Oyin sat in the car waiting for Karen since she had finished with all her classes for the day, the girls had planned to go to the movies this evening.Karen on the other hand was trying so hard to submit her assignments as everywhere was crowded, it was getting a little bit too difficult for her to move her body but she managed to squeeze herself and finally submitted her assignments.With the same struggle she also looked for a way back out of the crowd, she was finally out.“ That was crazy” she said before she arranged her clothes, staring at the rest of the people struggling to hand over their own assignment.It made Karen wonder why everybody could not just be in order so submitting the assignments wouldn’t be a struggle, it was just a little piece of paper, well then you wouldn’t blame them because the lecturer had given a stipulated time for the work to be submitted but all of a sudden she demanded for it today and nobody wanted to miss the free marks to boost their GPA.She wal
FLASHBACKBenson walked back home after receiving the sad news from Chel that she didn’t love him. But he didn’t believe a word she had just said but the fact that she said them to him herself hurt more than any feeling in the world, he sat on his bed contemplating on what to do next, it was obvious that someone was threatening Chel in the midst of his storm Lucretia walked in.“Benson are you okay? We’ve been looking for you everywhere, where did you go?” She asked looking at Benson who had tears in his eyes.“ I went to see Chel” he said as he rested his head on his bed.“Why? what’s wrong? Is she okay? Or is there something wrong with her?” She said pretending to care.“She broke up with me Lucretia” with each words he spoke the tears were heavy as they ran down his cheeks.“What?”“She broke up with me, she said her child wasn’t mine and she had loved Nate all this time, she said she was after money but I don’t believe any of that”“ Benson listen to me, I want you to calm down fi
FLASHBACK4 years later."Allen would you stop running, you will hurt yourself" Benton said yelling at his 3 year old son who was running up and down the forest."This isn't a place for you to run" he said as he rushed to grab him before he touched something poisonous or dangerous.This had been Benson routine ever since Chel had left, he always came to the forest and Allen had loved going with his father, he was like glue to him. Lucretia on the other hand was busy manning matters of the kingdom, making decisions and discussing them with her husband to get his approval on a few things.Allen was Benson's reason to live, ever since he was born, he gave him joy peace and a sense of responsibility.Allen was also Benson's source of light, "Your majesty" one of the guards called out. Benson dropped Allen on the ground before answering his call."It's getting late" he informedThe night was fast approaching, they had spent their day walking around as usual." Alright we're going to start
FLASHBACK Immediately Allen got home, he rushed towards his mum's room." mummy! mummy!! mummy!""No Allen, stay there your shoes are muddy, you're going to soil the house with it" she said as she walked towards her son, she could see the mess already, she walked towards him, Benson on the other hand took off his shoes and changed them as he walks in."How many times do I have to tell you not to take our child to the forest.... Oh my god, Allen what happened to you?" she asked after seeing the bandage on his leg. She grabbed him taking him inside "He is fine Lucretia, it's just a scratch"" just a scratch, how many times do I have to make it clear that you shouldn't take our son that place" " it's a place which has fresh air, good trees and I ended up showing Allen a lot of animals today, didn't you see a lot of animals Allen?" He asked knowing it was his only way out of this mess." I did mummy, I saw a butterfly and I saw an ant" he said happily"See he's learning and that's why I
“Granny she had the audacity to talk to me like that, I am Benson's wife but she made me feel like I was just someone she gave him to keep" she spoke in anger."I just feel like we need to do something about her, she's here to destroy my home Granny. She will tell Benson everything and if the truth comes out he will not spare any of us not even you Granny. We need to do something" Lucretia said in a panic." Lucretia! you're doing it again, if you continue ranting like this nothing can be done. Every time I tell you calm down and think that is the most important thing right now. You are panicking and it's not making you see clearly. We have the upper hand here and I am definitely going to do something about her to make sure she doesn't destroy what we worked so hard for" her grandmother spoke, trying to come up with a plan."Yes I need to do something and fast but what? What can we do?" Lucretia asked, she didn't want the truth to come out. Benson would definitely leave her on hearing
Oyin and Karen drove home with music blasting from the speakers, in no time they got to their destination.As Karen came down she could see Oyin's Mom sitting in front on the house." Good evening Mom" Karen said, greeting her as she was the first person she met at the front door." Good evening Karen, how have you been?"" I'm fine and you Mom? You are looking lovely this good evening" she said with a smile" See you're pulling my legs again, tell me where are you two coming from looking all happy?""We went to the movie theatre to watch a movie" Oyin voiced. " Did I talk to you? I am asking my daughter questions, go ahead Karen tell me"" Yes we went to watch a movie and then Oyin suggested we have a sleepover here" she said"Well that's by the way… don't just stand there come give me a hug, I haven't seen you since like forever" she spoke as she waited with open arms for Karen. Karen walked over to her and she gave Karen a warm embrace."You know how many times I've told you to alw
