Caleb pulled Victoria all the way to his place then let go of her hand. He turned and looked at her with cold eyes. Victoria knew he was angry, but she smiled sweetly at him anyway.He has always been like this towards her, it was nothing new. “Don’t be angry now, I was only looking out for you.” She said batting her eyelashes. “What was that, how dare you?” Victoria only looked at him innocent.“I am not sure which question to answer now, you asked so many.” Caleb was boiling with anger; he did not have time for Victoria’s nonsense. He needed to fix things with Nazima.“Victoria, I will only say this once, stay away from me.” he warned then turned to leave but Victoria followed. Caleb turned in anger and strangled her. Victoria’s eyes widened in shock.Caleb quickly came back to his senses and let go of her. “I said stay the hell away from me!” he yelled. “I was only going to get my backet, there it is.” She pointed at it. the basket containing fresh fish was sitting there by the doo
Unable to respond, Caleb watched as she left. He stood there for some time not knowing what to do. Did Nazima follow them last night or did someone tell her what happened.Caleb wondered if he had a spy following him or did Victoria tell Nazima? He didn’t think so though, he thought Victoria would never do something like that. Not after he warmed her against it.Caleb looked like a lost boy looking for his mother just standing there with a sad look in his face. Zane who was still in the meeting hall came out and happen to see Caleb standing there.He watched him for a few minutes before he walked over to him. “You look troubled.” He commented, Caleb turned his head and looked at him. He knew this man did not like him.But at that moment he did not know what came over him. Caleb opened his mouth and asked the man for help. “I need your help, Zane.” His request shocked Zane himself.He only went there to mock him but when he took a closer look the man looked broken. Zane sighed and gest
Caleb now understood what the problem was, with him not wanting to confront Victoria in front of Nazima last night made her think that he was enjoying what Victoria was doing. Which was far from the truth.Caleb only wanted to confront Victoria far away to not make Nazima angrier than she already was. He was trying to be considerate towards but ended up making things worse.Thinking that she was right by what she said and taking Caleb’s silence as an agreement, Nazima continued. “What I don’t understand is why you strangled her if you were enjoying her company so much, or was it part of the romance. People are into a lot of things you never know.”Caleb’s eyes widened, yes, he was into that thing but that was not what happened between him and Victoria. “Then again, she might not have liked it much because she came here afterwards.” When she said that Caleb got the idea of what happened and how Nazima got to know about what went on between him and Victoria.“I need you to stop talking
Brandon was called to the station early in the morning. When he got the call he was worried that maybe one of his staff members had reported him for what happened. But he was Brandon Roberts, CEO of the biggest company in the country and he was going to take care of the problem.He had people who could make anything go away, he need not to worry about such minor things. Brandon had his breakfast alone thinking about his men who have not reported back to him in hours.The matter about the police was going to be taken care of anyway so he did not worry about that. But the matter his men were dealing with was of importance and was going to make Brandon millions.He needed that to be resolved and the Naga leader back in his lab and even more of his kind if possible. He got out of the house and his driver and guards were already waiting for him.He settled into the backseat of the car then instructed. “To the police station.” The driver only nodded
In the evening of that every same day. Nazima was preparing to meet Caleb when Zane came to her with a worried look on his face. Zane was not one to wear such a look for nothing and when Nazima saw it, she knew that something was seriously wrong.She dropped what she was doing and walked closer to him. “What is the matter?” a lot of things were in her mind at that time. She thought of the humans, Caleb, and Victoria.“Our scouts have just reported another boat in the same area those ones were following us to. They are heading to our direction.” Zane informed. I did not know if the people on the boat were from the company or not.But who else would know where to look for them if not the company? Austin was probably dead, and his friends were dead too. Who else would come looking for them if not the company?“They don’t know where we are, and we don’t know if they are looking for us. Have the scouts continue to keep
Grenades were being thrown like hot stones, too hot for the men to keep in their hands for too long. Their actions were provocative and violent. Caleb and the warriors heard the explosions before they could even come to view of the boat.“Two of you with me, we will look for the divers and get rid of them. the rest will deal with the men on the ship.” Caleb gave orders to the warriors. Since the humans didn’t learn the first time, he was going to make sure to teach them a lesson they will never forget this time.They were stubborn creatures it seems and yet they were weak. Caleb admired their resilience but cursed it at the same time.He and the two warriors dived deep and searched for the divers. They saw the first one busy doing something on the rock. He was planting the explosives.“We must hurry, we don’t know how long it will take for each of those things to explode.” Caleb urged, he was not worried about their kind getting injured as he believed they were far enough.What he wa
