Dan had hardly finished spitting on Raymond when he gave the ladder also, a thunderous kick. "Why are you begging me for forgiveness when you know quite alright that I don't forgive? You must be dreaming you, idiot. Why will you disobey me and go after her when you know quite alright that she is mine?" He sounded very forceful in anger as he spoke.I was alerted when Dan made the comment suggesting that I was meant for him and not Raymond. I wondered what he meant by that statement. Does he mean that he was supposed to have me or should I say, he was supposed to rape me? It was conflicting to really decide. Anyway, I let it slide. I never wanted that thought to bother me at that moment. All I can do was wait for what comes next."I swear to God, I knew not what came over me. I'm sorry master. Please find a favour in me again. I beg you, don't carry on with your plan," Raymond was pleading almost in tears. Perhaps, he was shedding tears but, I could not see them because it was relative
Dan was not too harsh and neither was he too means however, he refused to make it clear to me what he intends to do. After Raymond's incident, we all went back to our temporal shelter where we will spend the night. "Loius, go in and sleep." He pointed to a hut right in front of us. "That's my shelter, you can make use of it for the night.""Thank you!" I said and walked in. When I entered, I saw nothing but, large burning candles and a piece of bread beside the mattress. I pushed the items a little bit away from the mattress and laid down to sleep.I slept like a baby and there was no dream whatsoever that came my way that night. After a long night, I awoke in the morning to see Dan laying next to me. He placed his head on my ankles while he snored. I couldn't recall when and how he got and placed himself in that position, without my notice. The worst part of the whole damn thing is that he was snoring like a pig. I'm allergic to snoring, that's true but, he managed to do that for a
I was halfway from where I had left the bandits when all of a sudden, I spotted someone riding his horse in my direction. As if that was not enough, he began shouting my name."Louis! Louis, stop!" The individual raised one of his hands as if he was trying to use that to notify me to stop. As expected, I stopped and waited for him to come close. I was not scared of the approaching individual. My reason was a simple one since the individual could call me by my name which means, he was well acquainted with me. Therefore, I believed he was not gonna put me in any harm's way. The closer he came, the more my suspicion grew. I had someone who I suspected him to be. That individual was among those whom I left not long ago. He came to a point where I was able to distinguish him completely from anyone who I previously had in my mind. He was no other person but Dan. Yes, Dan! The very Dan who I had left not long ago, together with his men. I was astonished to see him. 'Was it not a few minutes
We arrived at my host's house a few moments later. I was shown much love by the members of her household. The love which her household had shown me, made me feel relaxed and easy with everyone. It was later on, that I learnt the names of the members of her household. Her name was not left out among those whom I have learnt. Her name was Celine. Her husband in particular was a Jovial type and did not hesitate to ask me questions that were rather ridiculous when we were having dinner earlier that night. The name of her husband was Julius and the questions he asked were such that made me believe that he thought I was joking. Of course, I did not hide anything from the family because of the love they all, had shown me. Mr Julius asked about the caravan I was travelling with to Dotham. His question was rather amusing everyone responded to him in the way he was expecting it. We all burst into laughter. I was not exempted from the laughing party.later that night, I was shown a room where
The next day, I set out for Dotham. Just like my hosts had suggested, I travelled with their friends who were merchants. They were about five men in number. With them were large quantities of goods to be sold once they arrived at Dotham. I cared less to check out the goods they were going to sell at Dotham. All I cared for was the success of my mission and their protection which Celine and her husband had assured me I will get a hundred per cent from them. So far so good! The men were kind to me. There were in their mid-fifties. Their long bears, sometimes, grey were proof that the men were advanced in age and not kids. We stopped many times on our way to Dotham. We had to pass through several towns on our journey. As for how many nights we spent now, they were about five nights. On the sixth night, I was informed that it won't cost us any other day. I was sceptical about that because, that was what I was told on the third night but, we ended up spending extra two nights and still y
Upon seeing the small bag containing 20 coins of silver which Simeon brought out, the men began smiling. "Hey, man! We are sorry for our rude behaviour. We had no idea that you were such a good fellow. You are free to proceed with your Journey!" The leader of the guards walked closer to Simeon and stretched out his hands to collect the bag of silver. He never stopped smiling as Simeon let go of the small bag of coins. As soon as it entered his palms, he smiled even harder and tried to move back but, one of his men intervened."Master, aren't we going to count the money to find out if he has cheated on us?" Asked one of the guards. However, their master was not ready to waste his time counting the silver coins in the bag."We don't have time to do that and this man over there doesn't look like an individual who would cheat on us. Isn't that right, man?" Asked their leader."Yes, of course! Why will I do that? Why will I cheat on you? It's so unbelievable to hear that!" Said Simeon.T
"Come on inside?" That was what we heard from Mrs Taylor. "Here may not be such a good place for this discussion."We obeyed her voice and went into the inner room of her store. There, we sat on a sofa big enough to contain the three of us. I sat at the end by the left, whereas Mrs Taylor and Mr Simeon sat at the extreme by the right and the centre, respectively. "You are welcome to my humble abode, I guess you guys need some wine after such a long journey?""How can I say no? Or are you expecting me to reject some wine from you? You know that can never happen, Mr Taylor!" He told her and again, the two of them began laughing as usual.Mrs Taylor stood to her feet and then went to a corner. It was not too bright in there therefore, I couldn't see what she seek to bring out. However, there was a strong indication that he was looking for some wines, given the fact that Mr Simeon already requested some. As expected, she returned with three wine cups and a leather bag of wine as well. A
"It's a book!" I looked confused as I tried to downplay the importance of the book I was holding in my hand. "It's just a book of mine that I like keeping close to me all the time. I forget to get it while I was coming in here. Now, I have gotten it, I think we can start from where we stopped initially.""Hmmm!" She stared at me with a more suspicious facial expression on her. Perhaps, she thought I was not telling her the truth. "Are you sure about what you just told me? Are you hiding anything from me?" She asked while stepping forward. Next, she opened her hands toward me. "May I see?""Sure!" I said. There was no need to hide the book away from her. Sooner or later she is gonna find out, even though I deny her access to the magic book. I was doing all I could to facilitate my meeting with Deborah, the sorcerer. The only person who could take me to her was Mrs Taylor. Without wasting my time, I handed the Magic book to her, as she stretched out her hands in anticipation to receive