"Maddox!" Nyota exclaimed and Andrew's eyes widened."Yes, it's me," Maddox replied, looking tense."But where have you been?" questioned Nyota, with a frown, while Andrews stood on the side, his gaze on Maddox."Is the king around? Is he okay?" Maddox asked, feeling anxious, after briefly scanning the state of Ragnor's room."No. Why do you ask of the king?" Nyota questioned and her frown deepened."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," Andrews interrupted, his voice, an expression of pity. "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 informed him, and she also left Maddox standing there at the entrance.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 wit
Ragnor and Maddox 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. He remembered the blood-stained sheet on his bed in his room back in the palace. Recalling what Clara would always do in a situation, he shut his eyes and prayed to God to keep her s
Ragnor arrived at his mansion with Clara at noon. He landed on his bedroom balcony, took Clara in, and laid her on the bed. He shifted back 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's faint voice, calling out to him. He rushed to her side and sat on the bed. He held her hand in his gaze lovingly on her face hoping she would open her eyes soon."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 and planted a kiss on her hand, but he was met with her silence.Ragnor couldn't tell exa
"Their love is strong and not ordinary," She thought staring at the two with a smile.Ragnor continued to hug Clara as tears filled his eyes. He was so happy to see her awake."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 confessed, her head resting on his well-formed chest and her arms wrapped around him.Ragnor kept Clara in his arms 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 narrated and moved her hand to her chest as if in pain. "Then I felt a sharp pain in my chest. It hurt very 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.
"Thanks, son, I appreciate this a lot," George said at the other end of the call.They spoke for a while and made a few decisions on how to get the city to bounce back. The call eventually came to an end and Ragnor joined the ladies in the living room to watch the news."The governor, in his reign has made an incredible achievement. He selected several medical doctors and had them trained on how to manage incurable diseases. These doctors have been distributed to various hospitals to assist the medical practitioners in managing such patients. This decision has helped reduce the mortality rates and families are now happy to have their loved ones cured of what was meant to be their end," said the reporter."I have with me here today one of the patients who was diagnosed with an incurable disease. Today she is looking perfectly fine after being attended to by these newly trained medical personnel. Let's hear what she has to say," said the reporter."I was told by the doctor that I have a
"Are you alright?" Maddox asked her noticing her strange behaviour."I am fine," Siku replied angrily and went back inside.Maddox shook his head in resignation and ate the steak on his plate. Siku decided to lay on the bed for a while but she started feeling nauseous. She got up and quickly ran into the washroom to throw up."What is happening to me?" Siku thought and threw up some more.Her father, Maddox, entered the room and heard her throwing up. He frowned and entered the bathroom."My dearest daughter, you are dying," Maddox said to her, his expression gloomy."What, what do you mean I am dying?" Siku questioned, her face contoured in surprise."There is a spell on you and it's acting now. I can smell it," Maddox informed her, looking very sad. "That is what happens when you play with things you are not supposed to," he added and frowned.Siku staggered out of the bathroom and went to lie on the bed. Maddox watched Siku as she suffered."Ragnor did this to me," Siku said while l
"So this is the new order, hmph," Siku thought scanning the place. It felt like forever as minutes turned into hours. Maddox was patient as he knew Ragnor was a man of his word. However, Siku was getting agitated."Are you sure he is going to come?" Siku questioned impatiently."He would come. Had staying in those ruins with the evil creature made you forget who Ragnor is?" Maddox retorted. and Siku rolled her eyes."You are not the one dying so it's easy for you to remain calm," Siku commented and lowered her head as if in pain again. "We have been sitting here for 4 hours now", she pointed, but before Maddox could react, they both heard footsteps and the guards at the gate bowed immediately. "Apologies for keeping you waiting. I had an emergency meeting," Ragnor said and took his seat on a chair facing Siku and her father in the hall. "Now tell me what exactly happened," he asked. Maddox nudged Siku to speak and Siku cleared her throat. "I am not sure when or how it happened but
In the hideout, Siku thought of a plan. She tore her clothes and gave herself knife wounds. She came out of her hiding place and lay down on the ground just a distance away from the outer gate. She lay there for hours until one guard moved to check why the two guards at the gate were not responding. He saw Siku lying there and quickly rushed to her side. Recognizing her, the guard hesitated but seeing her condition, he carried her into the City. He sent her to the clinic and quickly went to inform Ragnor about it."My king," the guard said bowing first. "I found Princess Siku, lying on the ground a couple of distances away from the outer gate, unconscious. Her clothes were torn and she was wounded. She was healing slowly though," the guard reported."Who else was with her?" Ragnor asked calmly."It was just her," replied the guard."Where is she?" asked Ragnor."I sent her to the clinic, my king," replied the guard."Okay, I will go there later," Ragnor replied and sat on the swing pl
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," Emily whispered."Distract her," Ragnor thought and shifted 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
"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 yours
"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 her soul before, that is more important and you can connect again. For Ragn
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 grown, his nails had also grown and his wings were equally behind him. The c
Ragnor suspends above Siku's apartment and from the rooftop, it's possible to view the inside of Andrews's apartment if the windows were opened. Such a bad architectural design, something he intended to change but the humans who were living there before felt it was good for security reasons.Ragnor landed light like a feather on top of the roof and he could feel Gabrielle's terrifying heart and the baby was sleeping peacefully amidst the chaos. He could also feel Siku and exactly where she was in the building. Siku was the one carrying the baby. A wrong move on Ragnor's side and he knew Siku would kill that baby instantly before he could get to the baby.Ragnor sat on the roof waiting and thinking of how to rescue both mother and child without any harm.Back in Andrews's apartment, 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
Andrews ended the call and ran his hand through his hair in frustration. He took a couple of steps forward and returned to the place where he stood and made the call."I hope this will get them here faster," Andrews said, his voice dropped to a whisper. "Clara, I am so sorry for what I am about to do. Please forgive me," he said feeling a pain in his chest but it was the only way to save his innocent child, do Siku's bidding. He 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 as soon as the call was connected."Now, that is what I want to hear. You see, things are a lot easier if cooperate," 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 flowin
"Gabrielle, where are you? is everything alright?" Andrews questioned sounding terrified as his heart skipped multiple beats."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 nowadays," 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
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. "And I will not appreciate your help and that of Clara at the hospital," he appreciated."That is okay," Ragnor said."I suppose you left Gabrielle in San Francisco?" asked Clara smiling."No, I came with her. She stayed back at home to rest. She is very tired from the trip," Andrews replied smiling."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
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 development. While in town, the two 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 with all honesty in her eyes."Don't worry about it. The past is in the past. It's a new day. Let it go and forgive yourself too. Free yourself from the burden," said Clara