Broken Destiny

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CHAPTER 1 ____________________________________________________ The Old Ones... __________________________________________________ The deer was so busy enjoying its meal; it didn’t hear the bend of my bow nor the whistling of my arrow gliding through the air towards its head. By the time the poor little thing noticed it wasn’t alone, it was too late. The arrow had hit its mark and the lovely deer was gone in seconds. I felt bad after what I just did and why I still get being pricked almost immediately after killing something still amazes me, considering the fact that I have been doing this for the last twenty years. I shrugged off the feeling as usual and slowly walked up to the dead animal. I pulled out the killing tool and wiped the blood off it before returning it to my quiver. It took me quite some time before I started the cuttings and all as the sheer beauty of the deer mesmerized me. The horns of the deer weren’t like the usual ones as this one had some peculiar curves. I wondered where I had seen such before but I just couldn't get a grip on it, and that it was particularly strange as I wasn’t the sort that forgets. Then it hit me; this was what was called the “old ones” as they were extremely rare to find and quite difficult to hunt. My dad once told me that killing any of this was the dream of any hunter. My dad was no ordinary hunter, he was the best of the best, but he was never able to kill any of these deer before his death. My joy knew no bounds as I quickly cut the animal limb by limb and carefully put the parts in my hunting bag. It was said that killing any of these deer brings good luck, though I am not a fan of superstitions and magic, but I couldn't help but hope that my wishes of having another child after my first six years ago will be finally answered. My mission for the day had been accomplished; it was time to begin the long walk back home. I headed home and that amazing feeling washed over me as I couldn’t wait to tell my beautiful wife and daughter the good news. I ran through the woods, scaring the little animals in the process. I still couldn’t believe it; I have done what no hunter has done in generations. Has it even ever been done? “yessssssss”I screamed and punched the air, tonight is going be wonderful. I soon stopped running and continued the journey home, walking. Soon, I was close to home as I could see our little apple farm, I stopped and plucked an apple, munching it and smiling as I felt like a god. But that smile soon came off my face as I noticed some weird tracks along the path to my cabin. I followed the tracks and tried to make meaning out of it as it seems the tracks started and stopped at the farm which didn’t make any sense. I was still trying to figure out what happened there when I saw a black substance on the ground. It was tar, what could such a thing be doing around here, I wondered . I got a little nervous and ran all the way to my cabin but there was no longer a cabin as what I once called home was a shadow of itself. My cabin had been set on fire and everything had collapsed to the ground. My bag fell off my hands as I was in shock. I left here a night ago and if my cabin was on fire, surely I would have seen the flames. Dear Spirits, what happened here? I ran quickly to see if my family was in the cabin when it was set a blazed or they were kidnapped. I silently prayed for the latter but it was not to be so, as I found my daughter burnt beyond recognition inside the cabin but her mother wasn’t beside her. “Mellissa!!!! “ I screamed my daughter’s name but she didn’t answer as she must have passed the threshold into the underworld long ago. I didn’t know how I was supposed to react and so I covered her with my coat and went in search of her mother. I looked around the area hoping to find something that might lead me to her as she wasn’t in the cabin. I searched and searched but I couldn’t find anything until for some reason I decided to look up and to my horror, there she was, hanging from a tree. The tracks that didn’t lead to nowhere finally made sense as it was right under there she was hanged . Tears ran down my eyes as I quickly climbed the tree to bring her down. Her eyes were wild open suggesting that she was watching something horrifying before her death, probably the fact that her daughter was being set on fire. No, it was something else as her clothes look ruffled. I pulled up her gown to discover that her trousers were ripped around her vagina. Katharina was raped before she was hanged. Who could have done this wicked thing to a harmless mother and daughter? I went back inside and carried my daughter out, placed her beside her mother. With tears flowing down my eyes, I stared at the still bodies of my last living family. In a night that was supposed to be for celebration, somehow it's now a time of grief. My luck still remains rotten. Once again, death has come calling and yet still, I can’t seem to stop it from taking the ones I love.

CHAPTER 1 CONTINUED KIERAN " .........Ethan!! alright, that's enough shooting lessons for the day. Kieran, dinner is ready." Mother said. " But Mother , we have only just begun, besides you have been stopping me from doing any of this for the past few weeks. Please ,just an hour more, please." I pleaded with her , putting on my best good look. " No, drop that bow and get to the dining before your meal gets cold." Mother replied. I reluntantly dropped the bow and went inside. Obviously, my plan didn't work and Father couldn't even help, just stood smiling at his wife . I washed my hands and face before sitting to eat, failure to do that usually get me some glaring from mother . " What did you learn from today's practice?" she asked. Mother can be really annoying some times, I mean she stops me from going on with practice today and now she is asking what i learnt. I actually didn't want to answer but i knew better. Shey hated hunting , which my father does because it takes too much of his time and doesn't give room for him to be home much. She hated it so much and several times she has spoken to my father about it ,who will calmly tell her he won't change and mom will keep coming back with the same demands and the whole cycle begins again. " I learnt how to pull the bow and how to place the arrow at the right place along the string. I haven't learnt how to release the arrow yet." I finally replied. Mother was actually happy with what i said and then asked me to tell Father about the new names of plants i learnt today. He listened attentively to all the names i pronunced , correcting me in places I erred.When I was done, Mother gave me another plate of food while Father ruffled my hair. I knew she would be very happy after what i just did. She has always wanted me to be a healer just like her but that wasn't what i wanted. I felt drawn to the woodlands but not because of the plants there but something else i can't just explain yet. Father didn't seem his usual self tonight , he was very quiet and he looked sad. Well, I didn't have any chance to ask him what was his problem as mum kissed me and walked me to my room , after which she returned to be with her husband. " I have been enlisted to join the King's army as a foot soldier." I heard him say. " Why would you do that, Ethan? We already talked about this and you promised you won't be going on withe this plan of yours." Mother replied quietly but i could hear the venom in her words, she was very angry. " I did ,love but I had a change of heart. The hunting business isn't bringing much Gold as it used to anymore. I can't stand to see you and our son go sick because of limited resources. I hate to see you wearing those worn ou clothes. I...." "....I don't care about all that, I knew all these before I decided to marry you. All I ever wanted is a happy home, not riches. Ethan, we have a son . You can't just wakeup and decide to choose your path to death. There is more to a successful home than money, please don't do this." She pleaded. " I am doing this for our son, most especially. For weeks now , I have thought of alternatives but they are none at the moment. The King desires Scultors,crafts-men, artists, healers and fair women and you know I don't fit in any of those categories. I am a plain bow-man, a hunter , rejected by his family because I wasn't born with the gift. The only place i fit in is the army. As wicked as the King is , he keeps to his word. Besides, the battle is already half won and we have Magicians and all kinds of sorcerers on our side, so I won't be doing much and I won't be away from you lot for long. Let your mind be at peace because i will surely return. " I heard Father say before they both started their noisy lovemaking. I drifted off to sleep and woke up the next day to a home without him. I decided to look out for Mother and practically followed her everywhere she went like I could actualtually protect her. Things were going pretty normal for us until mom started getting paranoid because Father hadn't returned after four full moons. She prayed to the spirits everyday and they finally answered her prayers when the victorious army returned but he wasn't among them. We were later told that a lot of foot soldiers were lost and Ethan Carrows was among the fallen. Mother was paid his allowances and things returned to normal in the city but not in our family as shewas slowly losing her mind. One day, I returned from the woods after getting some herbs to help with Mother's hallucinations when I found her on the floor at an odd angle. She had white substance around her mouth, I screamed and called for help and it didn't take long for the healer to tell me that my mum was dead. That was the beginning of my sorrowful life. In one season, I lost both of my parents at twelve years of age. Twenty years later, I lost my daugther and wife to unknown circumstances. It seems I have the worst luck in the world or I am just cursed, which is it? I screamed to no one in particular as I buried my fallen.

CHAPTER 1 _________________________________________________ CONTINUED ________________________________________________ ELPHISIUS ________________________________________________ How is this possible? No, no , this can't be happening, One golden destiny is enough but two in one generation is surely an anomaly All of my years as a Wizard, I have never seen anyone born with both dimensions of the gift - sorcery and wizardry until Lucien. He was what every wizard and sorcerer strived to be. We have a way of making ourselves more powerful by putting in us what we weren't created with using despicable means. Lucien's gifts weren't balanced when he was born. His gifts were more on the wizard side than his sorcery side and since when he discovered this, he has gone through dark paths to balance the scale, killing and harvesting souls of those born with of sorcery . He might have gone a bit too far this time as his latest victims belongs to someone exactly like him, which doesn't make any sense. If someone like Lucien was alive all these years, how come I didn't to know until now,except if his gifts were locked for reasons unknown to me. I must see Lucien quickly. *************************************** ANNA ***************************************** No, this wasn't how it was supposed to go. How did Lucien find his family in the first place? His family was cloaked by me, how was Lucien able to by-pass my barrier. This is really worrisome , he must be getting more and more powerful. He must have been after Kieran's daugther since she has the gift of sorcery which she got from her father. Thank the spirits Kieran wasn't around when this happened, it could had been much worse. " Mother, what is it? What is so important that you had to summon us at this time of the night." Claudia asked as she came into my chambers together with the remaining guardians. " You have to find him, you have to find the one with the broken soul quickly before that evil king finds him." " I thought his gift was locked and only a chosen supernatural occurence that only you could bring to pass could release his gift. " Dahlia asked. " I released his gift but I didn't see that Lucien would murder his family over his persistence pursuit of power. I know I had his family cloaked and somehow he was able to find them,which means......" " .....He must have sensed Kieran's gift by now as he is currently in grief." Claudia completed my statement for me. " Yes, he is not in control right now and his changing emotions will act like a beacon announcing his gifts to the world, something the king won't miss. We have to get to him as soon as possible. We are already at a disadvantage as he is in the other side of the kingdom , far away from here. Claudia, you will go after him and bring him here where he can be protected from Lucien." " But why me, I am not good at field work. I am just a historian, please can't you send......" ".....There is no time for all this, get your stuff and move. I will communicate with you as you travel. In the mean time, I will keep Kieran busy." I just hope it's not too late.

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CHAPTER 1 CONTUINED ******************************************************* ELPHISUIS ************************************************** The massive kingdom Lucien has emassed for himself is proof of his sovereign power over all his enemies. He has conquered cities,villages, brought powerful kings to their knees, before giving permission to his soldiers to rape the wives and daughters of those unfortunate rulers. He is the most ruthless king I have ever been graced to see, and far more visious than his father who was evil in the flesh. He is skilled in all physical combat and has since become a household name when it comes to Magic. Being born with both dimensions of Magic has made him invincible as no one has ever been graced with both gifts. That unique property has made his name only spoken as a whisper, but it seems he isn't that unique afterall as someone has the same gifts as he is, something that shouldn't be. Can this chariot go any faster? " Welcome Father, the king is in his chambers." I heard Heris say, the head of his personal bodyguard. I went through his huge hallway before turning to the right and turned towrads the left , before opening the door that I came in contact with. I practically walked through the magical barriers in the hallway because without being in close proximity with the King. Any other person who attempts that without the aid of the king will end up vaporized. I am not harmed because I set up the barriers myself. I entered his room to find Unclad women on his bed, they weren't moving. He must have killed them while in one of those fits of his, I will have to be careful with him before he turns on me. "You must have sensed the anomaly,isn't it?" He asked me while facing the window in his deep resonant voice. I didn't answer, I knew better. " How is it that we didn't know until early this night, how could something so glaring miss your all-seeing eyes? You can see the tiny little rabbit in the far corner of the midlands right now, you can sense the faintest use of magic from as far as the forgotten lands, you can see the gifts of an unborn, yet you couldn't see an anomaly as glaring as this!!!" He screamed the last sentence in a fit of rage before releasing a bolt of lightening in my direction which I easily thwarted. " You have to calm down and let's think this through." I said. "....There is no us here, this is squarely on you. You have to find a way to fix this and quickly. I have so many enemies and I shudder at the thought of what they might to do to me if they find the man before you do. If they harness those powers from him, we are all dead men." Lucien said, cutting me off. Well, he is right, I didn't think of it from that perspective. " What are you waiting for? The simpleton is not doing us or himself any favors by letting his emotions loose." The king screamed. Well, he wouldn't have been in such grief if you didn't murder his entire family. I said that within me as I walked away to go that freak.

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CHAPTER ! ! ************************** RUNNING ********************** KIERAN ***************** I watched in admiration as she turned and turned, twisting her waist at the same time, how she does that is still a mystery to me. Putting on the traditional costume meant for this festival - the Randin, this strange woman danced to the beats from the relentless drummers. The costume was made up of cotton which made it light and in their case, it was sewn to be quite firm around their waist, bringing out the wearer's hips to view. In this case, this particular woman's hips were quite different , in the sense that it wasn't too big or too small - it was balanced and it suited her thick body really well. For once in a long while, I felt a stir in my c.ock when the thick dancer came close to me and started moving her big buttocks around it. The men around the circle shouted and clapped when they saw this and I wondered why. Anyway, after twisting and turning for a while, she returned back to the center circle where she was dancing with her fellow dancers. She must have gotten tired of dancing to a statue who didn't return the favor and who didn't drop a penny. I had no intentions of dropping my hard earned gold just because a certain thick lady could dance. I was booed and laughed at though after she left me to the circle and that made me to leave the scene and return back to my cabin. As I settled down to eat burnt meat after getting home, I couldn't help but wonder why those drunkards were laughing at me. Then it occurred to me that my c.ock must have been trying to get out of my trousers. Dear spirits, I whispered as I slapped my forehead laughing at my own embarrassment. The lady must have really had a strong effect on me for me to even have a stir. Shame though, I may never meet here because she was wearing a mask as they all do. I only moved into this town about a season ago and I only go into the main town whenever I want to sell my games. I have no friends and I loved it that way, just me and my bow. I didn't want to attend the festival earlier because I didn't believe in all these beliefs of spirits, magic and all those nonsense. I believe in Life and death, which affects all living things and I, myself take life whenever I killed any animal. I have stayed in four different cities scattered all over the huge Kingdom .In all this time, I have never been attracted to any woman even if I do get questionable looks from them. I have never felt my rooster stir, only at night does it happen. Well, until that strange dancer. For more than four nights, I couldn't stop dreaming about her, it just feels strange dreaming about someone without a face. I thought of searching for her but that would be pointless as there were so many people in the town. On the seventh night of hell, I dceided to go the exact place where we met earlier hoping she would come. I stood there till when everywhere became quiet and still she hadn't come. Probably, she has come and I didn't recognise, my hope was that she would come to me but it wasn't looking that way. I headed back home , disappointed and angry because this night would surely be another torment. I was nearly home when I heard a snap.I wasn't alone in this woods, I stopped and listened hard for another strange sound but I heard nothing. It could be a thief and I was at a disadvantage as I was without a weapon. I decided to run back home to get something to use to defend myself should the need arise but I stopped in my tracks when I saw a figure at my door step. It was that of a woman. I recovered and walked slowly towards the woman, but then it occured to me that she must have heard me coming. She was probably here to see me, but I couldn't be sure. As I got closer, I heard her say, " You are not a hard man to find,Kieran Carrows. You should be more aware of your surroundings. " She turned and I was able to see her face as the moon was full tonight. I staggered back and shook my head, no, no, this isn't the woman I met at the dance. She isn't this tall and big and besides she had raven black haired and not red hair. " Who are you? " I managed to ask. Immediately, I woke up to discover I was actually in a inn and someone was at my door,screaming, "Open the door, your life is in great danger." Dear spirits, what's going on?

CHAPTER 2 CONTINUED ************************** ANNA ************************* We were running out of time and Kieran wasn’t helping himself by dwelling on the death of his family. Claudia has since been on her way but she is two days behind , so the only way she can reach Kieran on time is if she passes through dreaded territory. She has to pass through the land where Elphisuis’s magic is binding, any other tweaked magic that doesn’t have his signature will surely get his attention and it’s no news that such people are never usually found after. Therefore, if Claudia is to be successful in doing the impossible, I must have to help her which will surely blow our cover but the worth will be greater. I had a plan which will help take away Kieran’s attention away from his family and make him focus on one those mysterious encounters he once had And for that to happen, he has to be unconscious. The spell I am about to carry out is a very dangerous one and can be fatal if someone beyond my powers finds out, someone like Elphisius or even Lucien. I summoned the guardians next in rank to me in power and told them about my plans, they were against it but they saw too that there was no other way. We each lit a candle representing our spirits, after which I stood in the middle with my candle on a pavement. I started chanting the words required for the spell and soon the other guardians followed suit. Soon, I saw the guardians from a far as my body fell to the floor. They continued chanting as a single pause could mean my end. I needed them to break through Elphisius’s hold. As much as I hate to admit, it seems he is getting more and more powerful by the day. I floated away from our little town into dreaded territory and it wasn’t long before I found both Claudia and Kieran. Claudia must have been able to find a way through the magic, I smiled and continued towards the location of Kieran. I found him making his bed as he set to sleep, his eyes were swollen from crying and his knuckles were bleeding. He must have been pouring his grief on something else apart from wine. Soon, he fell asleep and just as I was about to enter into his mind, I felt the chilly presence of Elphisius. Dear spirits, he was close, really close to finding Kieran and of course he must have sensed me. Quickly, I moved into Kieran’s mind and I didn’t have to work hard as he was dreaming of how he met his wife. I followed him all the way and just as his dead wife was about to reveal herself, I imposed myself and made him see Claudia instead. That did it and made him wake up as somehow, Claudia was already at his door. I couldn’t be happier but my happiness was cut short as I soon discovered that putting him in such fear awoken his gift again and its beaconing were worse than before as his gift and his spirit were at war. His gift seeks to protect him but as unbeliever, the will wasn’t there. Oh, this is bad as this war will surely bring Elphisuis sooner and I will be useless in protecting Claudia and him from that snake. Either way, I have to return as my candle was burning really fast because of Elphisuis. If it goes off and I am not back in my body, then my present condition will remain eternal. ********************************************** CLAUDIA ********************************************** “heyah” I screamed repeatedly to my beautiful horse as I tried to make-up for lost time but that wasn’t the only thing on my mind too, I was thinking really hard on how I was going to evade that evil Elphisius’s spell. I have been thinking of this since I left our little town but I haven’t still gotten any idea. Soon, I was at the border and the only thing I could do was lock up my gift. It was the only way but it would mean I wouln’t be unable to protect myself and should Kieran move away from where he is presently, I would be unable to locate him without letting Elphisius know of my presence. I disguise myself as an old woman coming from the midlands for the purpose of trading. The soldiers didn’t waste much time attending to me as they had their eyes on the fair, young woman , most of whom were with their husbands. That didn’t seem to matter to the arrogant soldiers as they let their hands roam through the flesh of the woman and unfortunately, their husbands were powerless to help them. I have heard stories about how brutal and unhuman these soldiers are but seeing it firsthand was quite the experience. I got out of there as quickly as I could and followed the trail that lead to Kieran’s inn. I rode till the Sun went below the horizon arriving at a horribly built building with dirty doors and mean looking men trolling around. I passed through the famous Yugurd city which was known for its beauty and immorality before going through a bushy path that led to the inn as it was at the outskirts of town. Which wasn’t a surprise as no sane human would want to visit such a dirty place . I tied my horse to a tree just outside the inn and since I looked like an old woman, no one looked my way. I got into the inn and it was if I wasn’t even there. I headed straight for the bar where I was greatly surprised to see a woman answering orders for drinks. “Evening lass, I am sorry but have you seen a young man, blue eyes and a mane. He is tall too and isn’t the talking type.” I asked. “You must be referring to that strange man who was busy punching the walls and ruining what’s left of my building. He is busy sleeping now in his room after he had duly paid for his destructive activities. What is he to you anyway?” She asked in her raspy voice that must have been due to drowning in wine over the years. “Oh, he is my nephew and I am here to take him back home, do help by showing me his room.” She did after looking at me suspiciously. I wasn’t even close to his room yet when I heard running and shouting and the sound of swords leaving their sheath. Dear spirits, he has been found and I cannot protect him. Quickly, I knocked on his door screaming, "Open the door, your life is in great Danger.

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************************** ELPHISIUS ************************ Lucien’s rage never ends until the reason for him getting angry in the first place gets sorted out. It’s likely that more bodies will be buried in the coming days and no one will be able to save the unfortunate souls. I am not safe either because when he gets bored of killing people who were never going to fight back ,he will surely come for me and I might not be able to hold my own. It is therefore very important that I find this strange man quickly. My task was easy as I knew he was in Yugard presently and we should be able to get there by night fall of the next day. I called for the best trackers and the fastest horses among the fleet and soon we were on our way. The charade was a few metres away from the repulsive town filled with redundant fellows and the lowest scums of the Earth when I sensed something strange in the atmosphere. Someone was using magic not of my signature and different from what I teach my followers, this magic was ancient and tells of the nature of the person. I should be able to see what the person’s gift is made of but for some reason I couldn’t, rather I was seeing the person’s nature which should mean that the person is actually dead, which of course makes no sense. Whoever was behind the mask of nature is quite smart but the longer he or she lingers in my hold, the faster the fellow’s magic yields to mine. I shrugged off the strange magic and focused on the task at hand as it seems I wasn’t the only one after the anomaly. Soon, we arrived at the town and it didn’t take too much asking to find the dirty, filthy place someone of such glorious gift is residing. We were told whom we were seek was sleeping, I couldn’t tell if they were saying the truth or they were scared of the drawn swords. I was also skeptical too as the strange man’s gift seem to disappear but came back in full force moments later as the strange nature magic faded without trace. Without doubt, someone was actually after the strange man. After tasking some of the soldiers to guard each of the entrances out of the inn, we went upstairs where we found a man with long hair and a strange old woman arguing. Immediately, they spotted us, the strange woman seemed to lose her mind and grabbed the young man with unsual strength as they both took to their heels but they didn’t go far as I stopped them with a barrier spell and then I witnessed the impossible... ***************************************** KIERAN ************************************** I took an arrow and got close to the door , opening just slightly to see an old woman who looked like she will collapse any minute . I was surprised and immediately hid the arrow behind my back, although her eyes followed my every move . “ What do you mean that my life is great danger.” I asked. She was about to answer my questions when strange looking men walked up the stairs raising swords and one strange, tall man in particular in a black robe which didn’t reveal much about his face apart from a big long nose pointing at us. The old woman panicked after seeing them and quickly grabbed my hand , sprinting off to wherever. But we didn’t go far as an invisible wall seem to stop us. I have never seen something like this before, could this be magic? We turned around to see the men gaining on us. For some strange reason, the old woman threw something she got from her bag towards the men and as soon as it touched them , whatever she threw became tiny bugs that started eating into the men’s flesh. They cursed and scratched but the tiny bugs didn’t go away. The tall man didn’t seem affected by the bugs and stretch forth his arms as blue flames emerged from the palm of his hands which was both beautiful and horrific. He released the fire and instinctively , I pulled the horrified old woman behind me and receive the full blast of the flames . I closed my eyes as I expected to be burnt meat by now but I didn’t smell anything save for my smelly clothes. I was surprised but the man wasn’t and tried to come after me with fists. I dodged his first punch and threw my fist at his manhood making him scream and move back. That was the break we needed as I and the old woman took to our heels. We used the back door to try and escape but we met resistance and the old woman did what she did the other time. We left the man in pains as I followed the old woman to a black, beautiful horse. “ Get on it, we need to get to the border quickly. “ I didn’t have time to argue as the soldiers came out and embarked on their horses as they came after us. As I looked over me before we took off , I couldn’t help but wonder what I did to these nasty people who were after me and who most certainly killed my family.

