In the past, when she had terrible dreams like that, Ragnor would always wake her from the dream but this time, that did not happen. She collapsed on the bed; she wanted Ragnor back home. Only in his arms did she feel the comfort she wanted. Clara stayed in the room sitting on the floor resting her back on the footboard. A gentle knock on the door snapped her out of her thoughts. "Please come in," Clara replied looking alive. The door opened slowly and Clara waited to see who it was, Ragnor's father or mum, she knew it wasn't Emily as she would have announced her presence long ago. Clara first saw a hairy foot entering the room. Looking at what she could see of the leg, it did look like a lion. She got up from the floor looking at the door to see who or what would enter as she took steps back trembling. She screamed upon seeing what entered the room. It was the mystical bird, a griffin and it hissed at her standing on two legs with its wings behind. It did look furious. Clara conti
"It's Ragnor," George said to Nyota and they both entered the living room from the balcony. In less than five minutes, Ragnor was standing in the living room still with his wings behind him which he had folded into an arc. Clara ran into his arms upon seeing him. The anger in Ragnor's eyes vanished seeing Clara was alright. His wings vanished and he wrapped his arms around her in an embrace as he returned to his full human form. "Glad you are back but where did you go?" Clara asked and pulled away from the hug to look at his face. "I went to San Francisco," Ragnor replied honestly. "Okay, you went to check how things are?" Clara said as they walked towards one of the sofas in the living room. Nyota and George, who were already comfortably seated, waited to hear Ragnor's reply to Clara's question. They already had a hit of what he went to do in San Francisco. They were, however, trying to see how open Ragnor was to his human wife. "Siku was hiding there," Ragnor replied hones
"No matter what, Ragnor would not come here. It is his human wife that can get him here but she would not listen to me any more," Siku complained."Use the ring," the redcap goblin said and left.Siku felt a new power run through her body and for some reason, she knew exactly how to summon Ragnor to the ruined castle. She smiled.In the immortal City, the seats of the king and queen have been empty during multiple gatherings. The news of the queen's mother's death had already spread throughout the town. Although it's just a rumour with no confirmation, no one wants to be on the bad side of the Ragnor because they heard what the queen and her mother did and the reason, they are no longer in the Palace. The palace was left to be run by Maddox and the few council elders. The vampire lords have decided to watch for now as they have already sniffed the upcoming war in the air. They have come to confirm that Ragnor is the recantation of the vampire they tried to get rid of hence their decis
Maddox set a meeting for Ragnor to meet with the council of elders the next day at noon. The council members requested a meeting alone with just Ragnor. "It was a perfect time to engage Clara," Maddox thought as he made the necessary arrangements for the meeting. It was 8 in the morning, the palace balcony, Ragnor stood facing the direction of the rising sun. The ray of the rising sun made him look like he was glowing from behind. "Update," Ragnor requested not bothering to turn and confirm who had entered the balcony. "The meeting with the council of elders is set for 11 a.m. today my king," Maddox quickly announced at his command. "Purpose?" Ragnor requested still with his back facing Maddox. "Selection of a new queen and.....and...." Maddox hesitated. "And what?" Ragnor questioned, turning to look at Maddox with a cold gaze. "If you will stay with your people," Maddox replied hesitantly. "If I still want to remain your king, you would prefer I stay here in the palace?"
