Grace shrugged her shoulders and went back to the kitchen. She wished Clara was around. It had been just 48 hours since Clara left, and she already missed her. Grace sighed and continued with her duties.Back in Matara, Clara had just woken up. She will be meeting her teacher today. It felt so exciting. She quickly went downstairs to find Ragnor, Emily and George."Good morning everyone," Clara greeted cheerfully and Ragnor went to meet her halfway down the stairs and greeted her with a kiss."Good morning my love," Ragnor said after the kiss."Good morning," came George and Emily's voices.Emily was glued to the TV as usual, and George was glancing through a newspaper, relaxing in the living room."Breakfast is ready, sir," came the servant's voice."Impeccable timing," George praised and they all made their way to the dining area except Emily who was still lying on the floor in front of the TV swinging her legs behind her while her eyes were glued to the TV."Emily, let's go eat," Ra
In Matara, Clara was doing very well with her learning. She was picking up with her reading and decided to do her reading test using the family she now had."Okay, let me read you all a story," Clara announced with a smile."Oh dear. I feel like a child," Emily complained.George and Ragnor both turned to look at Emily."But how old are you?" Ragnor asked still staring at Emily."Brother, in a perfect world you will be my son," Emily said with a grin.Ragnor turned to his father with a questioning look, "Dad, did her head hit the floor when she was born?"George looked at Emily who was still grinning with her chubby face. He turned to look at Ragnor who seemed to have no expression on his face, and at Clara who couldn't stop laughing and sighed."Ragnor, I am not sure. My eyes were closed throughout her birth session," George replied."I think, I know what the problem is," Ragnor said sounding resolute. "Babe, let's hear your story," he said to Clara with a smile.Emily looked at Ragno
Ragnor was a light sleeper, but he completely trusted Clara, so was never bothered about what she did or didn't do while he slept.Clara, seeing Ragnor's eyes were closed, took the medicine she kept under her pillow and opened it. Ragnor frowned, getting the strange feeling again. Clara squeezed the bottle too hard causing the nozzle which was not well secured to open, pouring the entire content on Ragnor's face. Ragnor opened his eyes immediately and the liquid went into his eyes. His hands flew to his eyes as he suspended his upper torso resting on his elbow."Clara, what was..." but before Ragnor could complete his statement, he realized his vision had become weird when he tried to see after wiping his eyes with the bank of his hand.He got out of bed and told Clara to stay in the room and he walked out. Clara started panicking not sure what was going on.Ragnor felt there was something in the liquid Clara poured on his face. He knew someone was up to something and had deceived Clar
Clara moved slightly and Peter covered her with the blanket making sure she was warm. He was hoping she would open her eyes by sunrise. Peter sat on the only chair he had in his room hanging his left leg over the armrest of the chair. He closed his eyes to rest for a while.In the palace Nyota has gone silent, exhausted from crying. She sat on the floor behind the door with no expression. Her face was puffy and her eyes red. Her hand which was wounded from her continual banging on the door was healing.Siku's mother was lying on the bed in her room staring at the ceiling. In her mind, she wanted to wake up from the nightmare she was having right now. This wasn't the result they were expecting. Maddox, sat on the sofa looking at his daughter lying on the bed motionless. It was half an hour past 4 a.m. and the skies had not quieted down.In San Francisco, at 5 a.m., the butler was awoken from his sleep by the sudden heavy feel in the mansion. He sat on his bed scanning his room. He stepp
It was almost 7 a.m. in the Immortal City, and the sun had not yet risen. It was still dark outside.In the human Civilization City, the humans were unaware of what had transpired in the palace. They wondered what was happening to the weather. The rain shower had stopped, but the rumbling thunder was occasionally heard.The soul of Ragnor, on the other hand, was still wandering around, searching for Clara. He remembered the place he had found Clara when she got lost in the Immortal City. He headed towards that house in search of her.Gradually, news of what was going on spread to the humans. Alberta, the caretaker of the guest house where Clara had lodged on her first visit to the Immortal City, quickly headed for the palace to understand what was happening.Upon arriving, she realized the palace was less active. Lots of people are still in bed, thinking it is still night. Some few guards were at their post, and some few servants were up cleaning. Alberta was allowed in, knowing she wa
In front of Clara stood a man who was wearing just a singlet and shorts.Peter frowned and scanned the room, feeling the presence of someone. An airy feel went past him towards Clara, and he realized Clara was seeing something from the look in her eyes and the expression on her face. He concluded Clara was looking at whatever it was that walked past him."Get out," came a familiar deep male voice, which Peter heard even though he could not see anyone.Peter jumped out of fright but could not move his legs. Ragnor flapped his wings backwards, blowing Peter, his chair and a couple of things out the open door, which was right behind Peter. The door automatically closed after. Ragnor's angry gaze softened once it was just him and Clara."Clara, I miss you," Ragnor said, staring at Clara with pleading eyes."You betrayed me," Clara said, evidence of her hurt registered in her voice."I didn't," Ragnor replied, lowering his gaze."I am not blind; I saw you two kissing," Clara yelled at him,
The people of the Immortal City had lived in darkness for two days, and there was still no sign of the sun coming up soon.At Peter's cottage, Clara had just woken up. She sat on the bed, hugging her knees. Still in female form, George sat in the chair with his eyes closed as if lost in thought."Daddy," Clara whispered, and George opened his eyes. "How do I find Ragnor?" she asked in a dull voice."The answer lies within you, Clara. If you genuinely love him, you can find him," George replied, leaving Clara confused as she didn't know how.Clara did not reply but closed her eyes, and memories of her time together with Ragnor came flooding her mind.From the bunny club where they first met. She counted the number of times Ragnor had saved her from one trouble or another. She remembered the day she found out he was not human; she would have been dead if he had not been there to save her from getting hit by the vehicle. Even when she asked him to leave, he left her presence but not her s
Siku, confirming she was in her bedroom, tried to sit up on her bed. It was at this moment she noticed something was not right. She checked her right hand and was shocked to see that her forearm was gone. All she had left was from her shoulder to her elbow. She stared at her hand for a long time with eyes widened, unable to react. Her movement, which made a shuffling noise, made her mother lift her head to look in her direction. A smile was plastered on Siku's mother's face to see her daughter finally awake."She is awake," Siku's mother thought, staring at Siku, who was looking at what was left of her right hand in horror.Without taking her eyes off Siku, she tapped Maddox to wake up. Because Siku's mother wasn't looking, her hand was tapping Maddox's face. He frowned and opened his eyes, grabbing Siku's mother's hand, and he also saw Siku sitting on the bed with her eyes fixated on her maimed hand. Siku's mother got up from the sofa and sat on the bed next to Siku.Siku snapped out
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 Clara Ragnor 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 beco
"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