... Chapter !! cont.d ********************** Kieran ********************* She kept on saying that we needed to get to the border over and over again till I couldn’t take it anymore. I had to tell her politely to keep quiet, as I thought of ways to get us out of this mess. The soldiers were hot on our trail and might soon catch up with us. But despite her fear, she kept on riding through the woods like she was born there. She glided her way through the thick forest without leading her horse to any halt and I wondered how she was doing it as there was no clear path through which one could travel. It then became clear to me that she must probably have a sort of special connection with her horse or the horse was well trained. We rode all night and through the next day without stopping once. I thought we should as the horse must have been very tired. I told the old woman my thoughts but she didn’t reply or say anything after. The soldiers didn’t stop coming after us and I wondered how their horses were still alive, but then these people don’t care about their fellow humans, surely they won’t be so bothered about a beast. I knew that if there was a bowman among them, we would have been long apprehended, stupid of the strange man not to have brought one along. The unusual thing about the whole chase was that for some unexplained reason, we kept the same distance apart, well until we got close enough to the border, where it all began to get rough. As soon as we got to the wide path that led to the border, the old woman quickly disembarked from the horse with so much agility which surprised me and I followed her move, hoping it might get us away from these mean men. She left the horse after whispering some words to it and then headed for the huge gate separating the kingdom from the north. Soon, the men arrived and I heard one of them screaming for the gates to be shut. “We must hurry, we must be behind the gate or even the good spirits won’t be able to save us. “She said. The men disembarked from their horses screaming for the innocent travelers to leave the path and pushing those who didn’t move on time, the unlucky got some kicks. They must have seen us come down from the horse; this wasn’t looking good at all as the huge gates were beginning to descend. We were really close to the gates when someone pulled both of us away from the crowd, and asked us to get in the back of a cart carrying hay. We were trying to resist but the man who was a soldier, going by his dress was surely not a patient one and just pushed us inside before locking the door up. “Move Jelai and drop them at the northern gate. Tell Anna, old lady, I do not own her anything after this.” The impatient soldier said before we headed for the gate. The gates were almost down and everyone was ordered to stop but our cart was allowed to go through and I wondered why. From outside the gate, I could hear men asking if they saw a tall man with black hair and a pale old woman. I breathed a sigh of relief as I could now stop looking over my shoulders for the time being. In the tiny little place we were hidden, I faced the old lady who all this time had been staring at me and I wasn’t even aware , and I asked, “ Who is Anna?”

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Chapter 3 ********************* Wanted ********************** Elphisius *********************** He is the one; there is no doubting it now. From up close I could sense the astonishing aura of his gift, oh; it was magnificent. How such a dirty, miserable creature could possesses such blessings and he isn’t even aware. The spirits are truly humorous, we – wizards seek and pray for such to happen to us and even our children; which has made us do unthinkable things. I for one am the most powerful unnatural wizard in the whole of the wizards, only Lucien has the potential to surpass me and most recently, this strange man. I got this by harnessing the gift in children and adults alike, killing those who resisted me. The ritual is quite gruesome for an adult whose gift has merged with his body and the only way to remove it is to skin the unfortunate fellow alive. The blood is then allowed to drain along with the person’s light, which is his life. I have done that to countless individuals but still, mine isn’t as glorious as that of the strange man. All my life, I have never seen when the cursed flames didn’t burn its target to the ground until Lucien. I wanted his powers immediately but I knew it will never be mine as his father saw to it that he was taught how to use his gift from little. He was well protected and his father made sure no one with the gift ever saw him till he was able to defend himself. Regardless, he was immune to our attacks as any attack from didn’t work on him. That what’s makes them really special, people like Lucien as being born with both dimensions of the gift renders any attack from either dimension useless. This is a result of the fact that both dimensions cancel out each other which is why no one should be born with both sides. Such a thing is just unnatural, but now it’s not just Lucien but someone else like him. Well, I won’t let this opportunity slip again; the spirits must be favoring me. I will get this man and take his gift before Lucien does, which will make him practically invisible. I deserve that, not him. But for now, I must find a good reason why I am not with the man in the first place. ************************************************ UNKNOWN *********************************************** I waited anxiously as I awaited the glorious news that was brought my way yesterday; there is actually another golden destiny. My luck keeps getting better. I have watched and observe the king of the south grow steadily in power and balance and soon it will be time for me to harness his powers but if there is another, then I do not need to wait for long. I sincerely hope this isn’t another of that senile old man games. “My king, I have returned.” Meficius said. “Tell me, is it true.” I asked. “Yes, my king. There is another golden destiny born with both sides of the gift. He is balanced unlike the mad king of the south. He will be the perfect one.” I nodded and asked him to go wash himself as he reeked of filth. He must have had a little fun where he went despite being aware of how important this mission was. If I had another loyal as he was, I would have gotten rid of him by now. Well, I just need to find this man and get the gift that was denied of me by the spirits. Once I do, I will no longer be called “Kasmit” – the ungifted.

CHAPTER 3 CONT.D *********************************************** LUCIEN *********************************************** “ What do you mean by he is also wanted by other supernatural people; being unaware that he existed wasn’t enough, being unable to capture him wasn’t either , now you are couldn’t get him because his captors were so good, they outsmarted you . I heard they weren’t even many, that it was just an old woman, a simple old woman. You are the smartest man I know and always at least a step ahead of everyone but yet you couldn’t stop an old woman from disappearing from under your watch with a full grown man! An unknown entity used magic within your home and till this very moment, you cannot tell who they were. You are getting too slow and unproductive lately; probably it’s due to your old age. Just leave my presence before I do something silly.” “Conner, get me the men that went with the old wizard.” I was mad, very mad and someone must pay for their failures. They all arrived and immediately they went on their knees. “Do you know what they do to men who get beaten by older women in the game of Landin. “ they looked confused as they didn’t understand what I meant. “ Landin is an ancient game which involves a younger man and an older woman fvcking themselves till the woman finally acknowledges the superiority of the man. It was a sort of punishment for women and men who were caught in the act of adultery. The woman is allowed to go free after the man must have destroyed her womb and desiccated her smelly hole. The man usually dies shortly after due to the exhaustion but if the man surrenders before for the woman for whatever excuse, the man will be killed by getting his balls stepped upon by the woman to show her superiority over him . Well, in your case, it was a much older woman who got to fvck you all so well you forgot your dignity as men and started shooting your fvcking fluid all over , screaming, “ I surrender.” Your punishment will be simple and swift, I will get the gordonds to do the stepping down.” “She was a woman of magic and the man was indestructible just like you.” One of them exclaimed. “How dare you compare me with a common man?” I asked silencing the fool forever by calling forth his heart away from his body. The gordonds soon arrived; a group of women of about ten in number. They were created by my father to protect me from those who wanted what I carried when I was younger. My father created a special form of spell that makes them immune to any form of magic and to do that he had to make sure that they were born as the ungifted. The Kasmit ,otherwise called the ungifted are those that have the tendency to be like us but they weren’t born with the gift but take some of our attributes such as the fact that they are immune to regular attacks of magic except complex ones. My dad upgraded them by making them immune to all forms of magic and made them able to turn attacks from the enemy against the same. They were feared by all and loyal to only the king in every way including their glorious bodies. As soon as they arrived, I told what to do and immediately they went about it without batting an eye. They striped the men Unclad after making them unable to defend themselves by breaking their knees and dislocating their shoulders. They opened the legs of the men and used a rope to tie their hard c.coks to their bellies. I had to laugh after seeing them getting excited just because their c.ocks were being fondled by women despite the fact that they were about to die. Theiballs were open and ready to be pounded, the women looked at me and I nodded for them to go ahead. The screams and anguish of the men was really heart touching but it had to be done by these merciless women because they failed to deliver. The stubborn ones who refused to die were killed by the hard women before their bodies were taken away to be dumped somewhere. I dismissed the gordonds as I needed to think deeply about unusual the failure of my ever dependable wizard and his failed target – the hunter. The man’s gift were locked probably from the day he was birthed to prevent people like Elphisius from knowing or even my father. Now, this man should be nearly the same age as me if not the same. Could that mean that we were given our gifts for a specific reason or that we were fathered by the same man or something else happened that I am not aware of. Our gifts are not natural and surely were not given by the spirits as our gifts disturb the balance of nature. Something unnatural must have been done to have created beings like us and I must find out how my father was able to do it. But for now, I must keep an eye on the hunter by sending one of the gordonds after him. Elphisus failures of recent seem deliberate to me as he most likely wants the man for himself. I cannot rely on him anymore as I don’t trust him. I called for Nyasa, my favorite and the most attractive of all the gordonds with her curves and big breasts. I have loved women with such attributes but she is ruthless as well as intelligent and will most certainly get the mission done. I found out I actually murdered his family and he will certainly need someone in his life to replace the fallen ones. He is vulnerable now and it will be the perfect time to strike. “You called for me , my king.” Nyasa said, kneeling. “Common, be on your feet and accompany me to my chambers.” She smiled after what I just said thinking that it was going to be the normal routine. When we got into my bedroom, she started taking off her tight black leather uniform. I stopped her halfway, “No, that’s not why I summoned you. I will need you to find a man who is just like me in power. I am sure you will know if he is the one when you find him. He has a black mane like a wild animal and is quite tall. He is a very dangerous man and quite unpredictable because he is a hunter. When you find him, watch him and get close to him, report everything to me using this book. You will write on it with your blood and I will write back. I want to know who took him and what they want with me. You will be leaving immediately and start your search from the midlands. Don’t fail me.” “I can’t leave you my king, my purpose is to be with and protect you.” “I can take care of myself besides, I have the other gordonds to watch over me.” “Has my master found solace in another body?” “ No, you are still my favorite which is why I am entrusting with this. I trust no other to do it, not even Elphisius. Go quickly and do so without your uniform, you mustn’t inform anyone about this, not even your fellow women.” She nodded and kissed my feet before leaving. I looked at her breasts one more time before locking my doors. I called for Conner and told him to watch Elphisius keenly and report back to me. As soon as he left, I went to the hidden library at the back of my father’s portrait as I sought to find out how I was created.

CONTINUED ******************** CLAUDIA ********************* Does he really expect an answer to that question or he is just asking just because he wants to talk. I closed my eyes and patiently waited for the driver to drop us somewhere. He didn’t say another word after I pretty much ignored his question. He scared me especially after what I saw happened with the cursed flames. I have never before seen anyone who wasn’t burnt to the ground when hit by those flames but they just seem to disappear in his case. The aura around him can be choking at times especially when he is a foul mood like he is presently. He is quite unpredictable as I do not know what’s causing his foul mood. I have read about people like him in history who were practically invisible because they had both sides of the gift. It took a lot to extinguish them. Due to the massive destruction they caused both to human lives and properties, every record of them were removed from the annals of history, saved for the ones in the forgotten lands. I never knew such books existed until Anna gave them to me and asked me to study intensely from cover to cover. This was five years ago and I haven’t still finished studying them. Ever since the time of the golden ones as they were called, there have been measures to make sure such things do not happen again. The wizards and sorcerers who brought about the fall of the golden ones created an elixir that everyone drank in each of the cities and towns as civilization wasn’t as rampant then as it is now. Ever since then, people who were supposed to be born with such powers were instead created as the ungifted – their powers were forever locked in their soul and nothing could ever release them. But when Lucien was birthed and called the golden one, Anna kept wondering how it was possible for that to have happened, now we know that there is another – the man beside me. It’s not just the fact that they are actually two, it’s the fact that they were both born in the same generation. Even in the ancient times when we had quite a sizable number of them, that never happened. Even among common wizards and sorcerers, people with the same kind of gift are never born in the same generation. This is to make all forms of gift unique and to spread them all among everyone. It brought me to a certain conclusion that both men were unnaturally created for certain reasons and I know Anna has the answers to all these but she wasn’t looking like she was going to reveal anything. If I am doubtful concerning the mad king, I am certainly sure of Kieran. The cart suddenly stopped and the man asked us to open the door and get out before anyone sees us. We got out as quickly as we could and headed for the path towards the mid-lands. “I need to know where we are going and more importantly, I need to wash my body. I look like a wild man.” Kieran said. “We are headed for the forgotten lands and to get there, we have to pass through the mid-lands. We will stop at an inn for you to wash yourself but for now we need to get into that forest. I need to do something there.” He looked at me suspiciously before following me into the woods. I went in deeply enough before I stretched forth my hands and started recounting the spell that unlocks the gift in gifted individuals. I repeated my actions until I felt my gift surge back into me. I smiled and then took up mud from the ground and applied it on my face, reciting some words for the spell of transformation. Once I felt the spell had been undone, I didn’t need confirmation as Kieran took a step back with the look of horror on his face. “You….you… You are a witch?” He asked, stammering. “No, I am sorceress and I have the special gift of prophecy. I can feel the aura around you; I will need to lock up your gift to avoid us being followed, as your gift will lead dangerous people to us. You have within you what many will kill to have. Once we leave this forest, we will be husband and wife. I know about what just happened to you and I wouldn’t have brought such an idea if I had another choice, besides I am bestowed to another man so please don’t flatter yourself.” “…But I am ungifted just like my father and mother. How is it possible I have the gift, you must be mistaken?” His parents were ungifted or they were just normal people who weren’t born with the gift. I think he is mixing things up. His parents were normal people who didn’t have a drop of magic in them. “I am not mistaken. Why else will that strange man and his soldiers come after you? “ “ ..This is just ridiculous , how can I; an believer be a carrier of magic and I didn’t know up till some days ago.” “I know how you feel but I am sure you will get all your answers when you meet with Anna. For now, I will need you to stretch forth your hands as I need to lock your gifts. Repeat the following words after me……………… *************************************** NYASA *************************************** I ran as quickly as I could to my room to get some of my things before calling one of the maids to get me some normal wears that I could wear to hide my identity. I told her to drop the wears for me at the southern gate of the palace to avoid my other sisters seeing me. I got my weapons and travel book and got on my horse. I was just about to leave the palace when I was stopped by Benedicta – our most senior. “Where are you headed in such a hurry?” she asked. “I am off to get some rare books for the king; I should be back before nightfall.” I didn’t wait for her reply as I set off immediately before she had any doubt in her mind. I didn’t ride for long because I was still min my black leather uniform and I needed to get them off. I stopped at an inn and I didn’t need to say much before the man in charge gave me the keys to one of the rooms. He was almost pissing in his pants and I must say that I enjoyed the sort of fear we got from people. I got changed and immediately, I felt Unclad without my clothes but I knew I had to follow every order the king gave as I didn’t want to offend my king. I carefully arranged my uniform and placed them at the bottom of my bag as I didn’t want it easily found. I needed to make sure the man trusts me without question. I got out from the inn and set out for the mid-lands knowing I was just a day behind and it shouldn’t take too long before I find the man who is just like my master.

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Chapter 4 ********************************************* Follow ********************************************** Nyasa *********************************************** “Pardon ma’am, have you been fortunate to see an old woman with a tall young man with a mane?....” This is the question I have been asking for most of the day now and I have been getting the same answer; no. How can a grown man and an old woman be so elusive to everyone, something is definitely not right here. It was getting dark and I needed a place to lay my head. I got into the little town of Hayville earlier in the day as I believed this was the most likely place they might be as it was the closest town coming from the North. It is the town that leads to all cities in the midlands; surely they must have passed through here. I must be missing something. I found an inn and quickly paid before heading to the room allocated to me. I brought out a small knife from my bag which I used to cut my wrist allowing the blood drain into a little cup. I took a feather from my bag too and wrote to my master; “I am in the town of Hayville , I arrived there this morning. I have asked around concerning the man you seek but I didn’t get a favorable reply. Each man and woman has denied seeing an old woman and a man with a mane. But, I am very sure they passed through this town, I think something is not right about the information I was given.” I dropped the feather and pulled off my clothes as I felt I needed to have my bath. I washed my body and got dressed. I was making the bed when I saw something moving in my travel book. I got closer to have a good look and then I realized it was my master writing back. “Your message brought to mind the speech of those soldiers that were killed yesterday. One of them actually called the old woman a woman of magic. I think the old lady look was merely a disguise because I refuse to believe any sane person will send an old lady to come challenge Elphisius in his territory. It is certainly a disguise. Elphisius told me earlier today that she has a thick accent which is peculiar with the people from deep in the mid-lands. Start from there and get me favorable report by nightfall tomorrow.” I closed the book and kept it inside my bag, as I did, I came across my black leather. I almost forgot my promise and wanted to put it on, but then the master’s threat brought me back to reality. I placed the leather back at the bottom of my bag before proceeding to the pub down the inn. I couldn’t sleep anymore after what the master said. “Pardon sire, I am new in town. You see, I am an artist and I am really fascinated about buildings where people stay, such as inns, squares and palaces.” The wild looking man at the pub nodded, which was a good sign for me. “I will simply like to know how many inns are in this town. I like to be organized.” I smiled, before pushing out my chest a little as that was what he had been staring at since the conversation started. “Oh,…there is…there are two inns actually. This is mine which as you can see is located just as one enters the city. The other is at the back of town, along the path to the south.” I nodded my thanks. “One more thing sire, have you been fortunate to see my partner, he hasn’t returned since I sent him on errand earlier in the day. He has a mane, blue eyes and is quite tall. He is my brother and very important to me.” “There are quite a lot of people like that around here but a certain man fits just what you just said. He is married and they came in here since yesterday. I wouldn’t think he is your brother.” "Oh, I don’t think he is. You have my thanks sire, you have been very helpful.” I took a drink from my cup and found a place to sit as I thought about what the man said. If they actually visited an inn, it is most likely to be this one as it wouldn’t make any sense to travel all the way to the outskirts of town. They are in hiding and will quickly want to gel with the people here. They must be here and may have probably been on their way, I will find out soon enough. “A penny for your thoughts?” I heard a clear, calm voice ask. I looked towards the direction of the voice and to my shame; my cup fell from my hands. "I am sorry ma’am,I didn’t mean to scare you.” “Oh, it’s fine. It’s my fault. Have a seat.” He smiled before taking his seat. "You were deep in your thoughts.” I didn’t answer as I thought of striking the man right away and take him to my master as he most certainly fit what I was told he would look like. He is tall, lean but strong with wild blue eyes. He has a long black mane that he just allows free and dear spirits, he is beautiful. But then, it might not be him as I couldn’t feel what Master said I would when I come in contact with the man. There was nothing extraordinary about him apart from his physical looks. It’s not him, just another man who must have left his wife at home to come here to fvck. “Ma am…..?” “…Oh please, call me Vanessa. I was only thinking about my next work of art. I am an artist with a taste for buildings.” “That’s quite unusual; women do not like such dirty works. What might have caused you to go through such path?” “My father was one and although he didn’t make much out of it, he kept on with it. He died while he was painting.” I feigned crying and the man who was yet to tell me his name gently took my hands and rubbed his thumb over my palm. Through my tears, I saw him look at my palms as he gently rubbed them, trying to confirm if he was lying about who I was. Artists usually have rough palms due to their nature of work. He is indeed smart or he is hiding something for him to be checking how true a stranger’s story was. If he was just here to fvck, he would have charmed me off by now. He is hiding something. "I am sorry about his death. So,you decided to carry on with his passion, how sweet.” He said. "Yes, I am glad about it. What about you?” “…I am a simple man. I am a healer and I just got married. Being married has been quite the experience and its taking a toll on me. I come here most nights to just drink away.” I nodded to what he said. He might have the wild looks but he wasn’t a drinker and he did well to hide his palms from my sight. “You are a very beautiful woman, why aren’t you married?” He asked, looking at me in a strange way. The look wasn’t that of lust, it was of something I wasn’t sure of. "Oh, I am but he is never around, always moving from one place to another. I have learnt to do likewise.” He smiled after hearing that and then took hold of my palms, whispering; "Tell me, why can’t we find solace in each other arms for tonight?” I knew where he was headed and I also know I shouldn’t do it but I needed to find out more about this man. He is obviously lying about who he is and he knows I am too. The question is; why would he decide to do what he didn’t want to do earlier. Either way, I will find out soon enough. I smiled before standing up, swinging my hips as I headed for my room. He drank his last and followed me to where I was headed.

CONTINUED ************************* NYASA ************************* He locked the door behind him as soon as he came in. I fixed my gaze at him because I actually do not know how to start things like this. I can seduce men but I have never taken it more than that because my body is only for the king and all other diplomats and representatives of other kingdoms know this. We only tease the men when they seem stubborn to put their seal to whatever the king wants. No man has ever seen beyond my leather save for the king and his father. But, I wasn’t in my uniform any longer and moreover I am not under my master’s territory anymore. Anyone can harm me here except those with magic. I waited patiently as I didn’t want to reveal my lack of knowledge in such areas. The king and his father weren’t the kissing or charming type like the man before me. They just ask us to bend over like an animal and mount us from behind. After returning my stare for a while, he decided to take the lead and came in quick steps which scared me a little and caused me to harden my fists to protect myself. He stopped when he got to me and held up my chin as he was taller than I was. He bent a little and put his lips with mine, I didn’t know what to do next, so I instinctively parted my lips and he slid his tongue into my mouth. The moment his tongue touched mine, all of my resistances seemed to vanish and I followed his every move. I slowly released my hands and allowed them free, they found their way to his neck as I pulled him closer to me. His hands found their way to my gown, and slowly, they loosed the bindings at the back. I wanted to stop him when he started doing that as I didn’t feel comfortable with what was about to happen. I felt I was breaking the oath I swore a long time ago. Just as I was about to push him aside, he suddenly stopped and calmly started loosing the bindings that held my gown at my breast before pulling it down. I was supposed to stop him but I couldn’t, no one has ever done this to me before. I am usually the one that does the pulling down, I was helpless and weak. I hated being like this as I felt I was under the control of another man apart from my master. He also pulled down the underwear holding back my breasts, releasing them from their cages. He whistled after what he saw and put one of the Tips in his warm mouth which brought a little moan from me. He stopped rather too quick and moved to pull down my trousers and then I suddenly realized that my knives were strapped to it. I wasn’t quick enough to stop him though but surprisingly, he didn’t mind. He just pulled down the cloth and flung it somewhere before returning to his feet. He moved a step back and looked at me from my head to my pink toes and said, “You are beautiful; your husband must be fvcking stupid to leave you for his travels.” I smiled but then I felt ashamed as no one has seen me like this apart from whom I willingly gave my body to. He pulled up his cloth and gently carried me over to the bed. As soon as he set me on the bed; he started kissing me from my hair and then he moved to my forehead, then to my eyes, nose, lips and then my neck. He rose up his head and he had this wild look on his face which actually scared me. He smiled for no reason and descended on my Tips, twirling his tongue with so mastery, I wondered how many women he has done this to. My moans increased when he bit my Tips, master likes my breasts but he has never put them in his mouth as he felt we were below his class. He only likes the view of seeing them jiggle as he pounds me from behind. The man stopped with my breasts which caused me to grumble. My grumble made him smile and then he started pulling off his trousers. I felt it was time for me to do what my master does, so I stood up and knelt on the bed waiting for me him to enter me that. But he didn’t, I thought he had left only for me to turn back to see him looking at me in a strange way. He shook his head and just turned me over gently. He slowly parted my legs and then put down his face into my womanliness. I was shocked and wondered what he was up to. I pushed his face away from there and used my hands to cover the bushy area. My reaction made him laugh so hard, he started crying. I became confused and wondered if he had lost it. “I am not going to harm you, if you don’t enjoy what I am about to do. You can tell me to leave and I will.” He seemed very confident in whatever madness he was about to carry out, so I slowly took my hands off. He smiled and then went back there. At first, I didn’t feel anything but then I started moaning as I felt some strange sensations all over me. He was using his tongue for whatever he was doing, and I really enjoyed it as I started moaning really loud. This must be what the women of class get to enjoy from their husbands. He stopped again suddenly and this time, I showed my anger with a frown on my face. He laughed a little and asked me to come on top of him after lying on the bed. I was surprised by the request but I did what he asked, as soon as I did, I felt his c.ock. It wasn’t long but it was thick, he pulled me up a little and inserted it inside me. I breathed out as it stretched every bit of my walls. He moved in and out slowly before he started going in furiously. Instinctively, I moved my waist in line with his; I learnt this from master as he hated doing the whole work alone as he calls it. Failure to move with his pace usually gets us some slaps on our buttocks as most times he fvcks at least two of us. The constant, furious stretching of my walls made me wetter and the sensation from the fluid work caused me to scream as the pleasure was one I have never felt before. After what seemed a while, he slowed down a little, I was relieved but it didn’t last as he picked up pace again. Just as he was about to release, he pushed me aside and spilled his fluid on the bed before collapsing, totally exhausted. We were both breathing hard and trying to calm ourselves down. I was about to ask him if I was sort of the class that deserves what he just did when he suddenly pulled me aside and held me to the bed. His grip was like steel; very firm, I couldn’t even move. He put his entire weight on my thighs, making me unable to move. “Your hands are rough but not as rough as they should be. Your skin is smooth and flawless, a trait of high class women or concubines of the rich. You passed through a difficult childhood which is evident in your palms but that was a long time ago as they have smoothened over the years. You came into town today and have been busy asking about an old woman and a young man. You were sent by someone going by your weapons and expensive clothes. I am going to ask this question, once and I won’t ask a second time; who are you?” He asked with a frown on his face. He wasn’t smiling and his blue eyes were cold. I have been found out but he doesn’t know who I am. I can’t tell him his assertions are wrong but I can tell him the truth. I am still wondering how he is still very strong despite what he just did. “You are right, I am sent by someone after you. You are very important to him and he deemed it fit for me to get you. I know now that you are the person he seeks now but I still don’t know what makes you special because I can’t feel anything within you. I won’t tell who sent me, no matter what you do,” "I should kill you now but I won’t, just stay away from me. If I see you again, I won’t think twice.” He got up from the bed and started putting on his clothes. Just as he was about to leave, I pulled him back and said, "I won’t stop coming and you know it.” He nodded and kissed me before hitting my head on the door which made me sleep.

