat, my angry stare changed to that of awe immediately I set my eyes on her. I closed my opened mouth and quickly faced the window; I was rather ashamed at my inability to hide my surprise. I acted like a little child seeing the stars for the first time but it couldn’t be helped. I have never seen such a beautiful face before, I couldn’t continue screaming at such a perfect being.

“I want to be left alone.” I managed to whisper after finding my voice again. Moments later, I heard the door lock and I thought she had left only for me to see her right behind me when I turned from facing the window. I was surprised and just chuckled, and tried to look at everything but her face. She just stood there too and had this expressionless look on her face when I managed to look at it. I just couldn’t explain what was wrong with me, I wasn’t myself. Is this some kind of magic too? I walked away from her and sat beside Vanessa who was still asleep ever since she collapsed almost a day ago.

“She can’t be healed, magic cannot work on her and I am sure you are aware why that is so.” I heard the sorceress say and I just nodded.


I arrived in the forgotten lands just before dawn as I rode all night. I didn’t stop for fear that I might be followed by yet another person after my gift. I didn’t cover my tracks and my gift was still unlocked which means anyone could find me. Vanessa still hasn’t moved and Claudia was still bleeding from her head. As the sun drew closer to opening his gift upon the earth, I grew more scared that I might lose them as I felt I wasn’t still close enough to my destination. I kept on moving and as I passed a certain bridge which mysteriously disappeared as soon as I left it, a thick fog enveloped me. I barely managed to stop the other horse in time before I lost my sight as I couldn’t see anything due to the fog. I continued riding although slowly this time, I was defenseless and was in the company of two women with no idea of where they were. The only thing I could do was pray as I felt like a rabbit running into a trap after its home have been filled with smoke. After riding blindly for a while without hitting anything, I was forced to stop when a huge gate appeared from nowhere in front of me. I was scared at first with my heart beating fast against my chest. I calmed myself down and came down from my horse. I walked back from the gate to try and see where I could pass through but I failed to do because I couldn’t see enough. I was getting tired of all this as I feared that Claudia might bleed to her death. I tried once more time but I got the same result, I decided to hit the huge metal thing and hoped for an answer.


The moment my hand touched the gate, it opened on its own accord. I refused to be shocked by that and ran back to my horse, I mounted it and hit the other horse as I rode into the city. The fog was no longer there but I could tell it was close to dawn. The path I was riding in was unusually smooth and the few houses I saw had light in them, which meant people were still asleep. I didn’t ride for long though not that I knew where I was going to anyway. I was stopped by a man on a horse who asked me to follow him. I was reluctant at first but when I looked towards Claudia who was already turning pale, I followed the strange looking man who was wearing a black turnip. Was he a sort of prince or special kind of wizard or something? He led me to another part of the city which was quite deserted and looked dead. I rode for a while before going through another bridge that didn’t disappear. The bridge lead us to a huge compound filled with fragrances and scents. The moment I stepped into the compound, women of various sizes started running from every building in the compound and I wondered why they were running. They stopped when they were some distance from me, some of them screamed and some of them covered their mouth calling on the good spirits. I wasn’t interested in why they left their beds because it was clear most of them were sleeping before something made them leave their rooms. That thing couldn’t be me, it just couldn’t.

“Where is Anna?” I asked as I came down from my horse to bring down Claudia. The women stopped screaming and everywhere became quiet after I asked the question. I expected an answer but they were acting like I just said the most despicable thing ever,

“Where is Anna, one of your own is dying.” I said, still carrying Claudia. They still refused to answer, until I heard of them say,

“We do not call her by that name; mother is what we call her.”

“Well, I don’t what you call her; just tell her I want to speak with her. In the meantime, these women need healing; they are dying as we I speak.”
Two of the women along with the strange man came forward and carried Claudia to one of the buildings. Another two came with me to help Vanessa but moved back immediately they touched her.

“What is it?” I asked, a little shocked at their action.
They didn’t answer me but instead ran back to the crowd. I ignored them and carried Vanessa heading off to another building I saw but I was stopped from going any further by one of the women. She was short and lean but that didn’t stop her from standing up to me.

“You will not take that filth one more step into this compound. She doesn’t belong here and is a servant of our enemy. Take her out of here before I destroy her.” I ignored what she said and sought to go on but she stood her ground, I moved away from her but she followed me. I was getting impatient,

“Move woman, I don’t have the time for all this.” The women covered their mouth when they heard what I just said and that only made the woman angry. I took another step and this time she stopped by creating a wall between me and her. I became angry and I charged through the wall which surprised the woman, she moved back and once again resumed her position by standing in front of me. I grew tired of her shenanigans and called to my gift once more, a storm started building and when an enormous stream of lightening struck the space between the both of us, she screamed and moved out of my way. The rest of the women screamed and ran back the way they came. I looked for a building and saw one where they weren’t much light. I got in and found a room with a bed. I set Vanessa on the bed before shutting the door. I pulled off her clothes and covered her with a thick cloth.