WARNING THERE ARE DESCRIPTION OF DEATH AND SUFFOCATION IN THIS CHAPTER PLEASE DON'T READ IF TRIGGEREDPeople around Chel’s home tried to quench the fire as they kept pouring water to it but it felt like it wasn’t working as the flames increased massively.Chel and her family members started to feel dizzy as air in their lungs was being replaced by the smoke coming from the fire, it was getting too much.Nate was able to locate the tap close to the kitchen, he dropped Xavier on the floor while soaking the blanket in water before covering him to prevent him from getting hurt by the flames. Mark and Chel also followed his lead as they put the blanket too in water to prevent the twins from getting hurt.“What are we going to do now, we need to get out of here” Chel said that she coughed rigorously, everything was becoming fuzzy there was no way to breathe, no way to see anything.“ I think I have a way out, we could get the kids out through the dog hole at the back of the kitchen, o think
Everyone on the room had gone speechless from the story that Ernaline had just told them. " Lucretia really do all of this?" Lewis asked speechless as he stared at a Ernaline. Who would have thought that their Luna that is so highly respected was nothing but a murder and she didn't just kill one person but an entire family."She had done a lot more than this to become the destined Luna" she spoke, Xavier did see a word he just stood with his eyes wide open listening to their conversation.Ernaline knew he would need time, a lot in order to digest what he had just heard about his family.She turned her eyes back to Lewis but his attention was on Xavier, he was worried about his best friend, it was so visible on his face." Monsters live here on Earth as humans" Ernaline said getting Lewis attention.'' that's so true" he added,Ernaline and Lewis could feel the room becoming very hot, they both turned to look at Xavier whose eyes were glowing red as red as the colour of blood his claws
“Karen!" the sound of Lewis's voice echoed throughout the forest, He was sure that this was Karen. The figures sighed before turning around, Lewis couldn't believe his eyes, he stood still. Frozen, shivers running down his spine, “Karen!” whispered with tears falling from his eyes, his angel the woman he dedicated his life to and the person he wanted to spend the rest of his life with, the same woman who wants die and disappear in his arms. She was standing right in front of him, looking beautiful and radiant as ever.Great Lewis, go ahead and start hallucinating, it's so early in the morning and you didn't even have anything to drink” he said to himself as he placed his hands on his waist still staring at Karen figure took a deep breath before closing his eyes.“It will all go away and fade” he voiced before reopening them but the figure did not go away neither did he stop seeing her. “You are silly as the day we met” Karen spoke with a smile.“It's me, I am real, you're not jus
Lewis arrived at the wedding venue an hour later, dressed in a black suit with a white shirt and a silver tie. He felt nervous as he entered the hall where the ceremony was taking place He greeted them politely as he made his way to the front row where the groomsmen were seated. He found a seat beside Xavier who hugged him as soon as he sat down. “Hey man, good to see you. You look as good as you can manage” Lewis rolled his eyes but chuckled at his best friend’s mild insult “I still look better than you though” “I though you weren’t going to make it. You were almost late” Lewis smiled sheepishly and said apologetically. “Yeah…sorry about that. I was having second thoughts.” Xavier shook his head and said understandingly. “It’s okay, Lewis. I get it. It’s hard for you to be here.” Lewis nodded and said sadly. “Yeah…it is.” Xavier put his arm around Lewis’s shoulder and said reassuringly. “But I’m glad you’re here, Lew. It means a lot to me. And to Allen too.” Lewis looked at X
Lewis walked slowly with hesitant footsteps towards the little plot of land where Karen’s body disappeared, He came here every day as much as he could to spend time with her because he didn’t want her to be lonely. He felt his heart constrict in pain at the sight of the familiar headstone. He could never get used to it no matter how much he came here. To him, it shouldn’t even exist and Karen should be by his side. He knelt down beside the grave and placed the bouquet of purple lilies in his hand. They reminded him of her so he bought some on the way here. A stray tear dropped on one of the flowers and he reached up to clean it. “Hey, Karen. It’s me, again” He said with a painful chuckle “I miss you so much, baby. You have no idea how hard it is to live without you. I still can’t believe you are gone but this, right here.” He said gesturing to her tomb “is the harshest reminder that you aren’t here if the fact that I don’t see your face when I wake up in the morning isn’t. It’s been