CHAPTER 5 ********************************************** REMORSE ********************************************** CLAUDIA ********************************************** 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 *********************************************** 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. ********************************************** 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. ******************************************** 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?

CONTINUED ************************** KIERAN ************************** “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. ______________________________________ 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.

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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.” 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. 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. _____-__-_______________________________________ .... [b]... Am sorry for the late update.... Thanks for the comments....

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CONTINUED ************************** 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.

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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.

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Chapter V ! ! ************************** The Forgotten Lands ************************** Lucien ************************** Three nights have passed and they have seen me pulling down heavy volumes of books, trying to find out how I was created. I got bored of waiting for reports from those I asked to watch Elphisisus. The reports have all been disappointing and I must admit that I am quite shocked at the level the old wizard has stooped to just to be my better. Why would he dig up the rotten bodies of Kieran’s family and then cut them, hoping to find out the reason why he was just like me. His parents were not born with the gift and the only one of his family that had the gift apart from him was killed by me. His daughter had an unusual gift of sorcery, she could actually write prophecies. I was so glad when I found out but since I took her gift from her, killing her as I took it, I have been able unable to use it. I have quite a number of prophecies that have been difficult to interpret as the gift of prophecy has been really difficult to find. I learnt that no one has been born with any form of such for the last three generations. To have found one in the middle of the woods, waiting for me to get it was nothing short of favor from the spirits but I have been unable to use it. I have been unable to know why I can’t use the gift but then, I have been engrossed in far more important things. My father was a pure wizard, which means that there was no gift specification for him, he could use all varieties of the gift except of course, writing prophecies. His kinds were extremely rare and they have always come from the royal family, no common man has ever been born with such a gift, the reason for that is still unknown. My father was the last pure wizard, there hasn’t been another. My father was feared and respected by all, not just because of his powers but because of his intelligence and his ability to conjure spells that could break ancient holds as strong as the one found in the ungifted. Everyone had the expectation that I would surpass him in every way but I have fell short of doing that despite the fact that I possessed both sides of the gift, a luxury my father didn’t have. Every one of his spells are nowhere to be found which made me conclude that they are probably hidden somewhere, to prevent the wrong hands from getting it. He couldn’t have passed through so much to do the impossible and then destroyed his achievements, it doesn’t make any sense. I am most certainly missing something. My mother was just an ordinary sorceress, which explains why that side of my gift is on the low compared to my wizard side, that’s if my parent’s gift has anything to do with my powers. If that is the case, then the spell is correct as i have the full abilities of a wizard and a little bit of sorcery. I am not a pure wizard though because I was also born with the gift of sorcery, which adds up to what I am. Kieran’s case is quite different as both his parents were ungifted and since their powers were locked, it’s impossible for him to have any gift, much less both sides of it. I am certain his parents were not the first ungifted to get married and birth children, why is his case different? There is something out of the ordinary that I cannot seem to explain with the man. I have been told that he is headed for the forgotten lands and it is quite a puzzle why the guardians would travel such distance to come get him from here. He must be very important to those old witches who have refused to die, but the question is why and I might not be able to know the answer to that question because Nyasa won’t be allowed into the city as she is ungifted and therefore has no business there. No magic from the outside works there which makes me doubt if writing through the travel book will work, that’s if Nyasa finds a way in. I must find another way; I guess it’s time for me to allow her give herself fully to the man if that will give her a way into the city. I must know what they want with him, before it’s too late for me to change anything. ****************************************** Elphisisus ****************************************** I slumped to a chair and tried to get some rest as I have been on my feet for so long, I have lost count of time. I have tried every spell I know on the bodies to try and find out how Kieran Carrows got his powers but I have only arrived at dead ends. His parents were ungifted and his wife was a plain human. His daughter on the other hand had the gift of sorcery but that was taken away from her by the King. We know that she got her gift from her father but where did his come from? I felt his gift during our last encounter and his was stronger than Lucien’s despite the number of gifts he has harnessed from people. His wizard side was similar to that of Nero, Lucien’s father but there was something about his gift I couldn’t bring myself to explain. His gift seemed too unnatural, no one should be born with everything in him, something or someone powerful was involved and I must find out what or whom they are. ***************************************** UNKNOWN ****************************************** “What is it , Melfisius?” I asked the old wizard who still looked shocked after he was told something. “……..Harrison has been killed, I can’t sense his gift anymore.” He replied me with a few tears dropping from his eyes. “ I told you to go in the place of that fool, who is so full of himself, now he is dead and we still don’t the man.” I was very angry but I didn’t want to show it, I had to be calm. “When did you know of this and where was the place you tracked him to?” “He was just outside the town of Aydridrill when he died.” “Good, there is still time. Get some men and head towards that town using the deserted path; you might be able to find something. Do not return without the man, I have waited too long for such an opening to pass me by.” He nodded and got a grip of himself before calling out to my best trackers. I knew it was a risk sending my men but I had become desperate, the man was proving too difficult to capture. It won’t be long now, as no one has ever been able to escape Merfisius before, not even the pure wizard, Nero.

MELFISIUS ************************** Harrison can’t be dead, how could that have happened? He is the most resourceful man I have ever known and one of the intelligent I have been privileged to meet. How can such a simple task bring him to his end; capturing a man with an old woman by his side should be one of his simplest missions till his death. I am certain the man didn’t make use of his gift because I haven’t felt it for days now, so the story must be that an old woman bested the legendary Harrison together with the nine man with him, how humorous. What a way to end an adventure! I and Harrison grew up together, we were practically brothers, and we fought and played together even though I was the older one with two full seasons. That difference in age never got between us, it only brought us closer. He was too smart for his age, and that was the trait that attracted me to him. We were ten and twelve of age respectively when we discovered our gifts. He was a wizard but with the unique ability to feel the gift and light in humans. He has since been able to use that ability to harness gifts from children for those who could afford his services. I got this powerful because of him but the blood of countless little kids was on him and when he lost his own family to some grieved customer, he stopped his famous trade and decided to start tracking instead. He was able to find whoever he so desires with his ability and not one has proved too difficult to find, not even the evil king, Nero. If the most elusive person to find in history didn’t prove to be a difficult task for him, why then is this simple man so difficult to get? I must be careful myself and I must keep a clear mind devoid of vengeance, else I could go the same way he did. When the trackers were ready, I ordered them to head north as I intended to meet this strange man upfront and cut off any escape route for him. I have done every command from the present king, even killing his father after he discovered his heir was ungifted. I helped him in killing his siblings who were gifted as I understood from the prophecy that a man of immense power will rise and conquer all of the lands. The man was supposed to be my king but when we heard of Lucien, we all thought he was the prophecy brought to life but he hasn’t shown any glimpse of such power. This is why that power of his should be given to my king as that might just be the spell to unlock his own powers. We can’t be certain yet as that traitorous Nero destroyed every record of the spells he agreed to create and used the spell on his son. Well, the spirits have shown favor towards for once and decided to give us what we deserve by releasing a man better in power to Lucien. All I need to do is get him and make my King the prophecy in the flesh. Power must return to the north. We were on the path to the deserted route when I felt someone with the gift heading towards our direction. The king was right after all, they were headed this way. I told my men to lay siege by going into the woods and wait for my signal to surround the man after I must have stopped him. They nodded and disappeared into the wood while I stopped my horse and waited for the man. But as soon as the gift I sensed got closer, it’s powers became bigger and stronger and then it dawned on me that the man must have released his gift again, but why? Did he sense me from a far or probably the woman did. Anyway, I need not fear as I am certain that he is quite the novice when it comes to using magic. He won’t be a problem. I saw two horses heading towards my direction and but the occupants looked quite different from what I have been told the past few days. The man on the horse had quite the look and surely would have given me a run for my money when I was still younger. His long hair which he allowed to fall around him and his neat outfit doesn’t tell of a man whho is on the run. The woman beside him was far from an old woman and mere looking at her made my c.ock stir. She was elegant and carried herself with grace. They looked like a couple but their gift gave them away, particularly that of the man. The sorceress had a unique gift too, she could read prophecies. Well, well, well…. It’s been quite some time since I have met anyone with such ability, what a consolation this will be for me as I had terrible things planned for her. I knew for certain she killed my brother and I will make sure she suffers for it. “What does the great wizard want with us?” the woman asked. I didn’t answer but instead whistled for my men to come out and surround them. When I did, only the men from the right side of the path came out, none came out from the left side. In their place was a woman dressed in torn gown, she had blood all over face and body. She must have killed my men there, how can a woman best four trained men in battle? They had help when they met with Harrison but who is this woman? The remaining men went after her and the ones with me too, leaving just me with the young couple. The woman fought well, but she couldn’t best eight men at once, she was soon apprehended and brought to her knees. She didn’t look scared though and neither did the man but the sorceress was afraid. After the whole spectacle of blood and gore, I came down from my horse and reacted quicker to the sorceress by casting a spell that binds her to horse, leaving me with the man with no idea on how to use his gift. I smiled as I walked towards him as reality was starting to dawn on him as he suddenly realized how helpless he was. Is this the simple task that got Harrison killed? Surely, I expected more from them.

CONTINUED ************************** NYASA ************************** I was disappointed by the way and manner Kieran treated me like some spoil from war, it didn’t even seem like he knew before, well he doesn’t anyway. He seemed so strange and distant but the way he fought, it was quite scary. He moved with grace and precision and he knew just when to move for the kill. This man is no commoner, he is hiding quite a lot of things behind that unreadable mask he calls a face. The silly witch found my scar and pride; how she knew where it should be still amazes me. She is quite knowledgeable in so many things and she carried some power too with the way she killed those fvcking animals. I wanted to do something much worse to them after what they did to me, oh, if only that arrogant hunter had released me sooner. He did anyway, albeit too late. Why do I think he has feelings for the witch, well, what do I care? He can have all kinds of feelings for her; I am for the king and him alone. I went ahead of them after the embarrassment of getting myself captured, which will never happen again. I rode along the path for a while before diverting into the woods where I waited patiently for the hunter and his witch to pass. It took them quite some time but they finally did. They were quite fast as they were probably trying to make up for lost time. I followed as quickly as I could, although, I later reduced my distance so that I wouldn’t be discovered again. Instead of going through the road that leads to the Northern gate, they took the deserted path, which was the route to a place no sane person visits – the forgotten lands. Could it mean that she is probably a guardian? And if so what do they want with him? My answers had to wait as I sensed the gift of someone quite powerful. Someone with immense abilities was heading towards Kieran and his witch. I reduced my pace and they did the same too, the witch must have felt the gift too. She came and Kieran did the same, they talked for a while before she bent and picked some amount of sand. She must have asked him to stretch his arms because he thrust them towards her after she stood upright. She started murmuring some words after which I sensed his glorious gift. The witch locked his powers to protect him and prevent other dangerous people from tailing them. Well, it didn’t stop whoever was heading towards this direction as I am quite certain that’s what made her release his gift again. But can this unlearned man be of any use when it comes to the use of magic, I guess I will have to wait and see. They mounted their horses and went off to face whosoever was heading towards them. I picked up pace but later changed my mind and tied my horse to a tree before running as fast as I could. I was weak and hungry after what those animals did to me but I knew that if I allow another person take Kieran, I might never get to eat again. I ran but later slowed down when I saw Kieran’s horse from afar. They had stopped and I couldn’t tell the reason, I moved slowly and quietly to see who wanted them. I was close to seeing the fellow when I heard someone whisper something. I stopped moving and stayed behind a tree. I slowly turned to find four men in strategic positions. They were on their toes and their eyes were fixed on what was going on the path. Their attires were that of the soldiers of the northern kingdom which shocked me. Why would the king of that empty land come after a nobody like Kieran. The soldiers must been laying siege and waiting for a signal from someone before pouncing on Kieran. I couldn’t allow that to happen, so I brought out my knives and threw both at two of the men. It struck the back of their heads and they went down immediately. The other turned to see their comrades on the floor and came immediately for me when they saw I was the attacker. I pulled out another knife strapped to my trousers and charged towards them too. The first one swung and missed. He wanted my head while the other thrust out his sword and it nearly hit me. I stopped the first one who had recovered from his first miss by holding the arm that held his sword before pushing my knife into his heart. Before I could pull out my knife, the second gave me a vicious kick to my abdomen which brought me to the ground. I held my stomach in pains which brought a smile to the brute. He decided to walk slowly towards me which was a grave mistake by him. I pretended to be rolling in pains but carefully pulled out my last knife. He kept his legs between my body and wanted to impaled me to the ground with his sword but just as he raised his sword I got up quickly and drove my knife to his fvcking c.ock. The animal couldn’t even scream as his words got lost in his throat. The sword fell from his hands and fell to the ground together with him. I struggled to my feet and finished him off by running the knife across his throat. I felt dirty after what I just did but I didn’t get to clean up as I heard a whistle and then hurried footsteps filled the air. I decided to take a look and saw about four men who were not there earlier. I smiled as I was confident of walking them to the underworld but I failed to check my surroundings before showing myself. If I did, I could have waited for their commander to order them to find out the reason why the rest didn’t answer the call of his whistle, which would have afforded me the opportunity of killing them. I failed to do that and when their commander who was an old skinny man ordered the remaining four by his side to attack me, I knew it was over. I tried but I couldn’t do much as the number was against me and I was already weak from the last fight. I was swiftly apprehended and brought to my knees. I expected the silly witch to do her neck snapping trick again but she didn’t. She just stared at the wizard and I wondered what was wrong with her. The man remained on his horse and so did Kieran. The old man later came down and he was full of confidence, he turned his right hand to a fist and murmured some words which I later got to know bound the dumb witch to her horse. She was useless without even throwing a spell, what a witch! I was really mad at her display of immaturity in the face of trouble, she was supposed to protect Kieran and even me who had no gift has done a far better job. The old man walked slowly towards Kieran who had come down from his horse. When he was some steps before him, he smiled and then opened the palms of his hand, stretching them out. Immediately he did that, Kieran fell to the ground, screaming from some form of pain. He was in deep agony as he would hold his head now and then move his hands to his stomach, then to his knees. I tried to get up but I was given a punch to my neck which shut me up. The man smiled after what he has done to Kieran and then he said, “You will tell me how you killed my brother.” I bowed my head in shame as it dawned on me that I had failed my master for the first time. KIERAN ************************** 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.

Chapter v ! ! ! ************************** The Guardians ************************** KIERAN ************************** “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

CONTINUED ************************** KIERAN ************************** 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 Unclad 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 Tips, 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 Unclad 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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Thanks for the update,kieran try to make use of ur gift pls

I like this story so much, next pls!

Nyasa will nt die

Kieran, be more carefu hw u use ur power...keep de pace moving bro.

CONTINUED ************************** MELFISIUS ************************* 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. ***************************************** CLAUDIA ****************************************** 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. ****************************************** ANNA ****************************************** 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?

NYASA ************************** 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 Unclad. 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. ****************************************** CLAUDIA ***************************************** 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.

CONTINUED ************************** KIERAN ************************** “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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KIERAN ************************** It baffles me sometimes just how stupid they think I am; I do not need a sorceress to tell me I should be careful around Vanessa. I hate it when I am told the same thing over and over again. Anna warning me to be careful of her enticements made me angry; I left for what used to be my room and took along my things with me. I didn’t even recognize if someone was present in the same space with me, I completely ignored Vanessa and moved my things to the room Anna ordered me into. It wasn’t long before I discovered that the room opposite mine was Claudia’s, she has been ordered to move too. My goodness, I am a full grown man and I can think for myself. I shouldn’t be tossed around like I am a child who doesn’t know that a fire is beautiful just as well as dangerous. I was still acting angry like the child, Anna sees me to be when the beautiful witch came in without even knocking. She just walked in like she owned the room and walked straight to my bed. She sat down on it and decided to just stare at me. I breathe in deep and just looked away from her, my anger was slowly turning to rage and as I know little about my powers, I tried really hard to keep the rage checked. I looked away from her and focused on the task at hand as she decided to look at me rather than help. After I was done with putting my things where they should be based on the arrangements in the room, I went into the wash room to wash my face and hands. I returned to the bedroom to find her still seated but engrossed with playing with her fingers. “Are you finished?” she asked. I simply nodded and pulled a chair and sat opposite her. She smiled, “Good, we shall begin then.” She said. “Begin what?” I asked, confused. “Your teachings will begin today as Mother decided that you have rested enough. I have been told you have accepted your gift which isn’t too hard to see. Well, I will be teaching you how to balance things by removing or adding. It’s your first step to knowing how the balance of nature works. First, I will teach you how to increase the ferocity of that fire over there and how to reduce it too. Now, bring me your hands and call out your gift as you know how to.” She replied me. I did as she asked and stretched forth my hands; she took them in her palms. The moment she did, she suddenly breathed in deep and closed her eyes. She was like that for quite some time and then she started shaking suddenly. I became terrified by her sudden change and tried to pull my hands from her grip but I couldn’t as some force held them firm to hers. I tried harder but failed to achieve my aim. I decided to watch and soon she stopped shaking. She calmed down and opened her beautiful green eyes. She gave me a hard look before saying, “You don’t know the glorious gift you carry. I was inside you and have been digging deep but your gift doesn’t seem to have any end. I dug and dug but it is just endless. You are indeed special; I have never felt anything like what I just did. The experience is breathtaking.” I just continued to stare at her without uttering a word. She asked me to stretch my hands to teach me some nonsense only for her to turn around to look inside of me and she didn’t deem it fit to apologize. I must add her to the persons I should be careful of. “Alright, call your gift and fix your gaze at the fire. Let the flames and your gift become one and then what happens next will be natural. You will be able to do whatever you want with it. I did as she said and it wasn’t as difficult as I thought it would be. I called out my gift as I have learnt how to while looking at the fire. As I did, it was as if my consciousness moved towards the fire and hovered above it. I moved my eyebrows up instinctively and the ferocity of the fire went up too, I smiled and repeated the same thing again but this time ,the reaction was unexpected. The burning went up too and that startled me which made me pull my hands from Ellen. She was startled too and stood up just as the wood did and as she did, a book fell from her thighs. A book I didn’t see earlier, she laughed and picked up the book and kept in back in her trousers. I laughed too and I apologized for what I did. She just laughed it off too and asked me to repeat what I just learned without her help. It was a bit difficult to accomplish this time as I found it hard to merge my gift with the fire, it then occurred to me that she was actually helping me focus when she held my hands. After I tried the third time, I succeeded. I smiled and turned to see her staring at me again. What is it with this woman, why does she keep looking at me like that? Thank the spirits, I was saved by a knock on the door and it opened to reveal the fleshy Claudia at the other side. I pulled her into me quickly and begged her to get the strange witch out of my room. She did and Ellen left. I was glad she was gone because I couldn’t tell what she wanted from me. As soon as she left, I lead Claudia to the bed where I checked her hair for any scar or injuries. There weren’t, I was glad. I stood up and faced her, I asked her about the title of the book that fell from Ellen’s thighs – the grimoire of the chosen. She looked quite surprised from the look on her face and I wondered why. She later regained herself and said, “I am sorry, Ethan, I can’t tell you anything about that book. Until mother deems it fit, I can’t speak on it.” I nodded and looked away in fury. Mother always has to say yes. “How did come to know about such a book?” she asked. I didn’t answer but I decided to make her comfortable and maybe she might just say something about it. I have noticed Claudia talks a lot when she leads the conversation. I put away my anger and walked back to her. I sat beside her on the bed and gently held her right arm. I caressed it; she tried to pull away from me thinking that it might lead somewhere. I held on and looked straight into her eyes before saying, “Tell me about the man you are bestowed to.” She blinked and once again opened her mouth. She quickly closed it and smiled, “You don’t forget, do you?” I smiled, she licked her fine lips and her eyes slowly started getting wet. I continued caressing her arm and put my other free arm around her shoulders. I pulled her to me and whispered, “Tell me everything.

