"We fight for our future," shouted another human. "Yes, we fight," responded the crowd.Ragnor raised his hand and the crowd quieted down."I am so proud of you all. For your love and commitment. I can't promise you will all be alive after this war but I promise you one thing, history will forever remember all of you. I will do my best to protect all of you and keep you alive as long as I can," Ragnor announced. "Take your stands in your various position, my team and I would be out there to meet them. Your job is to protect the city, I would do my best to stop them from getting inside the city," Ragnor added."My king, can I come with you?" requested my one human.Ragnor looked at the young human, who seemed to be just in his twenties. He was surprised by the boldness of the humans vs the vampires. Ragnor smiled at him, "You will be safer inside the walls. I am going outside the wall. It is very risky," he replied to the boy."It is dangerous, that is why I want to come. It is our du
All three vampire lords turned to look at the person at the door. The vampire lord One stared in total shock. The vampire lord three questioned George. "What are you doing here? Do you have a death wish?" questioned the vampire lord three. "That is a question I should be asking you because you are the one courting death. I told you I would be back for you, didn't I?" replied George and he closed his eyes. When he opened them again, his eyes had changed to blue. He roared and he placed both of his hands to the ground as his wings appeared. He flapped them and the wind blew the vampire lords to the back of the room, crushing them into the wall. At the time the vampire lords recovered from the crush, a griffin stood before them and it was not all happy. They fired their weapons at the griffin but it was useless. The magical bird had a protective shield around it and hence their weapons could not penetrate its skin. The griffin roared again and advanced towards them. The vampire lord t
"Don't worry I will let you see her one more time before I send her out of this world. So what is it going to be?" Siku asked through gritted teeth."Siku, your fight is with me so fight me and leave them alone. I wronged you right?" Ragnor said and moved away from the army with the instruction, "Defend yourself. If they attack you fight them," "Let your army fight me, if they kill me, you can have the city," Ragnor said and Siku nodded and moved back. Siku's army charged to fight Ragnor. They are immortals but they don't have the vampire speed even though Ragnor's blood brought them to life but they don't have his deadly weapons. Ragnor moved at the speed of light, using all his deadly weapons on them. He cut them with his wings using a spell to make them burn from within. Some he injected with creature-eating buds to destroy them. Even though they were dead and felt no pain, Ragnor's methods were destroying them. Siku's army numbered in millions and Ragnor needed to transform int
"Ragnor would take care of her. I am not leaving you again," Nyota said and hugged George. "We both did this together, and we will pay the price together," she said. George made room for Nyota on the sofa to lie down next to him. He managed to keep a straight face despite the pain he was going through trying to move. Nyota smiled and lay down in front of him in the space he had made and he wrapped his arms around her finding comfort in each other, as well as keeping each other warm. The cold wind blew in from the window, whose glass had been shattered by Ragnor on his way out. The whole room was a complete mess. Outside the palace and in the city, the inner wall they built remains intact but more than fifty per cent of the outer wall was damaged. Close to the outside wall, and scattered around, the inner wall, were the remains of the humans. That of the vampires had burned to ash. The humans and the vampires left alive moved all the bodies to one place and buried them next to each ot
"Maddox!" Nyota exclaimed and Andrew's eyes widened."Yes, it's me," Maddox replied."But where have you been?" questioned Nyota."Is the king around, is he okay?" Maddox asked feeling anxious."No. Why do you ask of the king?" Nyota questioned."I know what my daughter did. I wanted to warn the king but getting here, I realized I was too late," Maddox said in resignation."Yes, you are pretty late," came Andrews's voice "but we won against your daughter," he added and turned to leave."Well, we won but the king is not here because your daughter took the love of his life away," Nyota said and also left Maddox before he could reply. Maddox stood in the hallway. He turned and looked in both directions, Andrews and Nyota had exited through. He knew he made a terrible mistake with his daughter Siku. Today he has lost his family and no one to inherit him because he failed to pay attention to how his daughter was been raised. He knew he could find Siku easily; she was his daughter after all
"We are close. Tomorrow by noon we will find Siku and Clara," Maddox said as they walked through the town they had just entered for a place to rest for the night and continue the next day.They both walked into a guest house and Ragnor paid the bills for two rooms for the night. They were both led by one of the guest house staff to their rooms. It was a long hallway. Ragnor's room was first on the right upon entering the hallway and Maddox's room was at the end of the hallway also on the right."Enjoy your stay," the staff said to each one of them upon opening their rooms for them. Ragnor entered the room and scanned the environment. The bed was a double bed, not the usual king size he was used to. It had two bedside tables with a lamb sitting on one and a telephone on the other. The bathroom was to the left side of the bed and the wardrobe faced the bed from the foot of the bed. He moved towards the bed and sat on it, his mind drifted off to Clara and what situation she might be in.
Ragnor arrived with Clara at his mansion at noon. He landed on the balcony of his bedroom. He took Clara in and laid her on the bed. He returned to his human form and stepped out of the room. The first person he met was the butler."Master, you are back," the butler said surprised but Ragnor frowned, not responding to him and his gaze turned cold."Prepare some soup for Clara," Ragnor commanded and the butler acknowledged, bowing to him."Should I bring it to the room once it's ready?" the butler inquired."Yes," replied Ragnor and he returned to his room.When Ragnor entered the room, he heard Clara calling out to him. He rushed to her side and sat on the bed. He held her hand in his."Ragnor?" Clara called out to him again, her voice very weak and her eyes still closed."Hey, love, it's me Ragnor, I am here," Ragnor replied but he was met with her silence. Ragnor couldn't tell exactly what was wrong with Clara because her vitals were fine so why was she not waking up? First, guess,
Ragnor hugged Clara tightly, kissing the top of her head multiple times. Nyota sat in the living room looking at them."I was scared. I thought I lost you," Ragnor whispered to Clara."I was so terrified. I felt like I was never going to see you again and it scared me," Clara said, her head resting on his well-formed chest and her arms wrapped around him.Ragnor kept Clara in his embrace rubbing her back tenderly as they enjoyed each other's warmth. "I don't know what happened. All I remember was, that I was with Mum and I got thirsty. I drank the water on the table and started feeling funny. So, I decided to lie on the bed for a while," she said and moved her hand to her chest as if in pain. "Then I felt a sharp pain in my chest. It hurt really bad but I couldn't scream and the room became so dark. The pain stopped but I felt like I was dreaming. I couldn't find you," she said sounding so terrified."Ssshhhsss," Ragnor said. "It's okay, I am here now," he comforted her but was angry
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