No one came into the room until the sun was already out. I saw three women at the doorstep when I answered their knocks; they looked quite uncomfortable when they entered the room. i watched each of them fail to heal Vanessa because their magic just couldn’t seem to pass through to her. I shut the door after they left and took hold of her hand, praying to the good spirits to heal her but it didn’t seem so as her heartbeat kept getting slower, I was losing my protector.

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KIERAN
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Why can’t I just be left alone? Why do these people think they own me? They took my family, my life and my peace. Now, they are hurting my friends with this old man asking how his fvcking brother was killed. I should be asking why my innocent wife and daughter were killed in the most gruesome way. Claudia was right to be afraid of this man, he knows his magic well.

“Start talking, how did he die?” I kept my mouth sealed as I tried to stop the pains springing up from every part of my body. It was like my body was on fire and the fire was moving from part of my body to another. I didn’t know where I was anymore as the pains were starting to make me weak. A hard palm to my face brought me back to reality,

“Speak or I will do much worse to you.” he looked towards Vanessa who had her head bowed for reasons I do not know.

“Your brother left in a beautiful way, he was killed by his own flames.” I gave him an answer which seemed to only confuse him.

“What do you mean he was killed by his own flames?” I ignored him as the fire moved to my head. He hit me again on the face and this time I got angry. I am not his prisoner; neither have I done anything wrong, why then is he hitting me? His brother attacked me and due to his own failings, he got himself killed. How is that my fault?

“Ask your brother when you get to the underworld.” This made the old man really angry, he turned his palms which and then made a fist out of them before raising them up. A force from nowhere dragged me up, and then suspended me in the air. I was just been tossed around like a toy despite the fact I am told I carry within me an enormous amount of magic. Look at what an old man who should be on the path to the underworld with just a single fist to his head, just because he has the gift. I was a fool to have refused to believe in the existence of magic.

“Tell me now or I will cause the fire to merge with your gift which will surely make your blood boil. You will die due to the high temperature.”
I didn’t ask him to tell me how he plans to kill me; it seems he is more of a talker.

“How are you doing this? Attacks from magic shouldn’t be working on someone with powers like myself.”

“There is more than one route to a river and so it is for someone like you. You are an anomaly but it doesn’t make you immune to the elements of nature. Now, answer my question, you don’t have much time left in this world.” I am not immune to the elements of nature which means that he is not also immune which explains why he took care of Claudia first. He is not attacking with his own magic; he is just manipulating nature to fight me which explains his use of fire and air. If I can do the same too I can get us out of her but how? It seems you are a very hard man, well, I know how to break your likes. He turned his attention from me and looked towards Claudia. He snapped his finger and threw both his hands up; I heard screaming not just from her but from Vanessa too. He was doing the same thing he was doing to them to me but they were bleeding from their eyes, nose, ears, and mouth, he was killing them.

“Speak or you might have to tell them how sorry you are in the underworld.” He smiled after saying that. I have to do something really quick before he kills them. Two persons who I had deep feeling died by the hands of gruesome people such as this old man, I won’t let two innocent women die because of me, I breathed deep and spoke within me to my gift. I didn’t know what I was doing but I did something anyway as I was getting desperate. I spoke to the gift or whatever to help me control the elements just as the old was doing. It felt really funny to me but the situation I was in wasn’t. I got no reply at first but I later did in the form of lightening. Lightening fell from the skies and struck the man but he easily thwarted it aside. But it was enough to distract him and release me and my friends from his hold. He tried to re-establish what he started earlier but I would have none of it, I pushed my palms out which caused a force to emerge from it and threw the old man off his feet.

His men came after me but not before stepping on Vanessa as they ran. Their action made me mad with rage as I heard clearly, bones breaking in pieces as result of the impact. Why do the brute descend on the defenseless and the innocent? The bodies of my wife and daughter came rushing into my head and I let it stay this time. I screamed out of the rage that was making my body shake and my teeth gnash. An enormous amount of lightening came out of my hands and ran through the air, smoking the brutes till dead. I ran towards Vanessa and checked if she was still alive, she was. I thanked the spirits and turned my attention towards the old man who was still struggling to his feet. Claudia held her head and neck which meant she was fine. The man saw me coming and started whispering some words; I started screaming again and fell to my knees in pains and agony.

“You are a natural, I can’t wait any longer. I will have your gift here and now.”
I heard Claudia scream no and started running towards me but the man just raised her up just by the movement of his head and tossed her somewhere into the woods.

Every part of my body was burning; I felt my soul pulling out of me. I tried my best to resist him but I couldn’t, the man was just too strong and I was helpless before him. He looked up suddenly and then conjured another form of lightening from his left arm and hurled the dark thing towards something but the thing returned to him with the same venom it left and struck him really hard. He fell and I was released from his hold, I turned back as I struggled to my feet to find a horrible looking Vanessa who collapsed after battling to take another step. I ran towards her and carried her; I kept her on a horse and mounted another, dragging the other with me. I went in the direction of where Claudia was tossed praying to the spirits that her life should be spared. I found her on close to a tree with blood flowing freely from her hair. I came down and put her still body on my horse before mounting it again and directing the other horse too. I was struggling to move as fast as I wanted so I left the woods against my earlier resolve and went back into the path. I released the other horse as we picked up pace heading into the only place I could be safe – the forgotten lands.

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