ANNA ************************** He doesn’t know about the subtle message passed to him by his daughter before her death. The riddle is one called the three forks, which means three lines of short words. It’s ancient and has been forgotten which is why no one should be able to create something of such with so much ease. It’s also mean no one should be able to solve the riddle with relative ease, especially an unlearned man. Whoever created the riddle wasn’t expecting Kieran to solve it but what does that fellow aims to achieve with such forgotten methods. Who is this fellow that seeks to test the will or should I use the potency of the gift in Kieran? Could it be the king of the north, the strangely quiet Lucien or someone else entirely? I slumped to my bed as I was getting tired of this, why is it my reign such things come to reality. The prophecy clearly pointed to Kieran when he was born. He was the one born on the day the deer he killed was birth, the two creatures both share a unique bond. The deer was the guardian safely keeping his gift from those that seek for it and the only way to release what he carried was to kill the beautiful beast. The spirits created an anomaly in Kieran and created a way to keep him safe. We were chosen to be his light, to be his guide and teacher until he can walk without our aid. I thought he was created to check the cruelty and evil of Nero and his son – Lucien but that doesn’t seem to be the case after all. Someone is clearly trying to take our place as his chosen guide, I must find out who this person is. ************************** NYASA ************************** Kieran had a scowl on his face when he walked into the room, someone must have caused this foul mood of his. He completely ignored me and went about packing his things. It seems he was ordered to leave the room and move somewhere and he didn’t like that. He is never been the man that likes to be ordered around and in truth, no one likes it. Two of the women later entered the room, they ignored me too and helped in carrying Kieran’s things, but the things were quite small and shouldn’t be a problem for him. They were most likely here to watch him, or rather me. The head of this place must probably know who I am and where my loyalty lies but why have I not been kicked out of this place if she is aware. She is holding back for some reason, whatever it is matters not so long as I remain here. I looked towards where my travel book was kept and wondered how I supposed to write to my master. I needed to find a way out of this place to even have a chance of getting messages from him but how am I going to achieve that with the way and manner I am watched. The moment I leave the room, someone follows me, there is hardly any place I walk to that I am not followed save for when I am in my room. I heard the huge gate I later got to see can only be opened by one with the gift and no one leaves without the approval of one of the seniors here. It seems I have been found out and I won’t be of any use to my master in the trap I am. I decided to play with my knives when I got tired of waiting for Kieran to pay a visit. Soon, I got tired of that and moved over to the window and watched how people moved to and fro the huge compound we were in. The people here were mostly women; I saw a handful of men. The men were usually alone and kept some distance from the woman whenever they meet which looks funny. What sort of laws they do they follow here? I know they were only following traditions, they will most likely be fvcking each other out somewhere when the bright light won’t be there to expose them. I left the window and went back to the bed where I sat. I looked towards my travel book and the urge to write to my master overcame me. I took it and found a place to cut my blood into. I wrote everything that took place from the time I last wrote to him till now. When I was done, I stared at it, hoping to see my master’s writings but nothing of such happened. I later slept off after removing every trace of my blood and the book under my pillow just in case those women decided to visit me. I woke up when the moon was out and for some odd reason, I decided to check the book and surprisingly, I saw a message from my master. “You have done well, keep him safe and hate me.” I had hoped to see more than that, but that was all he wrote. He usually doesn’t write something so short except if he is trying to warn me of something or he is isn’t happy of what I might have done. If he wasn’t happy about what I did then he wouldn’t have commended me. He is trying to tell me something from the last two words –hate me. Why should I hate him when in truth I don’t have the choice to do that? He is my master and I can’t hate or love him because that’s irrelevant to him. I live to serve him; my life is meaningless without him. If he is suddenly giving me a choice, it means he has no choice too in whatever what made me him to write such. I shouldn’t be receiving messages from him in the first place while inside here, he must know this which is why he is telling him to hate him. When you hate someone, you don’t care about such a person. He is telling me to leave him be and watch Kieran, he is warning me of my host – the guardians. He is trying to tell me of what I already know – I am being watched. ************************************** ..... Update 4...... 4 Likes 1 Share Re: A Broken Destiny: The Sword Of Vengeance by solomonbrown64 : 8:26am On Jun 03, 2016 CONTINUED ************************** ELLEN ************************** “We tried our very best but we couldn’t heal them, the sickness had eaten too deep for us to do anything. The entire family was affected save for her, the reason for that is still unclear.” “The head of the healers said but at my little age I knew it was my uncle that gave them gold in exchange for the death of my parents and brothers. My uncle had always wanted my father’s big tomato farm and has tried several times to entice my father into selling but my father wouldn’t. This has caused them to fight several times but somehow, they will return to speaking terms. What I didn’t understand is why my uncle couldn’t just build his own or pay for his own land, why does he want to make his brother beneath him just because he is richer. The question kept coming over the years until my uncle couldn’t take ‘no’ for an answer anymore and decided to take the subtle path. He poisoned a certain part of the farm where the biggest harvests were usually taken from for celebrations and all. He knew this because my father never hides anything from his ambitious brother - the trait that killed him. The poison didn’t affect everyone but some, my entire family especially. He bought off the healers who actually did more harm than good to those they were tasked to heal. I watched my family wither like a branch cut off from its stem, and in two days they were all gone. It didn’t take long for him to preside over the farms and houses of his dead brother as he was next in line to do. Women were never given anything of their father’s inheritance as sooner or later, they will be married over. Why was I not affected by the poison? I kept on asking myself the question but I couldn’t seem to find an answer to it then. I later got to know that my uncle made sure I was exempted from the poison because he had plans for me, plans of evil. He had always liked my mother more than normal and because she never gave him any chance, he turned to me as I took after her in everything especially the big buttocks I later learnt he cherished most more than anything. He kept me alive for his games. He kept me alive to fulfill the dreams he was never able to achieve on the flesh of my mother. He took me in as the sweet uncle he pretended to be and introduced me to his three sons. I was seventeen then but looked like a full grown woman. I was still in mourning when he first showed the madness in him. He hit my buttocks very hard one morning after our first meal of the day as I walked back to my room. He laughed really hard together with sons, and didn’t apologize that morning. I thought that was a mistake on his part but the slaps continued, until one night, I saw four of them walk into my room. That wasn’t what actually surprised me, rather it was the strange fact that they were all without their clothes on. I sat and asked what this all about but they didn’t answer me, instead, two of them jumped on the bed and held both my arms and legs. I screamed for them to set me free that I was their cousins, I was family but all fell on deaf ears. They turned me around and pulled my head down and made sure my buttocks were staring into the stars. I didn’t know what they were up to at first but when they tore my gown around my buttocks and then I felt something hard and long entering where I pissed, I knew I was being raped. I was a virgin but my uncle didn’t know or he didn’t care. He just continued to put his long c.ock into me until he broke the barrier stopping him from enjoying the full pleasure. I felt my blood dripping from my hole but that didn’t deter him, he continued with his defilement. I screamed in pain but no one came to my aid. My uncle hit my buttocks as he raped me despite my pains and when he was about to spill his seed, he pulled out and poured the nonsense on where he has been hitting. When he was done, he asked his first son to take his place, he was adamant at first but after a hard slap from his father, he slid into me without another word. Each of them fvcked and left me sore and broken. My uncle sent the healers to heal me and after I had gotten enough rest, they would return. I got so used to the treatment that whenever it was time for them to visit me, I would be waiting for them already in position. I tried running away but I was always watched and after I was caught once, I never saw the outside of my room for a long time. I was decimated and abused every three days and after praying to the good spirits for countless times to get me away from these animals without getting an answer. I stopped praying and started seeking for other ways to leave there. I discovered my gift during my time of grief and pain, which was a little late for someone who was born with abilities. I practiced whenever no one was around my room, I got better as the days rolled by, days became months and months became years. I could control some elements now, especially fire. One night they came again to continue with their act but this time I told them I had gotten tired of being fvcked in the same place. I wanted somewhere else, they were surprised at my utterance and my uncle asked where I wanted to do it this time. I told them the stable, they chuckled and asked why, I told them I had missed the smell of hay. My uncle nodded and led the way to the stables. I picked the one of my choice, the one housing his most expensive horse. The wood protecting it was far stronger than the ones used in the others, they got in and locked the door. I resumed my position and off they went going in and out till they were satisfied. After they were done, they were leaving but I seduced them into going in again. They smiled thinking I was beginning to enjoy what they do to me. Each of them fvcked me again which made them collapse to the floor this time as they were tired. I smiled and waited, they fell asleep after the hard activity they just did. As soon as they fell asleep, I controlled a rope nearby by manipulating the air around it tie their hands and legs. I was very careful and made sure I caressed their skin as I did to prevent them from waking up. When they were tied and bounded, I called forth fire and once it touched the hay, it ignited. They soon woke up to the fire but couldn’t do anything as I stood there to make sure the rope held its place on their limbs. They screamed and screamed but no one came to their aid because I made sure the fire didn’t spread beyond where they were. I watched them burn into hideous beings and when I was certain they were dead, I mounted his beautiful horse and rode out of the place I had come to hate, killing whoever who tried to stop me.” “That’s the end of my story, Eric.” He smiled and caressed my arm, before he struggled to say something as he was nearly at the door of the underworld. “I am glad you told me what has been eating you up, I want you to be strong and do away with that bitterness inside you. There are still good men out there and I am certain some day you will find one of such. Do not let these memories steal your happiness; find something to do that will bring you joy. I am happy you stood by me during my time as I sought to kill the man that destroyed my life but I have now learnt the hard way that I can’t and no can but the chosen one. I don’t know this chosen one but I am certain that he will arrive at the forgotten lands soon. I am dying and won’t be able to meet him but you can. Promise me you will get justice for my family, promise me you will find this man and get him to kill the mad king, promise me you will look after Claudia, promise me.” With tears falling down my eyes, “I promise.” He smiled and breathed his last. I closed his eyes and covered him with a thick cloth. I paid men to bury him beside his cabin while I packed my things and mounted the horse I stole from my uncle. I wiped my tears and headed for the forgotten lands.

ELLEN ************************** I arrived at the forgotten lands with so much pain and loss. I wasn’t bitter anymore, I just felt unlucky but I can’t wear such gloomy looks around here, no one must know what I have been through. I told Eric my story because I felt I owned him that after what he has done for me. I met Eric in a pub where he was drinking away; he looked calm and was taking his drink slowly. That caught my attention as most there take the gale in one gulp and order for another in their own way of showing the w.hores they were the man. He was still on one cup and was just staring into the night, thinking. He had long, strong arms and a very hard face. He looked like he just washed himself, he was clean but not for the women as he ignored their antics to get him. He must be waiting for someone else, for some reason, I wanted to know who. I was there myself to drink away and try to avoid sleeping that night as my time of rest was another moment of torture. Every night I close my eyes reminds me of what befell me every three days in the three years I was held captive in my uncle’s place. It’s been four years since but I still haven’t been able to forget as those years of my life had become to define me. I was never aroused anymore when my eyes saw a man, most times I only want to kill the man, especially those who will leave their wives at home and waste what they have earned for the day on wh.ores instead of their family. I hated men and that feeling had continued to grow over the years. I was interested in this man not because of his hard body but of how he carried himself. When it was deep into the night and no one seemed to be coming over to his table, I took my cup and chair and moved to his table. I didn’t ask for permission, I just did what I wanted to do. He snapped out of his world and faced me, his deep aqua eyes ran over me in very quickly and then they returned to looking at the sky. “I have stared at the same dark blanket too and to be sincere, there is nothing to occupy one’s thoughts there, save for the full moon.” I said, he didn’t say anything but instead, took another drink from his cup. I didn’t take that as being rude and continued to sit opposite him. When it was close to midnight and he saw I wasn’t ready to leave but I had rather taken up his style of a little drink at a time. He faced me with a scowl on his face and asked, “He sent you, didn’t he?” I was lost and didn’t even know how to answer the question. He had been sitting all this while waiting for someone to kill him or am I just the one misinterpreting his question and demeanor. I decided to reduce the tension as I noticed he quietly let his eyes linger on my hands than on anything else, my refusal to answer the question must have made him believe I was whoever he thought I was. I laughed suddenly which surprised him and said, “I only came over because you were lonely and were not taking part in the fun. People are happy and dancing to the beautiful music but you are here all alone, staring into nothing. You only aroused my interest, I must have been wrong in mu assertions then; my apologies.” I said, and stood up to leave. He didn’t say anything but just watched me return to my table. Soon, he left the pub; I didn’t see him till about three days later in the same place and on the same table. He was there before me and when he saw me, he smiled at me. He had a lovely smile; I was charmed by that single act and moved over to his end. “I am sorry of my behavior the last time we met. It’s just that I am now weary of very beautiful faces such as the one on you.” he said before kissing my hand. I smiled and asked, “What made you careful of such faces?” “Well, I have been attacked in various forms by beings with beautiful faces. I don’t particularly learn from my own mistakes but I think I have in this situation.” I nodded and from that night, we became close friends. Eric knew I was bitter about something and after he knew I wasn’t one of those beautiful faces sent by Lucien to end him. He tried to get me to open up by telling me everything about him, but my hatred for men won’t let me. He was a good man I could see from his actions and he taught me some tricks on using my unique gift of witchcraft. He was a wizard and he was proud of one thing; learning how to use his gift by his lonesome. I didn’t know he was after Lucien, if I did, I would have spoken to him to stop the madness he was planning to do. Lucien knew of Eric plans to kill him and on several occasions sent both men and women to kill him. Women I later knew were his body guards, the beautiful faces Eric spoke about. Once, when one of them came, I tried to use magic against her and nearly got myself killed. Eric drove the woman away through physical means and quickly healed me before I passed on. From then on, I owned him my life and his fight became my fight. He didn’t see me more than a friend and I saw him as a brother, so we were alright with pulling our clothes in front of each other and sometimes, sleep Unclad. Whenever he couldn’t control his urges, he visits the brothel where he screws some whores. One day, we got wind of the fact that Lucien will be visiting one of the towns in his kingdom where he intended to open one of many projects. The plan was to attack him on the route back to his palace; it was a brilliant plan as Lucien rarely ever leaves his palace. Our plan worked but for reasons best known to Eric, he decided to attack the king alone while I took care of his soldiers and women. It wasn’t easy for me because I couldn’t use magic against the women who were three in number. I had to use several tricks Eric taught me such as appearing and disappearing which I later knew were gifts peculiar to only to witches and wizards. By doing so, I was able to distract the coordinated attacks of the women and took them out by hitting their heads. I ran to where I left Eric but found him on the floor, barely breathing. I tried to heal him but only made his injuries worse. Eric couldn’t be healed because Lucien used the spell of the inverse proportions on him which prevents healing on someone. I cried when I learnt this and took him back home. He died in his cabin days after, I had lost someone I cared for again but in doing so, I found one thing I lacked for so long – purpose. **************************************** I soon became a household name among the guardians when each time I went in search of gifted females, I always returned with the girls no matter how difficult the location was. I went even to the dreaded north and my targets never eluded me. The bitter one was later the name accorded to me by some jealous guardians and some even whispered that I preferred sleeping with my kind than doing men. I didn’t care about their allegations and gossips but rather kept my eyes on the beautiful Claudia. Eric had good taste and that included his wife, whom was just as quiet as I was, perhaps, she had a story to tell too. After three years in the forgotten lands, I started hearing whispers of someone with Lucien powers. The whispers became true when one night; mother summoned some of us and ordered Claudia to get a man named Kieran. What was so special about the man, I wondered. I later got to know he was the body of the whispers that was everywhere; he was the one Eric spoke about. I became excited and started spending most of my time looking at the gates. I was staring at my blank sky; I smiled as I remembered Eric. I was a bit disappointed with mother on choosing Claudia who had never been to the fields before for such an important task. I became scared when the time she was meant to return passed and still she was nowhere to be seen. I kept on praying and the good spirits heard me this time. I heard footsteps one early morning and I found my way outside from my viewing post where I watched the chosen man summoned a powerful blast of lightening to scare off Maureen. That single act of his made him enemies in his new home but I was glad because that would mean less advances from the women for the time being. I couldn’t wait to be with him and I got my wish when mother asked me to get the stubborn man to her chambers by any means possible. I walked in to find him beside one of those demons who nearly killed Eric, I wanted to kill her there but I held myself because she was going to die anyway as she couldn’t be healed. But the handsome Kieran would have none of that and kept on trying to heal her until he did. I was astonished by such display of love but I was angry with him for not staying with Claudia, rather he seemed to prefer this woman. I did as I was told and took Kieran into the room by using his lustful desires as a means to get into him as normal magic doesn’t work on him. He woke up to see me and instantly had a scowl on his face, he didn’t like me and soon Mother dismissed me but I was able to find one thing about him – he is not the control master like Eric. I could easily win his heart by sleeping with him. I left his presence that day and kept my eyes on that demon, as I knew she was here to watch Kieran. I was appointed as a teacher to teach him how to use the wizardry side of his gift. The little time I was with him before Claudia interrupted us, I observed his sudden change of behavior towards me. He was putting on a mask of a polite man, something I knew he wasn’t. Every teacher loves an obedient child, but I wasn’t just interested in teaching him, I was after something else. I must find a way for him to open up to me and I must do it quickly before someone else wins his trust. The one thing he couldn’t mask though was his lustful desires for me. I could see at the back of his eyes, he wanted me and I will give what he wants soon. I began the first phase of my plans by carelessly allowing the prophecy concerning him fall to the ground. He stared at the book like a scholar would stare at his books. That knowing look unmasked him and I was able to see the intelligent and highly observant Kieran. His moment of distraction enabled me wave my hands around the mirror in his room as I wanted to watch him at all times. He gave me back the book, albeit reluctantly as the book was him and he was the book. Claudia arrived soon and as I watched him trick her into telling him what she shouldn’t when I got to my room. I smiled as I saw the brilliance hidden in that arrogant tongue of his, the man knows why he is here and one of them included vengeance for his family. A task I will gladly help him achieve. He might trust Claudia but I will have him to my bosoms soon enough. Kieran will be our sword of vengeance if Claudia becomes interested. I smiled and return to my bed to stare at the ceiling till day break as I have been doing for the last few years.

CHAPTER X ************************** THE QUESTION ************************** LUCIEN ************************** I had to wait on Nyasa reports to see know my next move and when she did, I couldn’t help but smile. She has truly lived to my expectation of her, truly, I sent the right woman. As I read through her message, I couldn’t help but notice some subtle form of magic running through each ink. Someone must have been with the book and she isn’t aware of that, else she would have stayed from writing me. I expected the head of the guardians to be more subtle in her moves, because she is what is called the green snake in the green grass. No, this can’t be her, it must be someone else. The spell used was just too simple for an experienced sorceress like Anna. Nyasa is being watched by one of the guardians and their leader has no idea about it. I left the unknown watcher and faced the message, and what she wrote surprised me. Melfisius , the great wizard and one of those who was rumored to have killed my father is also after Kieran and even has the backing of the royal army of the north to help his mission. Why would that lame king give his men to help Melfisius amass more power for himself? Why would he risk exposure by sending some of his best soldiers? If the gift isn’t for Melfisius, who else could it be for? What does the north want with such power? Do they wish to have powers similar to mine so that they can truly come out of hiding and rival my kingdom or is it for something else entirely? Sending his soldiers out like that shows desperation on the part of the king and Melfisius trying to take a gift so powerful without having proper balance also shows desperation. He could have killed himself by trying to harness such abilities as he doesn’t have the vessel to accommodate such powers. What most gifted people who desire gifts like mine and that of the hunter don’t know is that, our bodies have been created to take in such gifts and only the ungifted ones fit in such character, any other person who tries it will die before the ritual is completed. I am sure a powerful and experienced wizard like Melfisius know of such things, which is what makes his decision to go head on and harness the hunter’s gift more baffling or has he found a way to do something like that? If he has, then I must find out how. I have left the north this whole time because I felt they weren’t threat but maybe I should have subdued them a long time ago. While I overlooked them, they have been watching and building up. I must see them as the threat they are and treat them as such. The time for diplomacy is over; they want powers like mine so they can subdue me, that won’t happen while I still breathe. I will need to send men to that kingdom who will watch and report to me. But then, the thing bringing us together is this hunter of a man, I still don’t know what I want with him. Probably, if I had brought him to my palace, he wouldn’t have been the target of those animals up north but I wouldn’t have known that they had such plans. The north’s reasons for wanting the hunter is very clear but why the guardians want the man is a still a mystery to me and that is why the man’s neck is still far away from my hand. Nyasa is being watched and that will prevent me from knowing anything significant for now until she can finds a way to write me without someone reading through my replies to her. I have been searching through the books related to my birth but nothing has pointed to how I was made and why there is another like me. I will wait for a few more weeks to ascertain my next decision. For now, I will keep searching. ************************************** UNKNOWN *************************************** It’s been more than a day and Melfisius is not back yet. He is not known to delay with a mission, something must have happened. The mission was a very simple now, get to the man before he arrives at his destination and bring him here. What was so difficult in that? I folded my hands and continued to look out my window, hoping to see him riding his horse through the gate. I stood in the same position till nightfall and when I couldn’t continue to ignore my legs want for a change of position, I walked over to my bed. I was already asleep when I was rudely woken up by one of my trusted guide. He said the old wizard was back and he needed healing. He needed healing, what could that honestly mean? I summoned the healers and walked to the room where he was taken. What I saw was surely not Melfisius. He was in pains and started screaming immediately the healing started. The injury to him looked fatal and if it had gotten an itch closer to his heart, he would have been in the underworld long ago. I didn’t need anyone to tell me the mission failed yet again. Once again, the man has escaped and even injured someone as experienced as Melfisius. I was angry and walked away from the room as the old man had failed me when it mattered most, I will have to return to my first plan which will take a bit more time to accomplish. This time however, I will use my strength and tact; it’s time I put aside magic for the moment. It hasn’t been very successful.

KIERAN ************************** “The book was written in its original text years ago by a wizard. The man was a pure prophet and his sort of gift hasn’t been seen since his death until you. His texts consist mainly of warnings if the powers such as the one you possess get into the wrong hands. He saw destruction and tyranny, the likes of which was witnessed during the time of the golden ones. Mother assumed the book would become a reality after we got to know of what Nero did to his son, so she did all she could to end him but failed. Nero protected his son with ancient and complicated spells and then when they got breached, he created the gordons which brought an end to mother’s plans of killing Lucien. The gordonds were ruthless and are the reason there are very few powerful wizards presently as Nero ordered for their death. He didn’t want any one powerful enough to even have the thought of going after his son. He was ruthless and his son took after him. Mother is one of the few who haven’t been killed because Lucien killers can’t get through the gates into here. Lucien is cruel and all shades of evil but he didn’t seem to be the flesh of the prophecy we thought he was. Then you were born and once again we thought it was you. Mother was however careful not to expose you to those who seek what you carry as you didn’t have the gordonds to protect you. She decided to lock your gift as both you and the old one had a special bond. She came randomly to see how you were faring and that became consistent when you lost both your parents. You had a good heart though and didn’t look like the demon in the prophecy. Mother’s doubt didn’t go away though and some few months ago, she started having nightmares about the prophecy. Almost every night, she will ask me to interpret the prophecy again and again. She will try to reason it out from various angles but all her efforts still pointed back to the same fear- a man with the powers to do evil lives amongst us now. Mother believes the person isn’t you and that you were probably sent by the spirits to fight and kill this demon when it finally surfaces. This is why she has brought you here, to learn how to use your powers, for the good of all. So, there is no need for you to be bothered about the book. You should be more interested in learning as much as you can because the time to use them will soon be upon us.” She concluded with a smile. I nodded but I could tell what she just told was all she knew about the whole thing and she is the only more knowledgeable person as far as this topic is concerned. Only Anna knows more than she does. Despite the strange trust Anna has for Claudia, she still isn’t truthful with her. Something must have caused that, or probably she is just been careful. I hugged her to show my thanks which surprised Claudia. “It’s feels good to know I can trust someone around here. I am sorry about what happened to Eric. I hope he accomplishes what he left you for. Alright, I am sure you were here for something before I started asking you questions.” I said. “Oh yes, very forgetful of me, I am actually here to teach how to use the gift of prophecy in you but I can’t do that today anymore. I will be here tomorrow to begin proper. I will be leaving now.” she stood up, took her books and walked out of the room. I didn’t get the answers I wanted from Claudia; I should probably ask the woman the book fell from. But I don’t trust that woman, I don’t even like her. There is something not right about her. I should have asked Claudia about her but she might take it the wrong way and might even speak of such things when next she meets with Anna. I will find out what I need to know about the woman soon enough. Anna confessed that I wasn’t the one in the prophecy and she also spoke about someone speaking through my daughter which made no sense to me. But the strange thing is that, not too long after Anna said some strange things to me and refused to speak about the prophecy to me, that witch just happen to drop a book that is about the said prophecy, how coincidental is that? It just couldn’t have happened, she must have been aware of what she did, but why would she do that? Was she instructed to do so by Anna or she is doing so on her own and if so why would she do that? I am certain that when next she visits, she will be expecting me to talk about it, and I will. That woman is on to something and I must find out what. ************************************* Two guardians later visited me and we did some work on my sorcery side. One of the women happened to be the one I threatened with lightening the morning I got in here. I apologized the moment she stepped into the room but if she actually accepted my sorry is a still a doubt as she was rather cold towards me. Anyway, I guess I actually deserve it after what I did that morning. When the night came, I left my room after waiting in vain for the beautiful witch to visit and went over to Nyasa’s. I found her standing by her window and staring at the moon. I locked the door and approached her as it seems she wasn’t interested in finding out who was in the room with her. “So beautiful, isn’t it?” I heard her say when I got too close to her. “….just as you are beautiful.” She turned to face me when she heard that. She was putting on a smile and then she took hold of my hands and kept them on her big breasts. My breathing changed the moment she did that and I started wishing I had stayed in my room. I was warned not to sleep with her anymore but which right thinking man will say no to a woman as enchanting as Vanessa. “I have been waiting for you.” she said before locking lips with me. As soon as I opened my mouth, I knew there was no going back on this. Anna will have to forgive me on this on

Na woman go finaly kill u

Kieran be careful,that Nyasa is a gordong and very dangerious,trust only mother Anna

Na woman go be your downfall

CONTINUED ***************************** KIERAN ***************************** She came closer having noticed my change in breathing. She stood on her toes and locked lips with me. I kept my lips sealed but that didn't discourage her. I kept my lips sealed until I finally succumbed and opened them. The moment her tongue touched mine, I lost every form of resistance I had in me. I took control of the kiss and then carried her off as I headed for her bed. The kiss soon became rough as she wanted to gain control again but I wouldn't let her. I separated her lips from mine and turned my attention from her beautiful face to the gown she was on. I set out to loosen them when I heard a fierce knock on her door. I stopped immediately but Vanessa didn't want me to, I decided not to but the knocks wouldn't stop. She finally decided to see who it was that just won't go away. I straightened my clothes and sat on the bed like nothing was about to happen some moments ago. Vanessa walked to the door with a scowl on her face, she opened the door with quite some force and I expected her to raise her voice at whoever was there but she didn't. The fellow didn't allow her do that as Ellen who turned out to be the persistent knocker Walked in without even waiting for Vanessa to ask her to. " Follow me. " She said as soon as she stood in front of me. I didn't know how I was supposed to react because I just couldn't understand the level of arrogance in this woman. How could she just walk into someone else's room, interrupt whatever they were doing and then issue a order to me like I was some maid. Vanessa was stunned by Ellen's arrogance but then she recovered and calmly asked her to leave her room. Ellen didn't even bat an eye and instead, continued to gaze at me. I knew this might turn out ugly so I decided to leave with my teacher. I hugged Vanessa before leaving and once again revelled in the feeling from the touch of her big bosoms on my chest. I walked behind Ellen for a while and just as we left the quarters where the rooms were, I dragged her by her arm and pulled her behind one of the tall pillars just at the entrance to the building . "Don't you ever issue orders to me. What just happened must never repeat itself, I am a man, not just your student. " I whispered harshly to her but for some weird reasons she just smiled and gently moved her arm from my firm hold. She continued her walk and I wondered where she was leading me to. We walked out of the compound and then continued towards the main town. She moved through several alleys and it didn't look like she had any intention to stop soon. I was getting tired of the never ending walk and when she walked through her next turn, I pulled her back and decided to ask where exactly she was taking me. She didn't let me talk though, instead she fought off my hold on her and continued with her journey, this time she was slightly running. I wanted to go back but then changed my mind and ran to catch up with her. She Continued running and after a while she stopped and started walking rather slowly. At this time, we were very close to the huge gate that protected the city. A few meters from the gate, she suddenly turned left and walked down the steps I didn't know was there until now. I followed her down and what I saw hooked my feet to the ground.