Karen’s family couldn’t believe she was gone, their sister was no more, Sylvester’s heart scattered into a million piece. Kelsy had given Lewis the letters she had written before she died. The letters that Karen had left for her loved ones were filled with love and emotion. To her brother, Sylvester and Tyler, she wrote about how much she loved them and how proud she was of the men they had become. She was grateful to have them in her life. To her best friend, Oyin, she wrote about their friendship and how much it had meant to her. She forgave her understanding that she had no choice and was driven by her love for Allen. To her father, she wrote about how much she had always looked up to him and how much she would miss him. And to Xavier, she wrote about her hope for his future and how she knew he would make a great Alpha. Lewis was the most hurt and broken hearted. When the letters were delivered, each recipient was deeply moved by their contents. Tyler, in particular, was str
The police arrived and Lucretia was scared, she thought that Jayson did a clean job. She was also surprised to see Xavier alive and well. "You're under arrest for attempted murder", the policemen said. "I'm innocent", she screamed. "What's going on here?", Alpha Benson asked The police men explained everything to him and he was in shock. "Lucretia you did what?" "Benson don't listen to them, I didn't do anything" she voiced struggling with the police. "You did a lot, remember killing my mother and her family, you also tried to kill me so, he would know that I am his biological son, the child of Chel, whom you murdered” Xavier said. Alpha Benson was shocked. Both news felt like a hard blow. What did he just hear? "Is that true Lucretia?", he asked. Not understanding a word. "No, it's not true" she voiced denying it all. " Really?" Xavier said pulling out his phone and playing the recording of her confessing to him. Alpha Benson face turned sour as well as the Luna. "I am
Karen sat thinking about everything the goddess has showed her. She wanted to make the right decision to make peace between each clan. She didn't want anyone to sacrifice their life even again. She took a deep breath grab a pen and paper and wrote some words on it. With expression on her face and tears that ran down her cheeks Kelsey could tell that Karen was willing to give her life up to save both clans from this ongoing curse she immediately picked up her phone putting a call through to Lewis. He was busy with the court meetings but Lewis secretary passed on to him phone after it kept ringing. On hearing the words that Kelsy said he stood up immediately raced into the car. He tried his best to get there as fast as he could. His eyes run through the clock and it was just 15 minutes more before they hand struck 12. Lewis hurried to the ritual site, his heart racing. He couldn't believe what he had just heard from Kelsy. Karen was about to do something reckless and dangerous, a
"Let's make things right." Xavier smiled, and for the first time in a long time, he felt a flicker of hope. Jayson was so angry and grabbed a gun from the table, "Do you both think this is all a game?" He asked. " Jayson listen to me you need to drop the gun someone is going to get really hurt if you don't drop it" Tyler voiced slowly pulling Xavier behind himself. "You think this is a game, what makes you understand him and not me?" He spoke still with the gun facing them. "Jayson calm down" "No, we used to be fine, it was just us what happened Tyler. What?" Tyler took a breath trying to gain control of the situation at hand. "Listen to me, I still love you. I do but you doing this is only going to hurt me" he added trying to talk him out of it. " Don't you think, I'm dumb? I know you don't love me anymore but I'm not going to let anyone get you either" he voiced pulling the trigger. "Get out of the way", Sylvester screamed while grabbing the supposed target, Xavier pulled T
After reading the message Tyler rushed into Sylvester's room telling him about everything that was going on. Sylvester took a good look at the video and with a very clear observation he noticed 'dark coal' written on one of the bags on the floor. That must be where they are, it was a building construction site but after some years the company was facing some financial issues and had to close up. Tyler immediately grabbed his car keys, there was no way he was going to let Xavier go even though it meant him signing a dumb illegal contract. They drove in great speed and packed in a distance. They both came down, they have no idea about what the inside looked like and how many men there were. As Sylvester snuck into the building, he tried to be as quiet as possible. He could hear the sound of Jayson's voice echoing down the hall, and he followed the sound to a large room. He peered around the corner, and he saw Jayson standing in front of a large machine, while a bound and helpless
Karen woke up due to the light that shone into the room, it was already morning, she turned to her side and her eyes fell on Lewis, his face reminded her of the previous night. She blushed, she couldn't believe it, she was his and he was hers. She slowly stood from the bed making sure not to wake Lewis, she placed a peck on his cheeks before going to use the bathroom. Karen had her bath and got changed, Lewis was still in bed, Karen decided to let him sleep. She wondered around Lewis's mansion. There were rooms everywhere. She walked along the corridor still with a sweet smile on her face. She suddenly stopped when she heard a loud crashing sound, like someone just fell to the ground and dropped some items, she immediately followed the sound into a room. It was a library. It was filled with rolls and rolls of books, she immediately caught a glimpse of the lady on the floor, she rushed towards her, picking her up. "Are you okay?" She asked, helping her to her feet. "Yes, I just