Meanwhile, Siku had carried the stone stained with his blood into the castle and the creature took it and dropped it into stagnant water and started chanting. The water began to glow."Bring your hand," said the redcap goblin.Siku gave the globin her hand and the globin cut her thumb and made the blood drip into the glowing water. The water which was glowing immediately stopped glowing and turned blood red. "Now watch," the redcap goblin said to Siku and she watched with keen attention.The liquid started flowing out of the pothole, down the floor of the castle in a particular direction. Siku watched with curiosity what would happen. There was a part of the castle with so much debris and broken stuff. That part of the castle looks like it used to be a big hall that could accommodate over three thousand people. The blood liquid went under the debris and it was absorbed by the earth. Nothing happened for twenty minutes and Siku was wondering what she was supposed to expect with her blo
Clara wrapped her hand around him as she rested her head on his chest biting her lower lip to prevent herself from crying some more.Ragnor strokes her back tenderly.Clara was finally calm and they both sat down on the roof. Ragnor wrapped his arms around Clara and she nestled into his arms. Ragnor continued to tenderly stroke Clara's arms. It was getting dark and the stars had appeared in the skies. The sky looked beautiful. He looked at the beautiful heavens with no expression but inwardly he was worried about Clara. She is easily deceived and to date, she has still not realized Jessica has changed. Clara still sees Jessica as her good old friend. While Ragnor was worried about Clara's naive behaviour, Clara was lost in her thoughts too. She did acknowledge to herself she acted a little childish blackmailing Ragnor like that. The thought; what if Ragnor had died on that journey made Clara quiver and she tightened her grip around him and shut her eyes to push the thoughts away. Ragn
"Once they were in Matara, he would have to figure out a way to leave her behind and return to the palace," Ragnor thought and dropped more kisses on the top of Clara's head.Ragnor was sitting on the bed with his back resting on the headboard. In his arms, he was holding Clara who had curled herself up like a kitten. He stroked her back tenderly lost in his thought.Feeling safe in his arms, Clara's breathing became even and she drifted off to sleep out of exhaustion. "A war might be upon us soon and yet my people are unaware of anything," Ragnor thought, "If my blood ran through Siku's new army, clearly the soldiers here would be no match for them, they would only slow them down," he continued in his thoughts. Ragnor's gaze shifted to Clara who moved slightly and nestled into his arms. "She would endanger herself to protect him when that day comes upon them," Ragnor thought, playing with a strand of Clara's hair. Ragnor carefully laid Clara down on the bed properly not waking her
"You need light to see in the dark. Clara is your light," George added and Ragnor frowned deeply. "You are the moon, she is the stars. You are the sun, she remains your sky. Inseparable," George added."Trust me, you will know it when it happens," George said. George patted Ragnor on the shoulder and exited the room leaving Ragnor with his thoughts. Ragnor stayed in his father's study for a while and decided to leave and join the others. He walked towards the door and opened it but was surprised to see his father waiting in front of the door for him. "Arrrh! Finally, coming out of the study? Take a walk with me," George said with a smile on his face and headed for the stairs leading to the living room floor. Ragnor nodded and followed his father wondering why he was waiting for him behind the closed door."And where are you two going," Nyota questioned entering the living room with Clara trailing behind her."Taking a walk in the garden," George replied."Okay, don't stay out too l
Emily, who was standing at the entrance of the bedroom, closed her eyes and began to glow, Clara's eyes widened seeing a glowing little girl at the door. She pulled away from the embrace, looking at Ragnor puzzled."Brother do whatever comes to mind," said Emily."Distract her," Ragnor thought and he changed into his flying form and kissed ClaraRagnor used what Clara liked to distract her. He started glowing and Clara smiled wrapping her arms around him forgetting the glowing little girl at the door as she responded to his kisses. Inside the room, George was forced to protect his eyes and he moved back as the glow in the room became too bright with Emily, Nyota, Ragnor and Clara all glowing together. The glow slowly began to fade and the room returned to its original light. It was almost 5 a.m. and the top floor of the palace glowing, had attracted some people to the area wondering what was happening. Ragnor smiled seeing Clara was now breathing and her body temperature had become w
"I only have one question. Did she want to come back?" Emily asked walking towards Nyota."Yes, she wanted to come back but Emily it was not easy pulling her out of the place," Nyota replied and Emily smiled.While they were talking, Ragnor was just sitting on the bed, in the same position staring at Clara while holding her hand in his. He couldn't hear any of the conversation going on around him. All he could feel was the emptiness accompanied by the immersed pain of the loss of his beloved. George and Nyota led Emily out of the room and back to her room. They sat her down and tried to talk her out of what she wanted to do."Emily, I know you love and care a lot about Aunty Clara but you are not healing a sickness or something, you are using her body as a medium to connect with her soul to pull her back. Emily, you know you can die doing that," George said worriedly."Emily, I know you want to help, but this is dangerous. You don't have a fighting ability; how will you protect yourse