UNKNOWN ************************** Melfisius has only made things more difficult as it stands, how could someone so powerful and experienced be so easily defeated by a child who was just beginning to grasp the complex entity called magic? His recklessness and thirst for revenge must have caused this. I warned him against doing that but he wouldn’t listen. His disobedience has now delayed my plans a little longer when I actually sought to attack Lucien now as he was still distracted about this strange man. He wouldn’t have seen me coming and by the he finally moves to react, his kingdom would have been mine. I must do things myself from on, no more involvement with that old drunkard. Destroying everything the south holds dear has been the very top of my thoughts for the past century and I must see it fulfilled. They can’t just destroy and plunder our lands for so long and then leave us to multiply once more just to take from us again. I won’t let that happen again and what better way to bring those proud ones down than by plucking and sucking the sweet fluid of their most treasured and adored fruit – Lucien. ************************************** KIERAN *************************************** What was before me was the strangest thing I have been opportune to see, I just couldn’t put meaning to it as I couldn’t understand how such a thing could be done; was magic this powerful? I was unable to see the steps because the sort of mist found outside the gates was the same here in this part of the town. It was very difficult to see anything but I still followed the beautiful witch blindly, forgetting my earlier resolve to be careful around her. I walked through where my eyes last saw her and I emerged out of the mist to stand just beside her. I sought to find out what she saw and the words remained in my thoughts. The mist was a cover to hide the beautiful ascension as written at the top of the stone. I looked below the stone to find still bodies of men, women and children turning back and forth in the air. They were not on the floor and still not moving anywhere, they remained in a certain position as though whoever or group of persons who casted this impossible spell took them from whatever they were first laid upon. Their clothes were still on them and the various gruesome manners in which they were killed were still there. Some were killed with swords thrust through them, others were decapitated as a thin space was visible between their head and neck, a few were killed through magical means as burns on various parts of their bodies were clearly visible. The sheer number of the bodies was troubling but more worrying was how such a thing was done. How can dead bodies are kept in such a way that they do not decompose and seem to act just like the living. If one doesn’t look well, one might think they were still alive. Who killed such huge number of people? Why were their bodies kept after so long and more importantly, why is this strange woman showing me this when I should be in pleasure than remember my own unending losses? After staring at the bodies for quite some time, Ellen turned and walked back the way she came and once again I followed blindly after her. I emerged from the mist and I expected her to wait for me and anticipate my questions which were many but it wasn’t to be. I saw her walking back towards town and she was moving quite fast. I followed as I have been doing all night and later had to run to catch up with her. When I did and tried to stop her from walking, she slapped my hand away in a sudden fit of rage. I thought she would be sad and probably crying but I was surprised when she turned and her once ravishing face was now a memory I wish to forget soon. She was unrecognizable in her rage, her beautiful face was now hideous and scary, and I suspected that if I wasn’t a friend she would have done more than just slap me. I didn’t need to be told not to try and stop her again, so after cleaning my eyes a second time, I followed her quietly to her room. She walked into her room but left the door opened, I entered too and locked the door behind me. When I was done with the locks, I turned to find her standing by her windows, staring into the night. I decided against touching her or even moving too close to her. I stood instead and watched. After what seemed like midnight as the guards were moving to and fro the compound confirmed that. She turned from her still position to face me but this time; her face was marred by the line of tears falling down her eyes. “What you just saw is why this place was renamed the forgotten lands and the very reason why the north is filled with more houses than men.” I heard her say with a husky voice which I found quite enchanting. She was crying all this time and I didn’t even know about it. She waited for words to leave my lips but nothing came out and so she continued. “There was a Damien, a Nero and now a Lucien. All of whom derived joy from killing and using innocent men, women and children for their evil spells. The grave you just returned from came at the hands of both Nero and his son. Your precious wife and daughter are also among the numerous innocents caught in the evil of these wicked men and more will still die. After endless prayers and cries of sorrow and wishes of vengeance, the good spirits finally heeded and sent forth a man to bring an end to this madness and tyranny in the form of a man who is balanced in all things of magic. The few who know of this rejoice and thank the spirit everyday but does this man know of the burden and expectations on him? Does this man know the anguish and pains people who await his touch pass through every day? Does this man even recognize the cloud of death that has been raining on happy homes all these years and even when the cloud touched his home, did this supposed light notice his worst enemy had come to ransack his territory? No , I think not, because if he had; this man will be in the field becoming one with his magic; this man will be in the streets and alleys encouraging the hopeless and giving the weak a reason to believe again but instead what does this man do? He instead decides to dine, laugh, dance, walk and even sleep with the enemy while his destiny waits for it to be fulfilled. He instead decides to once again allow the enemy into his home and let them kill the last saving grace of the innocent. He instead decides to fvck women and women and women and women!!!……….” “…..Enough! What is it you want of me, woman?” I asked as I couldn’t stand her judging me when I know she must be worse than I was. She came closer to me after I asked that question and smiled as she let her fingers moved gently over the lines of scowl on my face. “I want you to accept who you are this very moment. I want you to accept that rage and thirst for vengeance burning quietly inside of you. I want you to avenge the innocent, including that of your wife and daughter. I want you to end Lucien and every trace of evil in his court; I want you

Nyasa ************************** Here he goes once again; storming out of his room enraged and then walks into the beautiful garden at the compound to just stare at the amazing plants till late into the night before returning to his room. It’s been seven days since he left my room with that witch and ever since he has been acting strangely. He stays in his room all day receiving teachings from his teachers; the witch seems to spend more time with him though. She is becoming closer to him as I now see them talk more often and in most cases I hear laughter from his room whenever she was in there. Her interest in Kieran is really worrying as he doesn’t visit me as he usually does. Whenever I visit him, he barely speaks to me, and when I get too close to him, he gently pushes me back. I just couldn’t understand what was wrong with him, that witch must have done something that night she led him from my room, I should have never allowed her to take him. My mission was already failing as I cannot say if he is getting powerful or he has simply found another body to please. I thought I was making progress when I found a way to keep the other sorceress from him but I have only opened the door for another to take her place. I know little or nothing about this witch and getting information from the women has been next to impossible as it seems they hate me even more than the witch, which is strange. Why would they hate one of their own with so much passion? But then the hate for her didn’t make them tell me what I was eager to know. I have matters eating me up apart from Kieran’s sudden change, especially the involvement of the northern kingdom in all of this. The ease by which they allowed Kieran to escape into this dry lands for instance, there is something wrong in that. I mean why get yourself involved in something that risky and then fail and make your enemy aware of the plan you have to take them down in the first place. The north is obviously up to something, I believe a spy just like me is here, who is watching Kieran just as I am. Now, I know the witch isn’t that spy as the fellow wouldn’t want to expose him/herself like I have done, but then I will have that at the back of my mind. My priority now is how I am going to get that hunter to trust me again. ************************************** Claudia ************************** “You are allowing Ellen take up your space in his heart. He is taking the venom she has in her, do what you are supposed to do and leave that hole you call a room!” Mother said to me the other day, slamming a book of hers to the wall. She was angry but I don’t know why she was throwing the anger at me. It’s not my fault that Kieran seems to get attracted to things and people that are bound to destroy him. I am his teacher but I shouldn’t be the one making decisions for him and neither should anyone of us here. We can only show him the way and it’s his choice to follow that path or look away. He is a grown man and should be of the same age with some of us here. I think she should stop with trying too hard to make Kieran do what she wants, he owns her nothing. Let him do what he wants to do. Many lives might be on his shoulders but he has his own to live also, she of all people should understand that. I don’t like the fact that she is trying to make me compete with whoever on his heart, I don’t like him and I will use my time to do something more worthwhile than put an arrogant man in my thoughts. I have my hands full already with that gordand he brought with him, not that the mocking has stopped. I have watching the woman and it didn’t take too long for her to reveal her plans by writing to her master. She relayed everything to him, missing no detail. Whoever she was writing to replied her with a strange message, telling her to hate him and love Kieran which made no sense to me. Why would he tell her to hate him and urge her to love the man he wants watched? I have tried to follow her and see if she has followed those instructions but it seems she is losing that battle to Ellen, which is good news to me but mother doesn’t seem to like it. For some reason, mother doesn’t see the gordand as a threat but she is more worried about Ellen and whatever venom she is feeding Kieran. I was returning from the library when I saw mother, she looked at me and then turned towards one of the windows on the passage way. I followed her lead and saw Richard staring at the flowers yet again. I knew what she wanted me to do and so, quickly, I went the stairs and walked calmly to where he was. He didn’t bother to look at me and instead continued to stare at the plants. “You have been distant.” I said to him. “I have been busy.” He replied me. The tone of his voice was cold and I think I sensed some rage in it. What’s with the rage the last few days? Whenever I am with him, he is always angry and even his other teachers have complained about that to mother. “You had better kill that rage in you. It won’t do you any good.” What I said didn’t seem to augur well with him, he turned his gaze at me and his cold stare made me move back a little from him. “Aren’t you tired of the deaths around you? Of The innocents who have died and will still die. Look around you, there are more houses than occupants in this town and still more and more still leave to a better place. Every day you lose the gifted to the world of evil, and more of these gifted are killed for the greed and pleasure of other powerful people. Should all these evil make one smile and laugh? I lost my family and you lost yours too. I won’t allow others lose theirs when I can stop it from happening, and I will.” I was surprised at what he said and wondered who must be telling him all this nonsense. He has the potential to defeat Lucien but right now he hasn’t develop his powers enough for him to be able to draw a single blood from the mad king. “You must be a fool if you think you can defeat Lucien now. You will only give yourself willingly to him, Eric thought……..” “ I am not Eric. I am far more powerful than he will ever dream to be. Why am I even speaking with you? A sorceress who knows nothing, a sorceress who doesn’t know that the man bestowed to her has since die.” He said, cutting me off. What does he mean by that? How does know that my Eric is no more? I turned his face rather harshly from the flowers he was staring at and asked, “How did you know of Eric’s death?” He pulled away from me and said, “Ellen knew him and she was the last person he saw before he died.” That witch knew about Eric and she didn’t say a word about it to me but deemed it fit to tell a man who it didn’t concern. I left the gardens and walked briskly to Ellen’s room. I ignored Kieran’s calls to come back. That witch must tell me all she knows about my Eric else one of us won’t see the sun tomorrow. ************************************** ELLEN ************************** “Has he been able to mix his rage with his gift?” mother asked. “No, he is trying but he still doesn’t know that it’s his emotions that fuel his gift. He thinks he is like every other gifted person that just calls out words and spells to perform magic. He learns very slowly but then I think it’s all an act. He has something planned in his mind that he is hiding under the mask of obedience to me. He is up to something that I do not know about.” Mother didn’t look pleased when I said that, “He is hiding his real self from you. Find out what he is hiding through any means possible, sleep with him if you must. I want results; we are running out of time.”

KIERAN ************************** She wants me to be the sword of vengeance for the innocent or for her own personal gain? I asked within me. The answer to my question came after a few days. Ellen was teaching me how to control my steadily growing rage and how to fuse it with my gift when I suddenly asked why she doesn’t sleep. She opened her eyes and stopped what she was doing. There was a look of surprise on her face when she opened her eyes but it left Just as quickly as it came. “What do you mean by I don’t sleep?” she asked, then she leaned a little towards me and whispered, “Are you watching me now?” I smiled and stood on my feet, “I have noticed that your demeanor changes when it approaches bedtime. Most times when I take a stroll around the compound as I think to myself, I notice that you don’t put out your lights. Even Claudia who loves reading so much still gets to do that. Moreover, I was once a hunter and I still am and I know the simple tricks used when one don’t want to sleep. But in your case, you are not sleeping because you need to do something; you don’t sleep because you are unable to. Remember you are my teacher and I get to see you very close more than you usually allow to other persons around here. I am also quite gifted and I have often asked myself why there is this strange sphere of magic around you. I haven’t noticed that around the other teachers and not even Anna has such. Which is why every touch from you carries this tingling sensation of magic and that strange sphere is not for protection as no one, not even Lucien can get into this place. So, why create a wall of magic most people can’t see as most here are not witches or wizards when there is actually no need for it, except it is for hiding something you are ashamed of. When you were merging your gift with mine to help with what you were teaching yesterday, I had this urge to open my eyes and I did to see your face. There are thick dark rings around your eyes which suggest you haven’t slept in a long time, which brings me to the question, why?” All through my speech, she didn’t blink once; she just stared at me as I spoke. When I stopped talking, she chuckled for no reason and just took her things and moved away from my room. I was surprised at what she just did but it only confirmed what I just knew to be true; she doesn’t sleep. She didn’t visit me that evening as she has been doing since that night she lead me to that grave. I waited till night and looked towards the compound but I didn’t see her again. I decided to visit her late into the night. I knocked and after a while, she opened the door for me to come in. She returned to her bed and faced the wall. I sat on the head of the bed, away from where her buttocks were and apologized for whatever wrong thing I might have said. She didn’t say anything but just remained where she was. I waited for some time and when it seemed like she had no intentions of changing her stance, I stood up to leave Only for her to drag me back down and hold my head with both her hands. She started reciting some words after she placed her hands on my head and soon I felt myself slip into her consciousness. I saw several men taking turns in sleeping with her, I saw her kill those men and then I saw her carrying the body of another man. Then, I heard the man asking Ellen to take care of Claudia. I snapped out of her mind after then and just stared into her eyes, horrified at the sheer wickedness of men. My rage surged within me as I remembered what those men were making Ellen do. Could that have been what those men who murdered my family did to my wife before she was hung? I stood up and faced the windows as I tried really hard to control my anger. The men responsible were not here presently so there was no need for my rage. “Who were those men to you?” I asked. “They were my cousins and uncle.” She replied in a husky voice. I shook my head; it explains why she doesn’t like men. “What of the dying man on your arm?” “His name is Eric, he sought to kill Lucien but he died doing so. I tried to help him but I was unable to. He was supposed to marry Claudia but he was unable to.” I nodded and just walked out of her room, I didn’t even know where I was going to. I just kept on walking until I got to the library and watched Claudia open page after page. She doesn’t know her Eric is gone. She has that eating her up and yet she concentrates on her work to help me fulfill my destiny and how have been able to thank her?By making her sad and angry. I later left for my room and tried really hard to sleep but I couldn’t. The next day went as it should and I noticed that Claudia was looking at me in a strange way. She had something to say but she couldn’t say it. She later did during the night but that was the wrong time for her to do so as I tend to practice how to control my rage during such periods. I was unable to control it enough and I said what I shouldn’t have. She became angry too and went after the woman who was supposed to be her protector. I called after Claudia but she ignored me and continued her walk into the quarters. I walked after her, albeit slowly though as I anticipated some war of words.

ELLEN ************************** Pleasing mother can be very difficult, which is why I have never been the type that’s eager to please anyone because it’s just impossible. I left her chambers after she instructed me to find whatever her dear Kieran is hiding. Showing him the bed of the fallen was mother’s idea, she had hoped it will finally bring out that rage he has been trying really hard to suppress. It worked though which leaves me to wonder just how much this woman knows about this man. I am aware she has been watching him since his birth but she always seems to know how to bring out so many things I am certain his dead wife never knew about him. Telling me now to sleep with him if that’s what it will take to know his plans shows her desperation. The thought of her having some twisted plans for the hunter has since been gaining momentum in my mind. Why has she put it upon herself to be this man’s guide and teacher? What does she really want with the man? Surely, it can’t just be about saving the innocent or putting an end to the tyranny of the mad king? If that was her intention she would have had him brought in here when he was younger where he could have been easily shaped to whatever she desires of him. Why wait till now when he is older or better still after the death of his family? Why wait until Lucien attacked his family before sending for him? Her decisions concerning the hunter have a lot of holes. Kieran could have easily been captured or even killed by either kings of both kingdoms and if Lucien wanted him, he would have had him by now. What game is he playing this time and most importantly, what are the intentions of the mother guardian? I was unable to provide an answer to that question as heavy knocks rained on my door. I opened the door to find a scary looking Claudia. She pushed me back into my room the moment she saw me and shut the door with quite some force but the impact was reduced by Kieran who followed closely behind one of his teachers. What was going on here? Why is Claudia enraged and Kieran putting on a weak smile on his face? He stayed at the door while his teacher pulled out a chair from the table and placed it in front of me. She sat on it and asked ordered me to sit on the bed. I did, not because I was scared of her but because Kieran nodded for me to do. "How did you come to know Eric?” she asked with a tone of arrogance. I knew what she was talking about as I knew this day would come, but I decided to play around. "Which Eric are you talking about?” I asked in return. My question only increased her rage and it took quite some control from her not to strike me with some spell. She decided to talk instead, "The Eric you watched die, you snake.” She retorted. I was really disappointed with her choice of words but then I would have said more hurting words if I got to know how the man I Ioved die from the lips of a stranger. I gave Kieran an angry look and he replied by just smiling again. I will surely punish him later. "Eric died in my arms and he made me promise to watch and keep you safe. He realized he should have stayed with you instead of going after death which he later got. He didn’t want me to tell you how he died but now that you know, I will relay everything.” She nodded, so I continued. "When we met, he already had his plans in place to kill Lucien. I tried to stop him after we were attacked by gordands sent by the mad king himself but he was quite confident in his plans. He succeeded in getting the king isolated but he was in a hurry to enact his vengeance and went after him alone. He should have waited for me; perhaps, together we would have had a chance. He didn’t wait and Lucien defeated him with ease and punished him by conjuring a spell that prevents anyone from healing his fatal injuries. He died trying to bring justice to his mother’s killer but what he was only able to achieve was leave the woman he should be protecting all alone and join his mother in the underworld. I hate men and I still do but in Eric, I found a disciplined and principled man. He was a good man and could have been a good husband but the wrong emotions consumed him.” I finished with my story and expected her to lash at me but she didn’t. She just kept staring at me as tears flowed down her beautiful face. She later stood up and ran from my room weeping and cleaning mucus from her nose. Kieran tried to comfort her but she hit him hard on his face. He left her alone and returned to my room. "You are a fool for telling her what you should have left for me to tell.” I told the silly hunter angrily. He didn’t mind my tone but instead continued to smile. “Stop smiling and get out of my room, I don’t want to see right now.” He chuckled and came closer to me. I was beginning to get uncomfortable with his strange behavior. “You hate men yet I have occupied your thoughts long before I got here. You hate men but you long to have me inside you.” he said, coming closer and closer to me with each word. He was after something which I don’t know but I am certain it’s not my body as that was just a ruse. I must be careful with my words. “Well, you are a very intriguing man, besides you are a wizard too.” He smiled and suddenly took hold of my arms. “Since I got to know about my powers, everyone who has gotten close to me wants me for something and you are not exempted. I have tried the last few days to know your true intentions for me as you seem to know quite a number of things even my wife didn’t know of me. You used my desire to get me to sleep the first time we met, you seem to anticipate my next moves and you are very accurate for comfort, you know about my emotions and how they affect my entire being. All these I am certain I never told anyone. So, I am going to ask this only once; who are you and what do you want from me?”

CHAPTER 10 ************************* THE PLAN ************************* ELPHISIUS ************************** It’s been more than four weeks now and I have barely heard any reasonable report about the other golden destiny. The only rumor going around town which appears to have any substance is that he has somehow found his way to the forgotten lands which explains a lot of mysteries. The strange magic I felt some weeks back must be from that empty space and the old lady with the man must be one of those guardians. I should have known all this time that it must have been them trying to have control over what they think it’s theirs to guide. That ageless woman, Anna must be behind all of this. I am only surprised at her timing, why did it take this long for her to come for him. The whole thing could have been a little different if Lucien had found the man instead of his daughter which he wanted. Anna’s decisions might be questionable; Lucien’s on the other hand makes no sense. He has been strangely quiet about the man for some time now, and unless I remind him he seems not to be interested in the matter. Rather, the urge to watch the domain of the north kingdom seems to be his top priority. The man is becoming more interested in petty politics than insuring his life. He has never been this negligent before and instead of him to correct his mistakes, he is ignoring them. I thought he had taken care of the problem until I found out some days ago that one of his cherished w.hores is now with the hunter in the forgotten lands. Revealing the fact that he is watching the man through one of the most hated set of beings alive is complete foolhardy, Lucien is slowly losing what actually set apart him from his father – his wisdom. How could he allow the gordand inside the walls of that enchanted place when he is very aware that he cannot get across through anyone there? if he was so interested in watching the man who can actually defeat him grow in power, why not have him brought to his palace where only him can see him and have the man protected from the numerous minds who seek to kill him. With the right teachings and the right motivation, that hunter can be used to cause considerable damage to Lucien and might even end up killing him. Lucien is becoming too confident in his powers and allowing that men get into those unbreakable walls shows the highest form of arrogance. He barely listens to me anymore after he found out about my resolve to get to the roots of how the hunter got his powers. He probably thinks I am after his throne but what would an old man like me want with a cursed throne? Anyway, my findings amounted to nothing. There was nothing within his parents to suggest that they had any trace of powers. Yes, both were ungifted but like I earlier thought, many ungifted ones have gotten married but none of those unions have resulted in any golden destiny. How he got his powers is still a mystery but I am certain, one person has the answer to that question – Anna, my former teacher. ************************************** THE UNKNOWN ************************************** “What is the report on what I asked you to do?” I asked Angell. “We know of about fifteen of them whom were sent here by the mad king but we believe they are more. We paid a mob to attack them but we made sure they weren’t killed, just as you requested.” He replied. I nodded and wave my hands to dismiss him. Lucien had the nerve to send in men into my kingdom and the foolish men were so arrogant, they actually stationed themselves around most corners in my palace to watch my every move. Angell was right, their number must surely be more than fifteen,the young king is not stupid however arrogant he is. He must have more in other parts of the city watching me. He only sent those fifteen to my palace to carry out his message of his invincibility and the fact that he knows of my failure to get the hunter. Melfisius really let me down and now the arrogant king knows I am coming for him. Well, I might not have liked the fact that he knows, but knowledge about it will provide for a good game of wits, one I rarely lose. I have replied in like fashion by arranging for the men in my palace to be beaten and I am certain he must be aware of that now. I will like to see his next move. One way or another, I will have the powers of either golden destiny. “You called for me, my king.” I turned from my window to see Rachel, one of my most trusted spies. “Yes, what news do you have for me concerning the other golden destiny?” “Well, he is quite the character. He is not loved by many in the forgotten lands as scaring one of the leaders there with a powerful bolt of lightning and having feelings for a gordand didn’t give him off in a good light.” “A gordand is there in the forgotten lands and she is still alive?” “Yes, she came with him and she still breathes because Anna doesn’t want to hurt the hunter by killing the woman. It appears there is something between the both of them.” I was beyond shocked to know that Lucien had someone watching the man which explains why he wasn’t interested in getting the man in the first place. What stupid game is this young man playing here? Why allow what can kill him move around freely? Did he anticipate me going for the man? Because if he did, I have just confirmed what he expected. This is bad, very bad. “How is the man, is he getting powerful?” “It’s hard to say but the reports haven’t been good. He is said to be slow in learning and this will surely hinder whatever Anna has in mind for him. He is difficult to see and rarely ever leaves the quarters. The few times I have seen him though, I could tell he was putting on what he wanted people to see. The man is more than what people believe him to be.” “So, you think he is putting on an act?” “Yes, I believe so.” “Alright, continue to watch him and try to find out what made him accept the invitation from the guardians.” She kissed my hand and found her way back into the darkness through which she came. The man will be difficult to get, as most people know little or nothing about him. The only way to get what I desire now is through the only path that has been staring at me to walk through for a long time now: The path that never has disappointed me, the path that will surely get the arrogant king out of his palace, the old path of chaos and destruction – the path of war.