Their eyes widened in shock, the explosion was loud and that could mean only one thing. The humans have found them. while the others were still in shock Nazima was already swimming out.“Nazima wait, Nazima!” Caleb called out but Nazima was already gone. Caleb tried to get up and follow but the healer pushed him back down. “Where are you going? You are already injured and lost a lot of blood. You will only be in the way out there and the queen can take care of herself if that is what you are worried about.”Caleb could not believe the audacity of his subordinate. How dare she tell him what to do? He was her general and he was the one giving orders not her!“Get out of my way Nadine, your queen is alone out there, and she needs me.” the woman looked at Caleb as if he had just lost his mind. What was he talking about anyway? The queen was more than capable of taking care of herself and everyone knew that.Caleb, knew that better than anyone, or was there a different reason for him to wa
With huge eyes and death right in front of them. the men regretted taking the job. If they knew things would turn out this way, then they would not have taken the job. This easy money was not so easy anymore. They were about to lose their lives for this.They did not even get a chance to spend the money. The lifeboats started lifting up the closer the wave got. They could see how powerful the wave was just by looking at how it lifted the ship that high.When it got to them the wave lifted them up as well and when they thought they could be saved if the wave continued this way until it got to shore. But that hope was soon crushed when the front part of the wave started folding.It was so fast that the one moment they were looking at it pushing them towards the shore and the next the lifeboats were going under the wave. There were no screams or anything like that as the wave got them under fast before they could even think about creaming.They are being span around by the wave under wat
The diving pot was seen by the scouts the moment it got to their territory and the queen was informed. By the time Brandon and his team got to the spot. Nazima, Zane, and Caleb were there wating for them.“These humans must have a death wish coming here again after everything.” Zane was fuming with anger as he said those words. “I told you that they will be waiting for us this time around.” Said Seun fear settling at the bottom of his stomach.“And I said I did not care, if they don’t give me what I want then they will all die.” Brandon said with a threatening voice. “Open the door.” Brandon instructed. The men shared a look.Peter nodded at Seun, and he opened the door. Both sides looked fearless. Brandon was determined and prepared to die if it meant he would see her again. Nazima on the other hand was thinking of ways to kill him slowly and painfully.“Well, well, well, I never thought I would see you again.” Said Nazima with a smirk on her face. Brandon showed no emotions, the man
They say pain makes you stronger and heartbreak makes you wiser. But Brandon’s heart break made him stupid, he still stayed on that beach on his knees with his heart bleeding every time he took a breath.But he stayed, with the hope that the woman he loved would return to him. The tide changed and the sunset. It got colder and the water kept hitting on him, but he stayed.He knew when he fell for her that he was being stupid. He fell for a woman whose heart belonged to another. All the effort he put into the relationship was like trying to fill a bucket full of holes with water.No matter how much you try the bucket will never be full as every time you tried to fill it the water escapes from the holes. That was Victoria and Brandon’s love. It hurt to admit that he was not as important to Victoria as he thought he was.He thought they had something, all these months he thought they were happy and in love. But the truth is that he was in love alone and that the woman’s heart was somewhe
Brandon was so preoccupied by the investors and people wanting to know more about the drug and how it worked that he forgot that Victoria was not back.When he realised that his woman was not by his side it was already twenty minutes later. He scanned the room for her but could not find her. he excused himself and went looking for her.He could not get into the ladies’ room and all he could do was to ask a woman who was going inside. “Miss, could you please help me?” the woman stopped and looked her him.She then smiled seductively when she noticed him. “Sure, anything for you handsome” Brandon could not careless for her flirting, all he wanted to do was to find Victoria.He fished his phone out of his pocket then showed the woman a picture of Victoria. “Can you please check if this woman is in there?” the woman frowned. She thought he wanted her number or something.“Fine, I will check.” She walked away leaving Brandon outside feeling anxious. She did not look for her, instead she di
