Chapter 5

Inside the Chambers of Aromo, friend to the mother of Akiza, in the land of Dodo, Akiza could still not grasp the reason behind his dizziness; what he had done with Aromo wasn't his first time but immediately he got down from her bed he staggered and nearly fell. The woman had stood up from the bed half naked and walked up to him where he was holding the wall of her room and in his mind full of thoughts. It was in the middle of the same night Akiza's mother left on a horse. 

"Come back to bed, let me ease your mind" she spoke softly, holding him by the hand but Akiza withdrew his hand, "What have you done to me?" he asked hoarsely but it seemed the woman wasn't ready to open up to him. He went for her neck and grabbed it with his strong arm. The woman tried to struggle but he pinned her against the wall and brought his face closer to hers, "Even in my weakness I can still knock you off. You tell me right away, what have you done to me?!" He squeezed her neck and the woman couldn't utter a word. At a point he released her and she fell on her kneels, gasping for breath and coughing vehemently.

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At the front of the dragon cave near the home that Akiza's mother once called hers she stood and summoned the dragon. When she tried several times to no avail she sat on the ground and cried, cried out tears she had been holding down for years. She was still seated on the ground when suddenly she heard footsteps approaching and then torchlights. She rose at once and hid behind a rock near the side of the entrance of the cave and she could hear the discussion of two men amongst the men positioned to guard her house in the absence of the official of the King of Dodo.

"I thought I saw a shadow" one of the men spoke as he raised his torch .

"You must have been imagining things. No one would be around here by this time of the night" the second man replied and was about to go back to his duty post when the first man drew him back and pointed towards the mouth of the cave. 

"Something about this side of the house. Looks like there are parts of this house we haven't explored yet" the first man tried to move forward to where Akiza's mother was hiding but the second man left him there. When he realised he was alone he went after his second, calling on him. Akiza's mother heaved a sigh of relief and looked towards the mouth of the cave wondering what was wrong with her supernatural powers; was she loosing it all, her home and her dragon?" She was about to walk away when she began to hear the screeching sound of the dragon and then came shattering the mighty stone serving as the door of the entrance of the cave. Fire from the mouth of the dragon followed and while Akiza's mother watched in awe the dragon already heard the noises in and outside the building that once belonged to her mistress flapped his wings and up he flew, passed the apex of the building while the soldiers in the house were screaming and getting ready their archers to shoot down the dreaded dragon the dragon hung in the air and began to rain down fire on the house. There were screams and cries followed by the burning down of the walls of the house. Soldiers were caught by fire and they ran out of the house screaming, falling, dying. Others were trying to escape, to inform the King of Dodo of what was happening in the home of the woman he sent into exile. Akiza's mother seeing what was happening laughed, with tears in her eyes she laughed at the soldiers, shouting at them, "Burn the soldiers, burn the men belonging to the King of Dodo, burn them to ashes!!!". The more she screamed the more the dragon went into rage and the more he was enraged the more he breathed fire and the more the building fell and the soldiers burned.

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Getting off the bed where the Priestess of Dodo laid naked the King of Dodo looked out of the window and could see men riding in, screaming. He was moved to fear. Having been defiled by the King of Dodo the Priestess had refused to leave his palace and the longer she stayed the more the King could not resist her beauty and the more he slept with her the more he lost himself and the nearer his end drew.

"I warned you" said the Priestess while still on the bed. There was fear in the eyes of the King. The lightning outside emanated into the room and then came the thunder that was followed by a heavy downpour. The King dressed up and while he was about to leave the room the door flew open and there standing at the door was the King Maker and the other officials. They had seen the Priestess on the bed of their King and that was a taboo, a sacrilegious thing to witness.

"You bring this curse upon us. What is this we are seeing? We have come to inform you that a dreaded dragon has been unleashed on us but now we have seen that it is you our dear King who has brought this terrible disaster upon your own people. You have slept with the Priestess of Dodo Kingdom and now we are vulnerable." The King Maker fell on his kneels and the rest of the officials did the same. The Priestess refused to leave the bed of the King. Suddenly there came the growling of the dragon and that was it; the dragon had found his way to the palace of the King of Dodo and he had come to avenge his Mistress, Akiza's mother.