ELLEN ************************** I haven’t felt this helpless and powerless since my ordeal with my uncles and his monstrous children. I wasn’t sure of what I would do next as I had this warning at the back of my mind that any single error in whatever I was about to say next would surely not be pleasant for me. Kieran had a wild look in his eyes like a predator who has managed to put his prey where he wanted. Where he held my arms were beginning to burn and I couldn’t do anything to stop it as that might give off a wrong impression. I put on a calm look to ease the look of rage on his face and gently tried to pull my arms from his firm hold. It’s important I keep some distance between us as I would find it difficult to create my words properly with those set of eyes burning into mine. I managed to get what I wanted and when I looked at where he held me some time ago, I saw bruises. The sight brought back memories I never wished to remember anymore and I felt like hurting this arrogant, untamed man. But I decided otherwise, he was determined to find out whatever he intended to get from me and using magic to repel unpredictable person such as himself will not be a wise decision. I will use the bruises to my advantage and try to keep my anger in check but I will return the favor in some other way. I walked away from him and feigned crying a little bit, “You see the reason why I hate men so much, it’s because they enjoy oppressing the weak. Look at what you have done to a harmless woman when all you needed to do was use that arrogant tongue of yours and ask me what you want. There shouldn’t be any need for this; I am not your enemy. I am your teacher, Kieran, One of many who have sworn to protect you and guide you to the light. I am truly disappointed in the methods you employed to get what you want, you should know that we are not one of your games, especially someone like me.” I said and quickly looked away from him. He didn’t utter a word after what I said and instead came closer and held my arms again where he held them before. I grimaced in pains and tried to get away from him but he held on strongly. “You have tasted pains but it wasn’t the physical ones that actually hurt you, it was having your feelings betrayed by the ones you thought should be protecting you. It was the feeling that you were been used by the ones that offered to protect you. That feeling, Ellen, is what I am passing through currently. I am feeling used by almost everyone around here, even the one who has watched me over the years. I know where the gordand stands which is why I feel free with her. Claudia doesn’t seem to know she is being manipulated, I do not know for certain what Anna wants from me anymore but for you, its different altogether. You claim to be after vengeance for a man you hardly knew which in my opinion seems too far-fetched. If anyone should seek for any personal vendetta towards the king, it should be Claudia, so why take on a yoke which is not yours? What is surprising is how you seem to know how to appeal to a certain part of me and leave the other parts untouched. You have appealed to the brutal side of me, the side I show only when I am either very focused or when I have allowed something consume me such as my desires and rage. I want to know how you have knowledge of such things; else I will give you more of the fire you have started.” My plan didn’t work, he knew of what I did and if I continue to run around what he wants, he might do something I do not want to imagine and mother will be greatly displeased if she gets to hear about it. “You are a very simple man to understand. You give your all in whatever you are doing which was what I saw as you tried and tried until you found a way to heal that woman. When you did that, you use a lot of your gift which had a massive effect on your body. That weakened the strength of the walls protecting you and I was able to go into your mind without using the gates of desire. The moment I went in, I felt the enormous joy in you knowing that you had saved a life, I was intrigued and decided to find out what could have caused that and that was how I found about the rage, the sorrow, the loss and the bitterness eating you up. I was surprised at the sort of pain you grew up with and concluded that we both had something in common. As your training started, I expected to see you channeling such feelings to your gift as we both know that’s what brings out your powers but you didn’t do any of that. Instead, you were trying really hard to put down those feelings which were what prompted me to show you that grave and my early life. It has proved to be working and has made you become closer to your gift. I don’t think I am using you here for anything, I only gave reasons to why you should be angry and since they were all true; your rage came out naturally. I don’t see anything wrong in what I have done.” I finished with the explanation he asked for. My heart was beating really fast as I hoped he would believe what I had just said but when he smiled, I knew he didn’t, “Do you take me for a fool? I could have believed what you said if it wasn’t for the fact that you made a flaw in the beginning your speech. It’s not emotions that ignite my gift, it’s my will. I call out to my gift like it is another being inside of me. I was trying to keep my rage not because it amplifies my gift but because I tend to lose myself to it easily. So, it seems you have discovered next to little or nothing about me on your own, you were probably told all you know by someo………” I knew what he was going to say next and if I allow him complete it, I might yield to his demands and make me tell him that mother is my informant. I must do something to distract him before all the trust he has in me crumble. Just as he was about to complete his sentence, I closed the distance between us and lock my lips with his. There was no other path; I had to use the gates of desire once more to do what had to be done.

KIERAN ************************** I finally had her where I wanted and it was just a matter of time before she reveals what I desired. She made a mistake at the beginning of her speech which made it quite easy for me to see through her lies. How could she tell that my emotions ignite my gift? We have never discussed anything like that in our teachings so how could she come about such a conclusion. I smiled after she was done with her lies and that alone made her uncomfortable. I exposed the flaws in her speech and as I was about to ask her who had been feeding with what she thought she knew about me. She suddenly came at me and pulled down my head while standing on her toes and joined my lips with hers. I didn’t see that coming and the moment her soft lips touched mine, I felt that tingling sensation once more moving through my body. I knew where this was going and immediately, I pushed her back with quite some force. Her feet weren’t well grounded to the floor as she was on her toes while she kissed me. When I pushed her back, she lost balance and fell to the floor. She hit her head on the hard floor and the impact made her scream. She held the part hurting her and started murmuring some words I couldn’t hear. Her eyes were wet and soon she started crying. I got down quickly on my knees and tried to see the extent of the hit but she slapped my hand. I went for her head again and she did the same thing. I got tired of her stubbornness and carried her off to the bed. She was kicking and murmuring while I did but I held on. She was still holding the part where she fell when I sat on the bed and placed her upper body on my thighs. I gently pushed her hands off and pulled her hair sideways until I found the lump which was now a small ball. A laugh nearly escaped my lips after seeing the lump but I managed to suppress it. I pressed the lump a little and she screamed, followed by another session of tears. I laughed this time. She was in quite some amount of pains; it seems she isn’t so tough after all. I was carried away with my laughter I didn’t notice she had suddenly stopped crying and she was staring at me with so some much hate and rage. I was shocked and immediately, I went about healing that part of my body but surprisingly she wouldn’t let me. She stood up from my body and said she was fine but her discomfort said otherwise. Why does this woman thinks she can do it all? Why refuse my help when she cannot heal herself? She walked over to the mirror and tried to find the lump, I watched as she tried in vain to find where it was located but it couldn’t be seen by the mirror. I thought I should apologize for how brutal I was towards her, knowing what she had passed through when she was younger. I felt this urge to wrap my hands around her from behind and I did, which surprised her because I felt her stiffen. “I didn’t mean to push as hard as I did. I am sorry for that.” I watched her stare back through the mirror but she didn’t say anything, she just held my hands and rocked her buttocks against my c.ock. “I don’t care what you did, just make love to me, Kieran.” Why does she feel I am attracted to her in the first place? She didn’t wait for me to make my decision; she turned around quite fast for someone of her shape and quickly put her lips on mine. The tingling sensation didn’t follow this time but it need not to as I was already hard from having her buttocks on my c.ock a while ago. As we kissed, her hands were busy trying to pull off my trousers. I stopped her hands and brought it back to my neck. She wanted me to make love to her and not fvck her. I carried off to the bed and separated from her as I slowly took off her clothes without taking my eyes off hers. I could see the fear in her eyes as I took off the small clothes hiding her hairy wet hole from me. I smiled to reassure her that I had no intentions to hurt her. Slowly, I traced my way back to her breasts using my tongue and when I lingered a little around her firm twins, her breathing changed. She was breathing fast and turning here and there on the bed. I held her down firmly but not too hard to leave bruises and went down to her hairy hole after making her Tips red from my bites. I parted her hairy hole and slotted my wet tongue in, she moaned and closed her eyes immediately after I did that and not long after she started moving her waist back and forth to the movement of my tongue. I later stopped when I felt she was ready for me and promptly inserted my c.ock into her. She gasped and opened her closed eyes as I went in slowly. Her eyes started to water as I went in, probably the bad memories were rushing back in full force. I didn’t stop but instead leaned towards her and kissed her neck and chest as she wouldn’t give me her lips. I went in slowly, careful not to put my entire length in. Soon, she started moving her waist along with my pace and that allowed me go faster. She picked up pace and went along as her moans slowly became screams. She suddenly dragged me to her and pushed me sideways before coming on top of me. She had this strange look in her eyes which I couldn’t put meaning to. She climbed into me and I allowed her take control. She fvcked me like she was never going to see me again and it didn’t take too long before I started groaning as my seed was finding its way out into the world. I quickly tried to get her off me but I couldn’t as she too was about to release too. Her eyes were closed and her hands were firm on my shoulders. I groaned deeply as my seed left me and she screamed too as she released and fell on me, completely spent. She kissed me before rolling over and soon she fell asleep. I stared at her beautiful face as it had finally gotten the rest it deserved all these years. I looked away when I was certain she was asleep and walked over to the window to think. I actually did what she asked as I thought sleeping with her would give me access into her mind to get what I wanted but that wasn’t to be as I was unable to get pass this wall around her. I tried but I couldn’t, now the interesting thing was that the magic wasn’t hers, it was someone else’s. Someone is preventing me from knowing who Ellen’s informant is, which confirmed my earlier suspicions. Someone is watching me through Ellen, just who might this person be?

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LUCIEN ************************** The pages of the book was still strangely firm despite how long it has been kept in whatever hole it was taken from. I checked the book from cover to cover and discovered that it was a plain book, save for the title boldly written on the book. I opened the book and from the first sentence, I knew I had finally found a clue to what this whole destiny talk has been about. The first page talked about the ones who ruled this world then. They were complete in every way; from sorcery to wizardry, both men and women. I imagined how that era was going to be: having more people who had all the gifts in them. Giving such powers to different characters will surely bring about doom and I wasn’t surprised that from the next page, the writer focused on the evil deeds of the wielders of such amazing destinies. From the chaos, to the unwarranted slaughter and complete obliteration of towns and cities alike, it was a horrible time to be alive then. I got a little tired of reading the details of the destruction of these men and women and moved over the pages till I arrived at when the writer began prophesying about another golden destiny that will follow in the chaotic nature of his ancestors. I stopped there and closed the book for the moment and reasoned through the last sentence I just read. If I were to interpret the prophecy word for word, it will mean that this golden destiny will come from the line of one of the many complete magical beings that I have just read about. That will mean that I wasn’t part of that line because I was created by my father, I wasn’t born the way I was like the hunter. Now, I am not even certain of how he got his powers but he was born with it, so it’s safe to assume that he might just be the flesh of this prophecy. Now, I see the foolishness in allowing this man move out of my sight and control. It’s probably why the guardians wanted him at all cost, to prevent a certain prophecy from happening. I could have had the man in the first place if it wasn’t for the failure of that old wizard to carry out a simple task. Anyway, this is not the time to blame anyone; the good thing is that he is in safe hands and no one can get to him, not even me. I will take care of this matter later, for now I have a kingdom to bring to its knees. *************************************** CLAUDIA ************************************** I have been in my room for the past few days, mourning my Eric. I didn’t ask when exactly he died but it’s safe to assume he walked the path to the underworld before that snake came into this lands. I had this small hope at the back of my mind that he would one day find me and return to me but now it’s seems my prayers for him every morning has actually been for the peace of the dead. How could she, how could keep such a valuable information from me all these years. How could she look at me every day and not deem it fit to end whatever hope she could see in my eyes. How could she let me live in denial and then claim to be my fellow sister? She is not my sister and certainly an evil woman. How could such a kind man like Eric end up with a woman as cold as this evil? He wanted vengeance despite my warnings, he left me miserable and now he neither got what he wanted nor did he marry me. He died from the hands of that tyrant and there is nothing I can do about it. How am I going to live with myself knowing that I have been more than a pain to every family I have been unfortunate to meet? I nearly ruined my family or I probably did and I think Eric and his mother would have still walk this earth if I never came across their path. I have been more of an ill luck than a lucky charm to anyone. I wish I had never been born. I was crying and weeping, and soon I fell asleep in that same position for the third time in two days. ************************************** I woke up quite late and I couldn’t tell if it was night or morning. Someone was knocking furiously on my door and whoever it was ,wasn’t just disturbing me but the entire quarters. I screamed for the person to go away and when the voice threatened to bring down the door, I got to know it was the arrogant hunter. I reluctantly opened the door because I knew he would surely do what he said. I have lost count on the number of times he has knocked since I have locked myself in here; I knew sooner or later I will have to open the door to him. He walked in and quickly shut the door. He sniffed and cleaned his nose; I couldn’t blame him because I haven’t washed myself for the past three days now. “How are you feeling now?” he asked after cleaning his nose the fourth time since he walked into the room. I ignored him and climbed into my bed. He sighed and said, “Just how long will you continue like this? Eric chose his path and he failed in his desire to get justice. He left you for a personal resolve and here you are torturing yourself over his decision.” “Do not speak ill of him, he was a better man than you will ever hope to be. At least he wasn’t sleeping with w.hores just a few days after the death of a loved one.” I expected him to leave the room in a rage after what I just said but instead he went further into my room. I heard him putting away the filthy water in the hole and replacing it with clean water after which he added some fragrance to the water. He came in and forcefully carried me to the wash hole. I fought against it vehemently but I was no match for his strength. He stripped me of my clothes and despite my pleas; he dragged me into the hole. He stripped to the cloth beneath his trouser and got into the water. I was crying and begging him to let me mourn in peace but he didn’t seem to listen, he just continued with what he was doing. He washed me thoroughly from the top of my hair to the toes of my feet. He didn’t seem to mind that I was Unclad in front of him and when he was done. He brought a thick cloth and covered me with it as I was shivering after the wash. He drained the hole once more and went out of the room to dispose the dirty water before bringing in new one. He took my smelly clothes and kept them in one part of the room before bringing in clean ones. He gave them to me but I just turned my head away. I didn’t ask to be washed in the first place. He sighed once more before he carried me against my wish to the bed. He forcefully took the thick cloth from me before putting the new clothes on me. I noticed he didn’t look at some certain parts of my body while he dressed me. Why, do I have some effect on him? When he was done, he sat on the chair and faced me. “What do you think of Ellen?” I was shocked by the question he just asked. How could he ask me of such a thing right now? Just how arrogant is this man? “Get out of my room.” I screamed but like I thought, he didn’t. “Be calm, beautiful and don’t look at me like that. I only ask that question because I do not believe in Ellen tales concerning her and your Eric.” That got my attention and so I asked, “Why do you say that?” “Her story of his death doesn’t make sense. It is very difficult to put down one gordond but she said she was able to put down three and if that were to be true, why would Lucien spare her life after she must have hurt his precious lovers?” “So…..” “I don’t think she was with Eric when he died but she might have known him. She used that to get to me and you. She wants us both for something, she wants me to be her sword of vengeance but the person she is doing that for is not Eric but somebody else.” All I could do was stare at him and wonder whose words I would take for it – the hunter or the witch.

CHAPTER 11 ************************** A HASTY TURN ************************** THE UNKNOWN ************************** “My lord, there is a plague coming.” Ian, the general of my army said while trying to catch his breath. “What parable do you speak of, Ian?” “The full might of the south are heading towards this direction. We can’t stop those men; the numbers are not in our favor.” “Do not speak on what we can and cannot do, that is for me to decide. Who leads this great army?” “It’s the old wizard, Elphisius.” “Alright, go and gather your men. No one leaves or enters the city. The walls must not be breached, defend it with your lives. Now, go.” The weak general left in a hurry. The young king has finally decided to make his plans open. He wanted this and provoked me to get it. He has come to finish what his father started but what he is yet to know is that; this battle was his father’s last and it will ultimately be his last too. I left the courts and moved to my chambers as soldiers were busy gathering the able men they could find among the few in the land. The people might not have been preparing for a battle but I have always wanted this for a long time now. I dismissed the guards and closed my doors as I sought to summon one of my trusted few – Rachel. *************************************** LUCIEN ************************************** “Lucien, do not do this. Think over this thoroughly; do not start this war.” The old wizard pleaded. “Do not start now, old man. I should have destroyed those ungrateful animals a long time ago. How could that waste of a king come after my subjects, not just any but the one who has gifts that rivals mine? That singular act of his has clearly stated his intentions; he wants my throne. I have been negligent enough to even allow such thoughts survive a day, I won’t watch him create another path to end my reign. He and his subjects will receive my full wrath. Get the legions ready, I want that kingdom and everything within it burnt to the ground. No one moves against me and lives, no one.” I screamed and the old man quickly got to work. I have tolerated so much nonsense from him; I won’t listen to another of his warnings as they never hold water. My father might have died fighting this kingdom but that happened because he decided to put his trust in the wrong hands. The foolish old wizard, Melfisius is once again involved and now I know for certain he had a hand in the death of my father. I won’t let this bold move of his to end me go unpunished, I will makes sure he joins my father in the underworld. The wizard is the backbone of that old swine and killing him will break down his master’s resolve. “Send for the gordands.” I ordered one of the guards in the court. They soon arrived in their usual dress. “What does my king want of us?” Tasha, the leader of the deadly women asked. “I have called for the legions to head north with Elphisius leading them. The men of steel and magic will destroy and plunder whatever they deem fit but I need four of you to go after the wizard, Melfisius. I want him in chains right here in my palace. I want to see his treacherous face again before I lead him through the path of pain. The remaining five of you will remain here. Pick among yourselves who will go after the wizard and who will stay. Do that quickly, time is of the essence.” *************************************** THE UNKNOWN ************************************** I called out to the darkness with a spell created by Melfisius, after covering every space light could enter the chambers. I waited patiently in the darkness I created for my summoning to be answered and it happened. I heard her voice behind me but I didn’t turn, I decided to go ahead with the discussion without turning back. “The situation must be dire for you to have summoned me through this path. What is it, my king?” “We have to move quickly, I didn’t expect the young king to send more than half of his army. I am at the disadvantage in all things save for you and our work. Melfisius is presently useless but he might yet be useful as time goes on but for now, we must hurry.” “So, what do you propose?” “You know it already, I need a diversion. Something that will halt the bringers of death to my kingdom and the only way is whom I have asked you to watch. Have you planted the seed of discord within them?” “Yes, I have. The mother guardian is focused on what has no bearings while the man is torn between trusts and words.” “Good, very good; It’s therefore time for you to make that seed a tree and allow the broken man fulfill the prophecy. Reveal the truth to him this time and I will take it from there. You have to be quick about it; we have only until night fall tomorrow. Do not fail me now, my dear.” “I will die in service to my king, I won’t fail you.” With that, she left through the darkness she came while I walked to the windows and pulled the curtains aside for the light to chase away it’ss eternal enemy. I watched as the soldiers guided the people to a safe tower but that won’t save them from the might and wrath of the young king. Only one man has the power to stop this; the one with the broken destiny.

RACHEL ************************** I shivered along with my parents in our little hiding place just behind my bedroom, not because of the cold but due to the agonizing screams of the unfortunate ones who tasted the blood thirsty steel of Nero’s men. The sound of steel cutting through flesh and putting out the lights in such beings made me continue to wrap my hands firmly around my father’s chest. My mother kept on praying to the good spirits but that day; they didn’t heed to her prayers because soon, the evil men came into my room and my father forced my mother to hold her tongue. They searched every place in the room and found nothing but still they refused to leave which made us uneasy. “I can sense the presence of people in this room, keep on searching. No one must survive this day.” I heard a deep resonant voice say. Apparently, there were not only soldiers but wizards among these men. How long would it take before we were found? It didn’t take long; the wizard moved along the hidden wall where we hid and stayed for too long. We tried our best to conceal ourselves and even held our breath at some point but that didn’t hide us from the eyes of this wizard. The moment we heard men trying to find the way into the hidden place, we knew it was over. The good spirits must have been unable to hear us due to where we were praying from, or it was because my mother stopped praying and so they turned their eyes from us. They found the seal and pulled the door to reveal us. The smiles on the faces of the men whom were about six showed how much the orders of their king meant to them. They went quickly for my father and both I and my mother held firmly to him but we were no match for these men. They yanked him from us and while we watched, they slit his throat very slowly and bent his head to a particular side to allow his blood pour out like that of a sheep. I didn’t cry the way my mother did and when they were done with my father, they turned to my mother. I thought they would carry out the same treatment on my mother but they had no such thing in mind. While the battle raged outside our house, something else was going on in my little bedroom. They ripped open my mother’s gown and forced her to go down like a beast. I turned away as I had an idea of what was going to happen next as I was eight then but one of the men held my head and made me watch as the wizard brought out his long c.ock and pushed it into my mother’s c.unt. Her screams from that one move broke my heart and I didn’t know when I broke from the man’s hold and pushed my weight against the man’s moving rooster. He fell sideways as he was on his knees when I hit him. My mother held herself but the man couldn’t and his fall made his c.ock go limp and he suddenly started screaming from pains even his men couldn’t comprehend. How could a little push from a little girl cause a wizard so much pain? But their surprise didn’t stay for long because after one of them asked the wizard for the cause of his pains and as the man pointed at me; the rest of the men turned towards me with rage in their eyes. The closest one to me grabbed me by my long red hair and while my mother tried to hold on to me; she received a strong palm to her face that almost separated her head from her body. That singular action made me mad and I didn’t when I faced the man who held me; I looked into his blue eyes and commanded him from within to kill his fellow men save me and my mother. He nodded and dropped me gently to the floor and pulled his sword from his sheath before running his it through the man closest to him. The move shocked the rest of the men and before the decided if they were going to attack their fellow comrade or not, the man swung his sword and it met the neck of one of them. The remaining three decided that this man was no longer their own and came after him. All this time, the wizard was on the floor screaming in pains. While the men from the south fought themselves; my mother regained herself and took a knife which must have fallen from one of the men and crawled to the foot of the wizard. She used his calf to pull her up to him and before the man could figure out my mother’s intentions, his c.ock had been cut off from his body and my mother held the thing in her hands. The wizard soon bled to death and the bodies of the other men lay on the ground. The man I commanded had finished what I asked him to do. He set his sword on the floor and turned to face as he expected his next orders from me. My mother watched me in some fascination as I beckoned for the man to go on his knees and told him to get some food and clothes for us. He nodded and left to get what I asked for. I crawled over to my father’s still body and closed his eyes. I didn’t cry but I vowed within me to get my vengeance that day. The soldier from the south became our protector and provider throughout the time of the war. When he had served his use, I allowed him back to his town. That was the first time I used my special kind of gift. I joined the house of the king when I turned ten as one of the few with the gift in the kingdom. The great wizard Melfisius who was rumoured to have been one of the men to have killed the wind of evil – Nero became my teacher. He took special interest in me and taught me on how to use my gift in even more unique ways. I shared in the deep hatred for the North and soon I became one of the few the king held in high esteem. One night, just after I turned twenty years of age, the king sent for me. “Do you desire justice for what was taken from you?” The king asked after he asked me to be on my feet from my former position of greeting. “Yes, my lord. It’s the one desire I have nurtured within since childhood.” “Good, then you will do what I want to be done.” I nodded and he continued. “You will go with one of the guardians who will be coming in the three days to take a few of you lots to the forgotten lands. I want you there because the old wizard has seen in the stars that a man who will destroy the works of the mad king will make that place his home for a while. I want you there to watch him when he comes and report back to me. That man will be the beginning of our restoration to glory. Will you do this?” The king asked. I answered his question with a smile and returned to get my things ready. Melfisius taught me the spell of the demon’s walk which has been what I and king have used in speaking to ourselves. Just as he said, the guardian came and she was a very beautiful one. “You are Rachel, are you not?” The fair woman asked. “Yes I am, I am honored to have been selected to come with you.” She smiled and said, "I am Ellen Marcus, call me Ellen. Alright, we will be leaving as soon as the sun is out. Go and say your farewells to your families as you won’t be seeing them for a long time.” She said to the three of us. That day was the beginning of what I was about to finish now; the restoration of the glory of my kingdom and the unleashing of the true sword of vengeance. The prophecy was about to be fulfilled as I headed for the hunter’s room.