"Please tell me she is still alive," said Nyota whose eyes were still moist with tears.Ragnor sat on the bed looking at Clara who looked more like she was sleeping but her body temperature was cold. George walked towards Nyota and hugged her tightly."I wish I could but we are going to try to bring her back," George said and pulled away from Nyota and looked into her tears-stained eyes."You have connected with her soul before. Ragnor will get the poison out and heal her body. I need you to be strong once he is done. You will call her back," George said."She was not dead when I did that. I am not sure if that will work with her ......" Nyota's voice thrilled off. "She is still not dead. She is like, what we say, in a coma but if we don't do anything she will die for real," George said and inhaled deeply. "Nyota, don't look at it that way. Her mind is still alive and her heart beats faintly. You connected with a soul before, that is more important and you can connect again. For Ragno
"Let me call Ragnor," George said and immediately searched for his phone. Back at Andrews's apartment, Gabrielle was walking down the road carrying her baby at Andrews's command. She could not control her tears and as she walked away from their apartment in the night, she turned to look behind a couple of times at Andrews, who was still standing in front of the apartment watching her back and kept on urging her to go. Killing Clara was like touching the lion by the tail, there was no way Andrews would escape death. He just wanted to ensure no matter what happens to him, Gabrielle and the baby will be safe. Ragnor's roar which was shaking the whole building could still be heard. Hearing Ragnor roar, you don't need a soothsayer to tell you the immense pain he was going through for the loss of his beloved. Inside the building, Ragnor was still kneeling next to Clara's body, uncontrollable tears flowed down his face as he continued to roar into the silent night. His fangs had already
Ragnor sat on the roof waiting and thinking of how to rescue both mother and child.Andrews was pacing up and down his apartment wondering if Ragnor could save his family without him having to kill Clara. Clara is in the palace and for him to go there would be too suspicious and calling her would be equally suspicious. He knew at this moment it would be difficult to get to Clara without raising any suspicion. Back in the palace, Clara was sitting on the bed in deep thought wondering if Ragnor was okay and if Andrews's family was out of danger. Emily was with Nyota asking so many questions as it was her first time visiting the city. George was resting in his room as he was working on some changes they would like to implement in the city. Ragnor had come to the full realization of his power and could control them very well so George was not bothered about what was happening with Siku and Andrews's family. George was certain everything would be fine. Siku cannot walk free this time. Cla
"Please come quick, Siku is, she is, please help," Andrews cried and ended the call."I hope this will get them here faster. Clara, I am so sorry for what I am about to do. Please forgive me," Andrews said and quickly called Gabrielle's phone which Siku answered immediately."Ragnor is coming back tonight. Please don't harm my baby. I will do as requested," Andrews said."Now, that is what I want to hear. You see, things are a lot easier if you just listen and obey," Siku said and laughed. "Since you have been a good lad, I will let you see your wife briefly," she said and put on the phone camera. Andrews saw Gabrielle tied up to a chair, her hair dishevelled and a cloth tied around her mouth. The baby was lying on the bare carpet. Seeing the tears flowing down Gabrielle's face and the baby on the floor crying, he felt a sharp pain in his heart."Please, Princess, I beg you, let the baby lie on a bed or something, it's too cold to lie on the bare floor. I beg you. He is just a child,"
"Gabrielle, where are you? is everything alright?" he questioned "Hello, Andrews," came Siku's voice and the colour drained off Andrews immediately upon recognizing the person. "How did she get into the city?" Andrews thought with eyes widened, concerned about the safety of his wife and child. "Did you miss me?" Siku asked and laughed, knowing from his silence, he was in shock. "Okay, let's not make me do anything nasty which will get my newly purchased carpet stained with blood. Cleaning items are costly in this city," she said nonchalantly "Please, don't harm them, I would do anything you ask of me. I promise," came Andrews's trembling voice. "Now, that is something I like but unfortunately it seems it's too late for you Andrews because there is nothing you can do for me unless you already have a plan that would work," Siku said. "Just tell me what you want and I will get it for you, please don't harm my wife and child," Andrews pleaded. "Ha......ha......ha...... ha," Si
"A couple of days more and I do away with this facade is quite exhausting," Siku thought and proceeded to her bedroom. The next day, Andrews and Gabrielle arrived in the Immortal City with their newborn. Gabrielle was already exhausted from the trip, so once they entered their home, she decided to take advantage of the baby sleeping to also get some rest. Andrews, however, went to the palace to greet the King and inform him of his return. He was just in time as Ragnor and Clara were about to leave for Matara to go pick up Emily. "Welcome back," said Ragnor after Andrews greeted them. "Thanks, my king," Andrews replied and bowed respectfully. "I suppose you left Gabrielle in San Francisco?" asked Clara. "No, I came with her. She stayed back at home to rest. She is very tired from the trip," Andrews replied. "That is fine. Give her my love and tell her we will come to visit as soon as we return from Matara," Clara said. 'Thanks, Mrs Usiku," replied Andrews. "Wow, this is th
"You will come with me. We will fly," Ragnor said and Clara was happy. The next day, Ragnor was in a meeting with some council members and Nyota and Clara decided to take some time to admire the city. The city indeed had changed a lot with the new ideas of improvement. While in town they ran into Siku, Nyota frowned immediately upon seeing her but Clara happily greeted her. "Hello princess," Clara said with a smile and Siku smiled back shyly. "Please, just call me Siku," Siku said and lowered her gaze. Nyota frowned but was shocked by what she witnessed. If someone had told her, that Siku had a twin or clone version of herself with a different mind, she would believe it. She thought looking at Siku shocked. "I can't address you like that; you are still royalty," Clara pointed out and Siku sighed. "Clara, can you find it in your heart to forgive me?" Siku asked, looking at Clara. "Don't worry about it. The past is in the past. It's a new day. Let it go and forgive yourself too