Zane dried her tears with his thumbs then cupped her cheeks and looked tenderly in her eyes. “It’s okay to be sad and cry my darling. It is also okay to look out for yourself and happiness.” He sighed looking at the poor girl.She was young but carried the burden of the whole kingdom on her shoulders. He wished he could step in for her so that she can be a young woman in love without the burden of a kingdom.“Nazima you are young and my wish for you is love and happiness. It doesn’t matter where or from whom or what form it comes in. I just want you to have it. I want you to make mistakes and not worry about the consequences.”Zane teared up, Nazima never got to be a child and live life like one. She was on the run at the age of thirteen and had been taught how to be responsible as she was to become queen.She never got to be a normal teenager and do what children her age did. When she came back home her goal was to take back the crown and save her people. She did all that and now th
It has been a rough couple of months for everyone close to Nazima especially Caleb and Zane. Nazima kept her distance from Caleb and focused on the kingdom. Things in the kingdom improved a lot over the past months.Nazima managed to get things sorted for all clan, borders dividing the clans visiting and giving support to those who needed it. all this she did will the help of the council but the travelling she did alone accompanied by the guards.She refused Caleb’s offer to go with and chose guards for herself which she also trained whenever she got a chance. She was lonely and distant to everyone, hardly ever smiled. She was like a robot with no feelings at all.Having enough of it all Zane and Caleb decided to ambush her so that they could talk to her alone since she was not giving them the time of day to talk to her outside of the meeting hall.They went to her chambers early that morning hoping to catch her before the meeting start and before she could disappear again. The guards
At the penthouse facing the beach, a blond woman sat on the balcony watching the sunset. Her long legs stretched onto another chair as she laid back watching the view before here.The breeze kept caressing her fair and pale looking cheeks making her close her eyes enjoying the moment. A man in shorts and a vest sat next to her with a glass or red wine in his hand.His eyes were fixed on the woman as she kept closing her eyes. She was the most beautiful being he had ever seen. He kept taking small sips of his wine wetting his lips then running his tongue across them imagining her lips against his.The woman sighed as she thought of her home, how things might be now that she was found out. If her father was all right. Oh, her poor father, he had nothing to do with what she did and she was worried that he might face a certain death because of her.The man saw how troubled she looked and places a hand on her thigh and she slowly opened her eyes and looked at him. He was handsome and made
Zane and Caleb shared a look, and they knew that something had changed within their queen. That she was no longer the same woman she was before she was taken. They lifted their heads and looked at her.She did not say a word and she did not have to. “My queen, it was our mistake, we did not know who the guardians were and at the time Victoria was acting like a victim and we wouldn’t have suspected her.” Zane tried to explain.“Also, it was already the third day and they only came forward now to tell us they knew where you were. What took them so long?” Caleb said and Nazima glared at him.“Is it not your job as my trusted advisers to make sure that I as your queen is always safe and protected all the time? Why are you now blaming the guardians for your incompetence?” she was angry, and they could all see it.“The guardian’s job is to guide and advise me of matters regarding the kingdom not to protect me, that is your job and you failed at it!” nazima exploded. She was tired, hungry an
Nazima didn’t say a word as they left. She heard everything that Kendra said and felt that she was right. Caleb was also to blame for what Victoria did. It was her obsession with him which he did nothing to stop that led to all this.Caleb kept stealing glances at Nazima waiting for her to say something but the queen said nothing. She has been through enough all because of Caleb and she wanted some space from him.She needed time to be alone and figure out what she wanted to do with her life. She thought that there could be something between Caleb and herself but after all this, she was not sure.By the time they got to shore, there were many people there swimming and some just enjoying the sun. Nazima turned to look at everyone. “We need to go that side so that the humans don’t see us.” She pointed at a quitter spot, and everyone agreed.The looks they were getting from people were too much for Nazima and Kendra. Especially Kendra. When she got there, she was unconscious and did not
The two chiefs sung and dodged. Hid from foreign weapons of humans as they moved forward. They held no fear in their hearts as their hearts were no longer with them but with their queen.The one brought them peace, tranquillity and hope. They could not let her down again, they had already let her down when the humans took her from right under their noses.But now they had come to get her back and were willing to lay waste to the human kind if need be. The humans did not expert an ambush like that, therefore, they were not prepared and had no extra magazines to reload their powerful weapons.Gun shots were getting lesser and lesser as they ran out of ammunition. Some had long retreated when they saw how hopeless the situation was. If only they knew that they were not fighting ordinary men but gods.Beads of sweat covered Caleb and Zane’s bodies as they fought. Caleb was ecstatic, he had never had a battle like this before and he had never fought humans.He had to admit that they were w