RACHEL ************************** I blended in seamlessly among the guardians and it did not take long for me to get used to every corner and bend in the forgotten lands. The quarters were where the more experienced guardians stayed and a few of the wizards. They were few wizards and a handful of witches as sorcery seemed to be the dominant gift among the gifted here. I was told I was a witch the moment Melfisius set eyes on me and the mother guardian confirmed the same thing on the day of our recognition as guardians. I loved my home and harnessing and discovering more depths in my gift was my greatest loss the moment I stepped into this land. We were told not to show any of our gifts nor what we have been taught over the years in the stone palace of the king but should act like complete novices. We were presumed to be unable to tell what side of the gift we carried within us and the mother witch did the telling for us. We were assigned to different guardians and witches like me had just about two of these teachers. Miss Ellen Marcus was one of the two; which made the plans of what was to come very easy for me. She liked me and cared a lot for me as I was a fellow witch like her and was one of her findings. She taught me the foundations of magic in my first few months there before she moved to the complex ones. Her love for me grew every day and when she kisses me as a way of greeting, I began to wonder why she was so kind. The other teacher wasn’t so kind and didn’t care if I learnt whatever she taught me but she never missed a session despite her uncaring attitude. I went along with girls of my age and drowned myself in what was common among the young and restless – uncontrollable lust and pleasure. I slept with a different man twice a month but soon I discovered after my second year here that there was no new face to stare into and no new c.ock to walk me on the path of pleasure; I had slept with every man in the town. There was no new discovery to be made. I stayed back in my room and decided to read or watch one of my teachers as I have been instructed to by my king. In all my time fvcking and jumping on one c.ock to another, I never saw even the shadow of the beautiful Ellen at such places. The old, middle-aged and the young had one point in time behaved like I did but not my teacher. Could the rumours about her be true? Does she feel attracted to her kind; after all she kisses me most time like she would a lover. But it had never gone beyond our mouth; she kisses and then goes back to why she was with me in the first place. I haven’t seen the lust or want for my body in her eyes; it was just the look of love a mother would give her child. Something must have happened to her for her to look at men with so much indifference was my conclusion. I decided to find out what and another time she kissed after she ended one of our classes. I held on to her lips and refused to pull away; my action made her open her eyes and immediately, I entered her soul through them. I saw her pain and bitterness; her tortures at the hands of her uncle and cousins. Her losses and how she lost a dear friend at the hands of the gordands; the loss which brought her here to wait for the same man I was here for and ultimately get the vengeance we both wanted. I fell in love with her that day and whenever we kissed, I tend to linger a little bit hoping she might get my message but she never did. The man I was sent to watch finally came and what an entrance he made that day; calling forth lightening so powerful, it destroyed the stone floor of the huge compound. I was fascinated by what he did and when I saw from my teacher’s mind he was still yet to understand his gift, my joy knew no bounds. As the weeks passed, I followed very instruction from my king after he told me the man was unique just like I was and I must be careful around him. I made my teacher swallow my saliva one time she kissed and that enabled my eyes follow her wherever she went. She reported to mother about the progress of the man but they were taking the wrong path. The man doesn’t need emotions to call forth his gift; he was just like me and just wills it out whenever he wanted. I twisted the story of the man bestowed to Claudia, another guardian in order for the hunter to have more reasons to kill the mad king and my plan worked. His rage grew steadily but when I discovered he trusted Claudia more than my teacher, I treaded carefully as the man was quietly brilliant. The night he slept with my teacher was the night I realized how much power was in this man. While my teacher searched hard to find out more about the man’s strange gift, he was busy trying hard to find out who was watching him through the beautiful woman he was sleeping with. I fought really hard to keep him from seeing me but he was relentless and if it wasn’t for his release, I would have been caught. I cleaned off the sweat on my face and warned myself to be more careful next time. My master summoned me a few days later and asked me to do reveal the truth, the truth that would change the tidings of the forthcoming war. I waited till when the sun hid behind the clouds and went into the quarters to find the hunter. He was at the gardens watching the beautiful plants; I got close to him and asked for the whereabouts of my teacher. He turned to me and smiled and the moment he locked eyes with me; I went into his mind. I planted the vision I intended to and walked towards the direction he said I would find her. I walked towards the route and turned back to see if he was still watching me but he wasn’t as he took more interest in the flowers; I had completed my work. It was time to rest as I took a left turn and walked towards town to get my hole filled up again. ************************************ KIERAN *************************************** Claudia kept avoiding me whenever she sees me and during her time of teachings, she would stare at the burning wood and then leave as soon as her session was over. I couldn’t tell what was wrong because I didn’t know what caused her to change her attitude towards me. I ignored her and tried my best to see through the wall in Ellen’s mind but no matter how hard I tried, I was unable to see through. We got closer and our teaching session became more than just practice of magic but of the flesh too. I saw less and less of Vanessa but I knew her eyes were on me. After our practice of flesh magic, I went to the gardens to look at the flowers where I tend to clear my mind. A young woman approached me seeking for Ellen; I pointed to the quarters where she was likely to be. She thanked me and left. She was beautiful with fair skin and unusual dark green eyes; I turned my gaze from her and returned my eyes to the flowers. After some time, I hard this urge to sleep and promptly found my way to my room. I was asleep even before my body hit my bed. I saw myself back at my cabin; I looked around and saw three women in tight, black, leather cloth. Behind them were two soldiers dressed in the attire of those from the south and in their midst was a tall man in a cloak. The women broke the door into my cabin and brought out my daughter. I saw them drop her roughly on the ground; my wife came out pleading for them to leave the poor child but she got a vicious kick from one of the women which sealed her mouth. The women dragged my wife away from her little daughter and the men came forward and held my shivering daughter in place. The man in the cloak came forward and put his hands on Mellissa’s chest and immediately she started screaming. Her screams tore through my heart and I wished I could help her but I couldn’t. My wife tried to help our daughter but she kept on receiving hits upon hits from the gordands. After a while, her screaming stopped; the man in cloak stood to his full height and motioned for the women to follow him. The soldiers walked up to my wife and pulled her away from her still daughter. One of them held her down while the other ripped open her trouser around her hole and slid his c.ock in. My rage kept rising and rising seeing these men rape destroy my family while I was away hunting. The second soldier took the place of the other and put his dirty c.ock into my wife’s c.unt too. All this time, the man in the cloak watched while the gordands kept laughing and chuckling to the screams of my wife. When the soldiers were done with my wife; they walked to a cart and brought out tar. They poured it all over my cabin and threw my daughter inside. A simple flame from the man in the cloak set the wooden house in flames. My wife crawled with the little strength she had to try and get our daughter but stopped when the house went up in flames. The man in cloak removed his covering and it was no other than Lucien himself. The soldiers dragged my wife to a tree as they planned to hang her but two of the gordands said they would do it instead. The flames made me see the faces of the people who killed my family but I became weak when I realized that one of the two women who kept my wife beneath a tree was Vanessa. I opened my eyes to discover it was morning already; I was filled with both rage and disgust. I had slept with my wife’s killer; how my wife will hate me now in the underworld. Claudia was right; I should be ashamed of myself. I turned on the bed and faced the wall as I wept uncontrollably.

D real fight is abt to start

It high time u begin ur revenge

time for revenge

Racheal,, mother confessor,hmmmm,Kieran time to avenge ur family,,kill that Nyasa first,stop sticking ur cork into her hole,kill her

ELLEN ************************** Mother felt what I told her had no meaning just as it didn’t to me. Kieran’s gift made no sense and after trying the past few days to make meaning out of it and failed, I had to pass it to one more experienced than I was but she was just as confused as I was too. Well, I have carried out the assignment given to me and I felt it was time I looked into what was going between me and the hunter. Since the day he made love to me, we have strangely become closer. I now long for his teaching sessions and when with my other children, all I can think of is Kieran. My dreams have centered on our love making sessions. The warmth of his mouth; the movement of his tongue, the tingling sensation I get whenever his hands dance over my skin, the look in his eyes as he goes in and out of me, the connection I feel whenever I am on top of him and the yearn for more whenever we are both done, has gone a long way in making forget my past and tortures. I sleep now as I should and most times, he sleeps in my room. Our sessions have become less of teaching and more of silent moans and groans. Each time we fvck, I try to know him better through his gift but it’s seems the more I go deeper into him, the more his gift moves away from me. I have only being able to see his gift from a distance and it is in him but it is trying to fuse itself with Kieran. So, if it is not one with the hunter, why is so easy for Kieran to use it or call it forth as he tends to describe it? I have never met someone so deep and difficult to understand like Kieran, he was just so strange. One moment, you think you understand a part of him, the next moment, you realize you doubt what you previously know. I feel his rage each time he is inside me but it’s like his gift was the one actually building it up and not Kieran. Which means that it was waiting for Kieran to finally see the need to unleash his rage but that itself was strange. No gift has a mind of its own, as a gift is more a part of one’s mind and body, which is why when it is forcefully removed from its original owner, it is instant death for the owner. If Kieran’s gift has a mind of its own, it will explain why he says he calls out to it which makes him Imagine what he wants to carry out rather than use spells and words to manipulate his gift in carrying out his wishes. It means his gift wasn’t something born with him as it is still not part of him but one of another deposited in him by the good spirits. It’s why he is never really interested in the teachings on spells he is being taught but rather picks up interest when it is teachings on being one with his gift. This is the reason he has been here all along; to learn how to be one with this being inside him and also to find the right motivation to get his vengeance. Kieran is possessed by another being and I hope that being is out for good and not evil. I couldn’t sleep all through the night as who Kieran is finally made meaning to me. I couldn’t wait for the morning so that I could tell mother but I had to put my mind off that as I felt my skin tingle in a very painful sensation from the aura of a wizard. I have never felt so much power flowing from a single person before, it felt like the air was about to crackle and burst into flames. This aura was pure, violent rage, and if let loosed will bring about so much destruction. I got up from my bed and quickly opened my door to find where this aura was coming from and I wasn’t surprised to see other guardians in the passage way. They must have felt the negative energy and were speaking in low voices with a few pointing towards Kieran’s room. I closed my door and decided to check what was wrong with him. I was about to enter his room when he opened his door; his eyes were swollen from probably crying but that wasn’t what scared me. It was the look in them; they were colder than I last remembered and had this stormy look in them. His rage was trying to come out but he was doing his best to save it for the right person, but who was this person? I moved back after I saw the look in his eyes, he looked away from me and locked his door. He carried his bag and moved towards the entrance of the quarters, where was he heading to at this time of the morning? I followed and called out to him but he refused to answer. He came out of the building with me and other guardians behind him. He saw one of the men patrolling the compound and ordered the man to get down from his horse. The man obeyed without putting up any resistance. He was about to mount his horse when I held to his trousers. "Let me go, woman.” He ordered but I didn’t heed to his request. He repeated the same thing and when he saw I wasn’t ready to obey, he pushed me back with quite some force. The owner of the horse held me from falling else I might have injured myself from the push. I was angry at what he just did and dragged him down with everything in me after walking to the horse again. “I won’t let you leave until you tell me where you are going.” He looked even more furious after what I had just done. He was about to answer me when he raised his head and as soon as he did, I felt the air burst into flames. Lightening so powerful and bright descended on something. I turned around to see who and was surprised it was on the gordand. But the lightening turned back towards Kieran after it couldn’t harm the beautiful woman and somehow he was able to send it back to the skies from whence it came. I couldn’t believe that a lightening so powerful couldn’t even tear a fabric in the woman’s clothing but was only able to knock her off her feet. His rage was finally let loosed and from what he just did, it was plain clear that he intends to go for Lucien and his men. He turned back and mounted his horse heading for the huge gate. I turned to look at the guardians and found mother among them, a single look from her confirmed what I had in mind. I was to follow the hunter and protect him. I asked for a horse and it was quickly given to me. I mounted it and left the forgotten lands without clothes or food but was heading to the unsafe world to get back my lover.

CHAPTER 12 ************************** REINCARNATION ************************** ELFISIUS ************************** Trying to steer a mule to the right track can be very tedious but when the necessary force is applied, it goes where it is commanded. In my own case, I tried to show Lucien the way but his stubbornness is nothing compared to that of a mule. He refused to listen to my pleas of diplomacy rather than brute force. I know it’s been a while since he got involved in a battle and his gift must be probably yearning for one, but trying to burn down a kingdom just because of that is not the way to go. He has always wanted to take control of the North just as his father but that greed brought a man so powerful to the grave and I don’t why he thinks his case will be different. How Nero died exactly is still a mystery as many said that someone whom we do not know for certain turned one of his spells against him. Lucien believes that strange person is no other than Melfisius; a man who could be called Nero’s flesh and blood. Lucien believes his father was betrayed by one he called brother and has vowed to get him any chance he got. He has one now and he has dedicated a few of the gordands to bring him back in chains. If he has just the intention of getting just the wizard then he should carry that out quietly rather than kill so many innocents because of a single man. My words weren’t deem worthy of listening to and so he ordered for the men of steel and quite a number of the gifted ones. I expected him to lead the charge after all of his words of rage and all but instead he decided to stay in his palace and ordered my old bones to carry out his evil plans. I was surprised at his decision to stay in the palace, why doesn’t he want to lead the charge? Why stay behind if he was so eager to taste blood again or is he trying to avoid what happened to his father? If that is the case, then it’s a wise choice from him. I decided to put the young king and his strange decisions aside and carry out the task at hand. It took nearly a day for the legions of steel to get ready with their commanders taking charge of their divisions. I summoned the best of the gifted ones available as some didn’t see any sense in wrecking havoc on a little kingdom because a child said so. Of course, they wouldn’t say such in the presence of the ‘child’ as a single stare from him will make them change their minds but I allowed them stay and went with the ones who wanted to go. We left the next morning matching towards the North and by nightfall, we should be working to pulling down the high walls of the kingdom. I wasn’t comfortable with what I was about to do but then the foolish king didn’t help himself by going after the one man that could end Lucien. it was an unnecessary move and at the end, it didn’t work out as he thought it would and now his subjects will pay for his stupidity. A party to plead on his behalf should have been sent but Lucien would have demanded for the head of Melfisius, something the king might be hesitant to give. I wish I could help here but this was beyond me and I am bound to obey my king. We were just one town away from the little kingdom when I suddenly felt the powerful aura of a gifted one as I couldn’t say for certain if he was a wizard or a sorcerer but I could tell it was from a man. The aura was all about rage, in its purest form. A rage that couldn’t be compared to that of all the gifted ones with me which includes myself. I heard murmuring among the gifted with me; they must have felt the aura too. Even the gordands looked worried; whoever was coming had no joy in him. I calmed the nerves of the gifted with me and ordered them to hold their tongue in order not to unsettle the soldiers. I urged us to continue our march towards the North, the wizards and sorcerers didn’t look convinced but they obeyed me anyway. The aura kept coming closer and closer and finally it revealed itself to be the other golden destiny who managed to escape from me. I was surprised to see him and stopped my horse and the others followed my lead. What was he after that led him towards our way? Was he going after Lucien? I waited for him to stop his charge and he did. There was a woman behind him and then another woman too was with him. The last woman was Nyasa, Lucien’s favorite gordand. “Where are you headed, young man.” I asked the enraged man. “Kieran, please don’t do this. Let’s go back; I don’t want to lose you too.” The strange woman with him said but he ignored what she said and answered my question. “I am here for Lucien, where is he?” he asked. “What arrogance! I will pretend I didn’t see you. Do as the young woman said and return from whence you came.” I replied him “Leave my way, old man. I won’t say it again.” He told me. I laughed and repeated what I earlier said and he did as I said. He turned his horse around and then rode back where he came. I thought he had gone until he suddenly turned around and charged towards me and my men. I stood my ground and my men did the same. When he was close to me, I felt the ground rumble and the sky darkened. The sudden rumble of the ground knocked the soldiers off their feet but those on horses managed to hold on. I wondered how he was able to do it, but I will find the answer to that later. I sent forth some men towards him but a lightning strike went through them and turned them to burnt flesh. This man had every intention to do as he said. The gifted ones among me were scared to attack which forced me to respond with the cursed flames. Immediately, I did that, the gordands with me surrounded me with their horses to protect me from the attacks of the man. The hunter stopped my cursed flames and hurled it back towards me and then added a powerful lightening strike to it. I didn’t see the lightening coming as my focus was on the flames. If it hadn’t been for the gordands, I would have been dead. His attacks went back towards him as they couldn’t seem to penetrate the gordands. He once again sent them towards my men who were charging towards him. Their screams of agony pierced my heart as the unfortunate ones hit by the flames burned to the ground. His strange ability to redirect attacks made it impossible for me to think of anything to use to harm him. I had to think of something quickly before he finds a way to get to me but nothing came to my head. Facing him was just like facing Lucien only that he had so much rage burning in him. How long before he manages to get the women away from me. My answer was given quickly as he once again caused the ground to shake and then a wind came from the north and swept us off our feet. He charged towards me after that and then stopped when he got to me. He looked at the gordands with me for a while. He didn’t seem to find what he was looking for and then turned his attention to me. “That’s enough, Kieran. You have your passage way now, there is no need for any more killings.” The strange woman said again. He stared at me for a while before continuing on his journey towards the south. I thought of getting up to follow him but I knew that I wouldn’t last long with him. Lucien can take care of himself as he has an army of both steel and magic and the walls of the gordands to protect him from this mad man. Moreover, they both carried the same powers, the match was balanced. ************************************** THE UNKNOWN ************************************** “Melfisius, it’s time to carry out the final part of the plan. Ask Rachel to lead our attacks towards the men from the north. You and I need to follow the hunter to the palace of the mad king. It’s time to take get what was stolens from me centuries ago.”

************************** NYASA ************************** From the day that witch took Kieran and prevented me from having my way with him; he has been quite distant from me. His visits have become less and less, now he barely looks at me when we meet. Most times, I see him at the garden but I couldn’t be there with him as he is always in a foul mood at that time of the day. He smiles and laughs when he is with either of those witches but when it is night, he becomes something else. Nevertheless, his avoidance didn’t stop me from watching him grow in both power and rage. I could feel his aura from afar and it was beautiful as it usually makes the air crackle. He was becoming too close to the other witch and most times, I see them in each other’s arms. They looked more like lovers than teacher and student. I was angry that another took my man right under my nose but my rage soon changed to fear as I knew that the woman knows of how Kieran’s family were murdered. I feared that she might tell him and that would cause him to hate me forever and even kill me. She could do that to erase me as a rival for her lover that’s if she sees me as one. She is beautiful but I am too, though she might be taller with more flesh around her hips but I have more flesh on my chest than hers. There is something about me that just makes men want me and Kieran was no exception, I was positive he would return to me but that didn’t happen as my fears came to pass. The moment I felt the change in aura, I knew that she must have told him how I made sure his wife was hung from a tree. How I watched as two of Lucien’s men fvcked the life out of his wife. How I watched as Lucien took the light out of his daughter after her horrifying screams and agonies. I heard the voices of the other witches, I didn’t want to come out for fear that I was the cause of this change in him but when I didn’t hear anything again, I changed my mind. I left my room for the space down of the quarters when I saw him arguing with that witch. He was close to a horse and his bags were on it, was he leaving without me? I walked through the other witches who have decided to watch the hunter and his lover trade words back and forth. As I got closer to him, his rage seemed to go closer to its release like a dried wood expecting the tiny lights from the strike of two stones. I knew there and then that I was the cause of the rage and I was certain after the wood caught one of the lights and it caught flames. Lightening like nothing I have seen or felt before descended on me the moment he set his eyes on me. If I wasn’t a gordand, I would have been roasted before I could bring up a shield. The strike didn’t hurt me but it was viscous enough to sweep off my feet. I fell back into the guardians’ close by who quickly let go off me as soon as they could. It was really strange that the lightening didn’t harm anyone of them but just focused on me. That just showed how much Kieran wants me in the underworld. He left after I didn’t die from the strike and the witch followed him. I know he hates me now more than Lucien but I still have a duty to do, I must protect my master as I was certain that’s where he was headed. I rushed to the stables and followed the witch before the huge gate closes as I had no magic to open it. Kieran rode all day and barely had a rest in the night, he was so eager to avenge the death of his family; he cared less about his own safety. He looked at me with malicious intents but he couldn’t kill me, not with magic. The witch tried really hard to convince to change his mind but it didn’t work. She slept later on but I couldn’t as I knew what would happen if I did. He stared into the fire after he took his gaze from me and I saw few tears drop from his eyes. I hated myself that moment and I knew he would feel the same way towards himself as he now knows that he fvcked the woman who killed his wife. He went back to the path that leads to the south and by afternoon, he stopped his charge because right in front of us was an army of steel and magic. Elphisius was leading them and he promptly told Kieran to turn back and return the way he came. Kieran did after a little resistance but I knew it was just a move from him to make the men feel calm and relaxed. The man I saw crying with a lot of rage burning in him will rather die than return without the head of Lucien in his arms. Elphisius and his men were fooled by what Kieran did and unsurprisingly, he turned back and did what I have never seen done before, not even Lucien has done such. He made the ground shake without stretching out his arms or reciting any spells like other wizards do. The men on foot fell but those on horses were able to hold on. Elphisius sent the cursed flames towards Kieran and my sisters immediately surrounded him to protect him from the hunter’s next attacks which took place immediately. Kieran returned the flames to its creator and almost immediately, another lightening strike similar to the one he summoned on me followed the flames. The wall of my sisters protecting the old wizard prevented him from being killed and when the attacks returned to Kieran after they couldn’t go through the magical barrier, he turned them towards the men who were foolishly charging towards him. Kieran was ruthless and brutal and he showed a glimpse of what he might do to me after he must have been through with Lucien by causing the ground to shake once more and sending forth a powerful wind that brought down my sisters to the ground. He charged towards Elphisius but instead he lingered on the gordands and I knew he was looking for the rest of us who were there when his family was killed. They weren’t there and soon he turned his rage towards the old wizard but the witch saved the man’s life. He turned away from the wizard and rode through the army who knew better than to do anything stupid. He didn’t stop and got into the kingdom and reached the palace just after the sun left for the moon. The guards who were at the gate received the wrath of the hunter. He got down from his horse to see another army of both steel and magic waiting for him. These men looked more determined than the men with Elphisius and were ready to die for their king. Lucien must have sensed the aura of the hunter to have this people waiting for him. “Kieran, don’t do this. These men know nothing about the tragedy that befell your family. If you do this, then you are no different from the man you seek to kill.” Ellen said but as usual, Kieran ignored her and continued with his onslaught. He moved back a little and for the first time, he used his hands to initiate some kind of spell. He down to his knees and picked a handful of sands and then robbed them all over his hands and then he blew the remaining into the wind. Instantly, the ground shook more violently then I remembered and a wind so powerful, it cut through the huge walls of the palace like it was made of wood ran through the men. It cut them in all forms and after a while, what once stood as a host of men became nothing but blood and flesh. He walked through them and blasted anyone he saw heading his way with a weapon in hand with lightening. He walked through the palace and when he got close to where Lucien was, he took a sword from one of the dead soldiers and waited for the witch before charging through the shields that prevents anyone without the consent of the King from passing through. I walked through it as magic doesn’t affect me. I saw him stop and stared at the wall of gordands around Lucien. Two of my sisters who were there with him that day were with Lucien. His rage rose to a whole new level when he saw them and immediately, he tried the trick he has been doing by shaking the ground and summoning winds but it didn’t work as it seemed Lucien countered it with something else. Kieran gave that up and charged with his sword towards the women, I tried to stop him this time but he gave me an elbow to my right eye that almost blinded me. Two of the women came after him but it wasn’t the ones he was after. He countered the first attack from the gordand with his sword and kicked the lower stomach of the other one, making her stop in her stride. The one he countered came at him with her knife once more but he countered once again with much more force, pushing her knife to her body rather than his and quickly sliced her throat with another knife that I didn’t see with him earlier. He ran through the other one with his sword after she seemed to find it difficult to stand after that kick from Kieran. He must have broken some of her ribs. Two others left their master’s side and screamed, charging rather foolishly towards Kieran after seeing two of their own killed. Kieran watched them come and when they were close he disappeared and then appeared almost immediately in their middle, slicing their throat at the same time. Foolish of them to come charging at him at the same time. The two he wanted stayed with their master and I joined them too. We were the four who remained of the six who murdered his family. Lucien stood up from where he had been sitting on his throne all this time and clapped for Kieran, I suppose. "Well, playtime is over; it’s time to do what I should have done a long time ago.” He said. Kieran smiled and stretched his left hand out for the witch to join him. “Let me be your sword of vengeance.” I heard him say to her before facing Lucien. It was time to see who would win but as it stands, Kieran had the disadvantage.

ANNA ************************** I should have known, I should have known. Oh dear spirits, I have failed in my duty as mother guardian. I have watched anarchy and chaos slowly build up under my nose and now, they are now in the flesh. How blind could I have been to the glaring signs the good spirits deemed fit to show me but I never saw them. Rachel was the seed planted by that king whom I know isn’t truly who he claims to be. How Nero died now seems clearer, he was killed by the one he betrayed. There were rumours that they were both working on necromancy but I thought it to be just hearsay as the abilities to carry out such things were no longer in the living. But now, I wished I had given more thoughts to such ‘hearsay.’ Nero and the king were not just working together through his proxy; Melfisius, to break the hold on the ungifted, they were also working on bringing back the spirit of one of those who had both sides of the gift from centuries ago. Now, the spell was complicated and almost impossible to carry out, but the question I keep asking myself is why something like that could cross any of their minds, except if they had the perfect vessel to put that spirit. A reincarnation would have sufficed but what if the original body of that spirit never actually died; what if we have been fooled all this time that they were working on some spell when what was actually going on was putting back what should remain separated for good reasons? Nero must have found out about this and saw the enormous power the king of the North will possess and smartly deposited the spirit in his unborn child for safe keeping. Of course, the spirit wasn’t meant for his vessel and he won’t be able to access the full powers of the spirit. Which explains why his gift isn’t balanced and why he has been trying ever since to even the scale. Now, if that were to be true, then Kieran’s balanced gifts will suggest that the spirit and his vessel are one. It will suggest that Kieran has walked this earth before in the time of the golden generation. This means that the good spirits sent Kieran to stop the original owner of the vessel which is the King of the North as he is said to be ungifted. He wasn’t sent to stop Lucien and him fighting the mad king will pave the path for the original vessel to come take what’s rightfully is. Oh dear, how blind have I truly been? This was what I was assigned to stop but I have let happen. It’s too late to stop Kieran now as he must be in the south already. The king of the North must have been planning this for a long time now and must have used the prophecy to guide himself till this point. I should have seen through his request to have one of his gifted ones trained by us. He actually sent her to carry out his evil plans. I heard someone enter my Chambers and turned to see Claudia locking the doors behind her. “Mother, why did you allow him leave?” she asked. “All that is happening is beyond just the thirst for vengeance. What is happening now has been foretold a long time ago. Two of the golden destinies from time past live amidst us as we speak.” “Yes, we have two golden ones in the persons of Lucien and Kieran, but…………” “No, there is another who has been alive long before Kieran and Lucien were born.” “Another? Why haven’t we heard of him or sense his gift all this time?” “That’s because his gift was taken from him but now he will have it back from the one that shouldn’t have housed it in the first place.” She looked confused after what I said, “Lucien’s gift was unlocked after whatever his father did to him; therefore the gift in him is his and his alone. How can his gift be for another?” “You are wrong in what you just said. No one born in this generation will ever have his or her ungifted spirit ever unlocked by any spell or ritual. It’s impossible, I know that because the gift in Kieran is that of a spirit; the spirit from his previous life on this earth. The king of the North is something else as he has somehow managed to keep himself alive all these years waiting for one who has the special abilities of Necrocmacy to walk this Earth again. He found that person in Nero and he got him to do the work of bringing his locked spirit from the Underworld, which Nero was able to do. But instead of putting the powerful spirit in the right vessel, Nero kept it in his unborn son, which account for the unbalanced gift in Lucien.” “You mean the king of the North is immortal?” “He probably is, we can’t be certain.” “So, what does this all means?” she asked. This was the reason why I preferred discussing such things with Ellen, she is far more intelligent than any guardian here, except probably Rachel. “It simply means I failed to see the unseen game that couldn’t be killed. I failed in my duty to prevent another tyrant from continuing from where Nero and his son stopped. Kieran was sent to stop this man and not Lucien. This man is actually the flesh of prophecy and not Kieran. There are actually two reincarnations in him and Kieran; one knows already but the other doesn’t. I thought Kieran was the broken destiny but now I know he is not; the king is the broken destiny while Kieran is the sword of vengeance. Kieran is a vengeful soul from the good spirits but the mystery question is who this broken man is from?”

LUCIEN ************************** If only I didn’t need this old man, he would have been walking in the underworld a long time ago. Sometimes, he seems to forget I am the king and he is only an adviser and therefore I can decide to do what I want with his so called words of wisdom. This time, I didn’t even ask for any of such words of wisdom or whatever, I only called him to carry out a task for me but he suddenly remembered his duty. The other time, he was busy looking into what was not his concern and when he knew he was going nowhere, he suddenly remembered he had a duty to his king. Since he was quite interested in the outcome of the battle and somehow been able to see the hundreds of people die, I ordered him to lead the first charge towards the city wall and I would follow closely behind later. He bowed and left my presence to begin the first strike against the might of the North. I actually decided against going towards the North because for some reason, the gift I stole from the hunter’s daughter suddenly started working after all this time. I had this uneasy feeling about leading the assault against the North and since my father got himself killed doing the same thing I was about to do, I stayed in the palace with six of my gordands. Something was going to happen sooner or later to me, so it’s wiser and safer for to be in my palace where I have the advantage of both magic and steel. I waited patiently for whatever was coming throughout the whole day but nothing happened but the feeling remained. I managed to sleep with my gordands watching me. I woke up with a start; I knew what was chasing me. The hunter was back from the forgotten lands and he was coming for me. The Aura from him was quite powerful and filled with rage. He must have found out the way his family was killed as that could be the only reason why he was filled with so much rage. He must be quite determined and even a battalion will be unable to stop him. I got up immediately from my bed and washed myself before putting on my royal robes for battle. My gordands were surprised at my dressing but I just ignored them and ordered them to get the experienced ones who were quite gifted and foot soldiers to guard the entrance to the palace. Deep down, I knew they wouldn’t be enough to stop this man coming as his rage knew no bounds and as someone who wields the same gift as he was, I knew that to be true. I waited patiently in my court for the man to arrive and the morning came and went yet he wasn’t here. Afternoon came too and passed but the man was yet to arrive yet I could still feel his rage from where I was. I told the men at the gates of the palace to stand their ground but I didn’t need to because as soon as it was nightfall, we are heard lightening ripped through some men outside. Immediately, the wall of steel and flesh moved closer to me. I could feel his aura more closely now and I could tell that he was the one who just summoned the lightening. We awaited his next move to take out the men in the outer yard and it came in a marvelous way. I felt the ground shake with so much force; it made cracks along the walls of my court. The gordands looked at me with fear in their eyes as they have never experienced magic like this before but they had more reason to fear as the next attack made them hold hands together and prayed to the good spirits. I never actually knew they still prayed. The next attack after the earth moving one was a wind so powerful it caused some of the parts of my beautiful palace to collapse. If the wind could destroy stones and rocks, it was no surprise what it did to the humans at the outer yard. Their screams were everything one could only imagine and soon everything died down. There was silence and quiet and when I didn’t hear anything for quite some time, I sent the foot soldiers with me to see what was happening. They didn’t come back as I heard lightening and then agonizing screams. The gordands stetched to cover me as we awaited the hunter and he came with a very beautiful woman. I wonder why he brought the woman but I was even more surprised when I saw Nyasa behind him. How was she still alive? If he was truly out for vengeance, why would he spare the woman that hung his wife? He was with a sword as he knew he couldn’t fight the gordands with Magic. He moved back and then I felt his aura change, he was about to perform a spell and somehow I was able to know that he wanted to shake the ground. I stopped the spell by doing the same thing he was about to do, the ground didn’t shake and same thing happened to the spell of the wind. He was frustrated and so decided to use his sword, two of the gordands went after him but he took care of them easily. Another set charged towards and he slit their throats like they were sheep on the slaughter table. I was enraged by what he just did but also astonished at his clinical moves. This was a hunter not a swordsman and even if he was the latter, most cannot match one of the gordands but he put down four without doing much. The remaining two were wise to remain with me and Nyasa who was nearly blinded by the man joined me. I applauded his effort but I had enough of the killings, it was time to put an end to all of this. I decided against using magic against him but instead watch him waste valuable energy. He was fighting through his rage and despite all of what he has displayed; he was still yet to be one with his gift. The only way to defeat him was to focus our attacks on the woman with him, which will distract him and allow the gordands put their rage on him. I began by sending both the cursed flames and ordinary fire towards the woman. Immediately, I did, Nyasa charged towards him. He stood in front of the woman and soon as the flames touched him, they were extinguished. He left her to fight off Nyasa but before he could counter her attack, I sent lightening towards her. This was a lightening, simple witches such the woman with him couldn’t stop and he knew and once again went in front of her. That distraction was enough for Nyasa, the best fighter among the gordands to strike him across his lower abdomen. He countered back by striking her forehead with the hilt of his sword but the damage had been done as he was already bleeding. The cut was deep as he staggered back to his feet after hitting Nyasa. I call forth Lightening from the underworld and hurled it towards the woman, and this time the rest of the gordands followed. He stopped the lightening from killing the woman and opened himself to another strike from Nyasa, who was already on her feet. She struck her knife across the arm that held his sword and that enabled the other two to attack him without any hindrance. Celine struck at his rooster to bring him down while Cara gave me a kick to his bleeding stomach which brought him to his knees in grunts and pains. He should never have brought a child to the arena where men battled. Nyasa smiled and went after the powerless woman but the hunter reacted quickest and rose to his feet to pull Nyasa back by dragging her hair. She screamed in pain but the other two came to her rescue by drawing their knives across his back and thighs. He quickly released the woman but somehow when Nyasa went towards the woman, she couldn’t seem to touch the woman. Magic doesn’t work on them so why would a shield made of magic prevent Nyasa from doing what she wanted with the woman? I left the woman and focused on the weak hunter who was now at my mercy. His rage wasn’t enough to give him his vengeance. I moved closer to him as Celine held a knife across his throat and Cara kept playing with the deep cut on his arm with her knife. “You failed to save your family and once again you failed to get them vengeance, what a failure of a man. A man as yourself shouldn’t be alive.” I said as I gazed into his eyes but instead of frowning, he smiled. He spat out blood and then suddenly I realized why he sent a shield so powerful it surpassed the spell on the gordands, he was about to release his light. I wasn’t fast enough to erect a shield before he release his gift in the form of a light so powerful, no lightening could be compared to it. The foundations of my palace were shaken and then I felt something move through me which made me fall to the ground. ******************************* I woke up later to pains all over my body, I tried to get up but I couldn’t as some powerful force held me down. I saw candles lit around me which made realize I was in some sort of circle. I heard footsteps approach and then a familiar face was staring right into my eyes. “It’s time to take back what was rightfully mine, young king.” The king of the North said. Where exactly am I, I asked myself.

ELLEN ************************** I wasn’t sure of how he plans to defeat three gordands at once and a king who is said to be very deadly in combat. I didn’t like the way he applauded Kieran’s exploits of killing four of his women, that was no small feat and I wondered myself how he learnt to use the sword the way he just did. The way he moved and his quick decisions to incapacitate the first two was what only experienced foot soldiers could do but Kieran was no soldier and hunters do not use swords in chasing games in the wild. If I had any doubts that he must have been a swords man at one point in his life, his next moves confirmed everything. The manner the next two gordands charged towards him scared even me but Kieran was calm and he performed a simple but very complicated trick that involves a lot of energy. I was scared of him losing steam just before the main battle as he has been using a lot from his gift which should be telling on his body by now, it seems his rage is what is still pushing him on. Still, his accuracy and timing to move his sharp weapons across the throat of his enemies showed not just experience but perfection from not just the use of swords but also from killing humans and not games. Beasts do not stand at such heights like that of his assailants, something is certainly wrong somewhere. Some of the things he did especially the one where he had to pick sand and blow to the wind were spells I have never heard or seen done before. It didn’t even look like a spell, it seemed like he was calling forth to those elements. Which also reminds me of the fact that all of his attacks since we met have always been elemental, he has never used normal spells and enchantments. The power behind his attacks were quite unusual, is Kieran an Elemental too? People of his powers are no more and not one who can control and manipulate even one of the elements the way he does has been born for generations now. But if he was also an elemental, mother would have known about it, after all she watched him for years and she would have known if he was a swords man too. Regardless of his unusual gifts, no unlearned person especially one who just had his gifts unlocked should be able to carry out such difficult and complicated moves that involves series of spells and spells. The way he carries them out was like one who has done this over and over again. It doesn’t make any sense but then, the gift inside him was unusual too, so that being inside him the controlling him? Still, something cannot control one to carry out things he hasn’t done before with so much precision, who exactly is Kieran? I put Kieran aside and tried to think of a way to help in whatever he had in mind for the king and his wall. He held my right arm but I knew he wouldn’t be able to do much if he has me in mind. I pulled my arm away from him and tried to think of something, probably, I will use the invisibility trick on the gordands if they attack us but that didn’t happen. Kieran was waiting eagerly for them to attack but that didn’t happen as the king used his experience and instead focused on me rather than his rival. He sent one of the deadliest and dreaded things in the world of magic to me – the cursed flames. I didn’t know how I was supposed to evade such as Kieran will be preoccupied with trying to stop the charge of Vanessa but instead of facing his own fight, he came to my rescue which was lovely but equally stupid as that opened him to the attack of Vanessa. I thought she would be a little lenient on him as they were once lovers and also, Kieran saved her life but I was wrong. She cut him so deep into his abdomen that I thought his intestines would fall out but they didn’t. Despite her clear intents to incapacitate or kill her former lover, Kieran was only able to hit her head with his sword as he must have been surprised at what Vanessa just did to him. The king had found a weakness in Kieran and it was me, so he continued to focus his attacks on me and Kieran kept taking the bait and kept coming to my aid and kept opening himself up to attacks from ones more vicious than his former lover. They attacked him relentlessly until they forced him to his knees with him drenched in his own blood. I didn’t know what to do anymore because the only who could protect me from them was on the floor and it was no surprise that immediately Kieran was where they wanted him to be, the traitor came after me smiling from ear to ear. I couldn’t use magic against her and my pony trick might not work since their king was getting closer to where Kieran was. When she was just a few metres from me, Kieran suddenly stood to his feet like nothing was wrong with him and held Vanessa from coming any closer by pulling her hair. She screamed and her fellow women came to her aid by cutting through Kieran like he was a game. He returned to his previous position and I wondered why he even bothered to stand up in the first place as he only made Vanessa angry. She hurried her steps and was about to drag me when she was stopped by an invincible wall, she tried again but the same thing happened. She was beyond shocked to discover that magic could actually work against her. I was surprised myself and wondered how Kieran could have carried out something like that as quickly as he did, what sort of shield did he put around me that even works against beings such as gordands? I have never heard of something like that before so how come Kieran knows about something like that. The king himself was surprised but then he thought he had had it with Kieran and sought to finish him once and for all as he was already bleeding to his death. As I watched the king walk closer to Kieran, I realized that I had failed in my duty to stop Kieran from doing what he has just failed to do as well as protect him. I couldn’t even stop an attack, I have only turned out to be his weakness and if I wasn’t here, maybe he would have had his vengeance. I wept as the king got closer to put an end to the only man I had ever fallen in love with but suddenly, I felt the weak aura of Kieran change and then it seemed like his gift was leaving his body on its own without anything calling it out. I was wrong, it wasn’t leaving, it was changing to something else. Kieran’s gift was turning into some kind of attack, no a powerful beam of light. The one that is called the light of creation, a light that destroys and as well as creates. If Kieran was going to unleash his light, it means he was ready to die just to make sure the people behind the death of his family walk in the underworld and not the world of the living. I tried to stop him but failed as the light surged out from every part of his skin and caused a thunderous sound that went deep into the foundations of the palace. The gordands with him were taken off their feet as well as the king. I turned to find Vanessa but I couldn’t see her. The walls of the inner court cracked and some broke to pieces but the shield around me held. If the shield still holds, then it means that Kieran still breathes despite the fact that his body was horrible to look at as he was the first casualty of what he called forth. The king was lying still on the floor with the other gordands too. I tried to move but discovered I couldn’t because of the shield, I looked around me there was nothing but death and destruction brought about by a single man. I sat on the floor and hoped for Kieran to wake up but I doubted if that would ever happen. After a while, I heard footsteps and it revealed to be the feet of the king of the North and his wizard, Melfisius. What were they doing here? They looked around and saw that I was the only one awake, the wizard immediately tried to hurt me but it didn’t work because of the shield. He realized he couldn’t as well as I wasn’t a threat and so he walked towards Kieran. He shook his head after touching him and quickly they left him and went for the body of the king who was still lying still. They dragged his body to a corner of the court and then the wizard drew a circle around Lucien’s body and then put candles around the circle. He lit the candles and just as they were about to begin their ritual, Lucien opened his eyes. I was shocked I thought he was dead but he wasn’t. He tried to get up but something held him back. Then I heard the king of the North say something about taking what belonged to him in the first place. Lucien was surprised and tried to get himself from the strange hold but that didn’t work. The wizard drew a circle too after the other king laid on the floor beside Lucien. He didn’t put candles around him this time but instead brought out a book and started calling out some strange words. After a while, Lucien who was screaming to be released started screaming of pain as his body started shaking furiously. The wizard continued and then slowly, a white light started leaving Lucien’s body in the form of a man and moved towards the king of the North. As the light moved, Lucien’s screams became even more agonizing but they soon stopped as soon as the light entered into the King’s body. Another thunderous sound similar to that of Kieran’s happened, followed by lightening and then the king stood up. He was on all smiles but the they disappeared when Kieran suddenly opened his eyes. How is he still alive? .............

CHAPTER 13 ************************** THE FLESH OF PROPHECY ************************* ELLEN ************************** The king of the North was just as shocked as I was to see Kieran open his eyes and pull himself up and I wasn’t surprised to see him look at his wizard with rage in his eyes. Kieran shouldn’t be alive at all and more importantly I shouldn’t be able to sense his gift as he had released them in a complicated spell that should have killed him but he is alive and his gift was intact, how? His burnt skin was a gory sight and he was still bleeding from his cuts and wounds. He must be on his final strength and shouldn’t be standing but that was what he just did. He struggled to his feet with his clothes filled with holes and tattered. He struggled to remain on his feet and danced from one leg to another as though he was filled with wine. He managed to steady himself and seemed confused at where he was and the aura around him was quite weak, I wondered how he plans to defend himself from the attacks of the King of the North who doesn’t seem too happy to see him with such a weak gift. The king didn’t wait for Kieran to get himself before attacking him with a venomous cursed flames that hissed as it moved from its creator towards Kieran. I have never seen such kind before, fire that hissed. Why the king see Kieran as an enemy was quite surprising to me but then, he probably doesn’t want to make the same mistake Lucien did by giving room for his rival to live this long. The hissing flames came close to Kieran and I expected him to hurl it back as he usually does but he was finding difficult to do that, probably due to his weak gift. He quickly created a shield around himself but the flames hit him and he fell backwards to the floor. He screamed of intense pain as he fell on his back to the ground, the flames still wasn’t done as it turned around and continued towards Kieran after being pushed back by the shield. Kieran saw it coming and spoke some words to the air and then a strong wind rushed from the east and pushed back the flames towards its creator. The king put out the flames when it was very close to it and quickly got himself out of the way to avoid the wind which was strange. Lucien was able to stop Kieran’s wind attack the other time, why is the King unable to despite having the same gift Lucien had inside of him. Also, Kieran was unable to redirect the attack of the King but instead tried to protect himself and when that didn’t work, he countered the flames with something of his own. What would have caused that? Does it mean that Kieran and the King have different dimensions of both sides of the gift that do not meet but work against each other? Does that mean that Lucien was the wrong vessel to have housed that gift and the true owner is the king which explains why his cursed flames is far more powerful than that of Lucien’s despite being the same gift that initiated both? My head was starting to ring in pains as I tried to explain what was happening. The King who didn’t look surprised from what Kieran did stretched out his arms and immediately, Kieran started screaming from pains I didn’t understand. I became afraid from the increasing screams that didn’t seem to stop; Kieran was shouting and scratching his already horrible skin. He would hold his neck now and then move to his back, then his leg. Whatever spell the king was carrying out seemed to be affecting the inside of his body, probably his blood. The king seemed to know what he was doing because soon after his recent attack, Kieran lost focus as he tried to stop the pains and opened himself to more attacks as his shield fell apart. The king saw this and quickly hurl another hissing flame to Kieran but Kieran despite his pains never stopped thinking and saw that he couldn’t win this fight in his weak state and did what Lucien did with me by attacking Melfisius sending forth a powerful lightening towards him. The king was strangely able to see the lightening and created a strange wall in front of his wizard just before the lightning struck which made turn his focus from Kieran. As soon as he was free, Kieran made the ground shake with so much force, it cracked and the walls of the court crumbled which created a sort of separation between him and the King. He turned to me and I could see the pains he just passed through had nearly turned him mad because his eyes were very red and I could see tears falling from them. I quickly ran to him and helped him to his feet but he was more than prepared as he took hold of my right arm instead, which surprised me because he looked like he was already dying. He took me and ran towards the outer court of the palace and while we ran, I heard the deep voice of the King of the North uttering some strange words, “You have always been a coward, Ethan Stones. You might be the first and the last elemental but you don’t fare better than an ordinary wizard in a fight. You have always sought for the easy way out but know this, I will find you and I will avenge what you took from me. There will be no hiding place for you as I am now King of both kingdoms and I will have all I need to find you.” Kieran continued running towards a particular section of the palace and opened a door that led to the stables. He dragged himself into a house and asked me to sit behind me. He hit the beautiful white horse and instead of riding through the route to the palace gates, he took a different path that took him around the outer court and then he turned towards a little gate at the far west of the court. We emerged into a certain path that looked like it was rarely used. We continued down the route till the morning and then emerged at the path that leads to the forgotten land. I was shocked and wondered how he knew where the stables were and the path. I had a lot of questions for him but I was much more worried about his body that was still bleeding and looked decayed. “I shouldn’t have gone but something kept pushing me to. Now, I have unleashed another evil on the earth. I didn’t even get to kill the man I wanted to.” I heard him murmur to himself. “Who is Ethan Stones?” I asked after I noticed he was beginning to talk. “He was the first elemental, a man so blessed by the good spirits; he was given the powers of the creation to stop evil. He did more than just that, that man is the same you now ride with.” He replied. If that man is Kieran, then he is surely a reincarnation, just as the King of the North. “Do you know the King?” “He was my rival and the only one whom I found difficult to take down then. He was the leader of the golden ones who towed the evil path. I took his gift and sent it to the underworld for eternity as that was the only way I could defeat me. Doing that cost me my life but I was glad I had accomplished my goal but now it seems that is not the case which is why I am here to finish what I started. I should have known that Anna didn’t properly interpret the riddle from my daughter. His name is Eugune the first and he has a broken destiny to fulfill.” He said that and fell back towards me. The talking must have taken a toll on him, I still don’t know how he still breathes but we still need to get to the forgotten lands quickly where I can safely heal him. The light that left his body then must have been the other spirit so that his gift which is actually the spirit of Ethan Stones will merge fully with this body which explains why he is still alive. The king of the North, who is actually Eugune the first used Nero and Melfisius to get back his gift which was banished to the underworld. He has been planning this for a long time and must have trusted the spirits to send back his arch enemy in Kieran. Well, he has what he wanted and not just that, but two huge kingdoms to himself. Kieran didn’t actually avenge anyone; he only made it possible for the one with the broken destiny to return in full strength. It seems their destinies are intertwined and this looks more just than a prophecy, it’s a fight between good and evil. A fight between the good spirits and the one who rules the underworld. It’s a fight I have no interest with, my only interest lies with the man leaning helplessly on my breasts, the strange man I have come to love. ..... THE END?

Wow!!!!

The war continues,Kieran(Ethan Stones) vs King of the North(Eugunu)