The people who were present were surprised by the outcome of the ceremony, even though they were satisfied. In their minds, they thought that Ragnor was going to announce a human as queen. The ceremony was over, but some stayed behind to enjoy the moment. While the enjoyment was ongoing, George was still in Nyota's room on the upper floor."Friend of Ragnor's?" Nyota asked with a smile, getting off the bed.George helped Nyota out of bed, and Nyota gestured for them to sit on the couch, which George obliged."I don't think we have met before," Nyota spoke again when Goerge didn't reply."My lily," George addressed her.Nyota moved back, surprised, wondering why the lady would address her by a name only her true love used to call her by."Who are you?" Nyota asked with a frown."Look into my eyes, and tell me if you don't recognize me," George asked in his female voice.Nyota did realize that although this person before her was a woman and sounded like a woman, her behaviour and line of
Gabrielle entered the living room and noticed the only available space was beside Andrews. She opted to go to the bedroom, where she would feel more comfortable."I'm a bit tired, so I would like to rest." Gabrielle excused herself and went upstairs to her bedroom.Inside the bedroom, she closed the door behind her and went to lie on the bed."Why am I doing this to myself?" she wondered. "It's obvious Andrews doesn't want me."She lay on her side, grabbed a pillow, placed it under her head and placed another in between her legs."He is the only man who spoke nicely to me and made me feel like a woman," she thought and closed her eyes, remembering her first time with Andrews.She quickly shook her head, pushing the memories away. She got up and went to the bathroom. She took her clothes off and stood under the shower, allowing the water to run down her body. She stood there for a while before going for a shampoo for her hair and eventually took a bath. She stepped out of the bathroom w
Hearing their thoughts, Ragnor pulled Clara into his embrace, preventing her from seeing his face. He glared at the two guards, and the look in his eyes made the colour drain from their skin. They stopped thinking and looked away immediately. He returned his gaze to Clara, and it softened. "Let's go back to the palace. We will be going to Matara today."Clara nodded, and he kissed her forehead. He then carried her and used his vampire speed, going past the guards and toward the palace.Nyota gave George new clothes from her wardrobe. They laughed at the idea of him wearing her clothes and fitting so well, except they looked very short, as George was tall."You know, you look pretty as a woman," Nyota praised."If I didn't meet you in this life, with this compliment, I would have wished I was born a female, but maybe in my next life," Geroge replied flirtatiously in his female voice."Your current visible gender and your sweet tongue do not match," Nyota said, laughing."That is because
Jessica, after turning off the TV, went in for a glass of wine and returned to her seat, staring at the dark screen of the TV.Inside the room, Andrews opened his eyes to find Gabrielle in his arms. The memory of their passionate night came flooding his mind. It wouldn't be their first time, but this second time felt different."What changed?" Andrews wondered as he stared at Gabrielle's beautiful sleeping face.He smiled and was glad he didn't kill her in the process. It took a lot of control on his side. He wondered if Ragnor goes through the same with Clara. If that is what it takes, then no vampire should be with a human, but how can he leave her now? Something about her draws him to her.Andrews stared at Gabrielle in silence. She didn't know who or what they were, referring to himself and Jessica. Biting each other during an intimate session is a thing for vampires. Andrews recalled how many times he had to hold back the urge to bite her. She had fun, and he had to struggle. Each
The officers put Jessica in a cage, not sure what she was with fangs that long and bloodshot eyes and nails that long. Back at the apartment, Andrews was cuddling Gabrielle in his arms while she slept. He admired Gabrielle and ran his fingers through her hair, but he also had a bad feeling. He gently pulled himself away from Gabrielle, ensuring he didn't wake her, and stepped out of the room. It was already 2 a.m., and there was no sign of Jessica. He went into her room to check if she was back, but the room was empty. "Oh Jessica, Jessica, where are you? I warned you to leave these humans alone," Andrews thought, suspecting Jessica was in trouble. Meanwhile, Jessica, who had quieted down, was discreetly sent to one of the government's private research facilities. They didn't want to alarm the people with news of a strange being as the snake killer they were looking for, yet they wanted to know what Jessica was. A few researchers were tasked to do this discreetly. Jessica was heavi
It was morning in the city of California, and there was no news of anyone killed by the killer snake, but rather, two people were reported missing."It appears the killer snake has changed its hunting strategy. Two people have been reported missing. We do not know if they are still alive or dead; however, the police are doing everything within their capacity to find these two missing persons," the reporter said.Grace turned off the TV. She was worried Jessica was still not back home. She opened the door and stood at the entrance looking outside. She was unsure what she was looking for, but she hoped to see Jessica walking towards the apartment."Lord, please bring ma'am Jessica home," Grace prayed as she scanned the entire neighbourhood. She closed the door and went back inside.At the government's private research warehouse, one research scientist, Gilbert, walked closer to Jessica's gage. He frowns, seeing the beautiful woman lying motionless inside the cage."What happened to the c
"Your speed is no match for me. Sit, I will tell you a story," Andrews said sounding very calm.Gabrielle was leaning against the wall staring at Andrews. Her heart was beating so fast in her chest. Of all the people she could fall in love with, she fell in love with a vampire."Sit," Andrews ordered and his eyes flashed red.Gabrielle jumped in fright hearing his voice again. Out of fear she dragged herself to the bed and climbed onto it. She sat on the bed and clutched the pillow like it was a shield that would protect her from any attack. She limited herself to a small space leaning heavily on the bed headboard.Andrews watched her in silence reading all her reactions. He thought he would be angry with her but for some reason, his heart shattered seeing her in that frightened state. He didn't want to end their relationship but when he parted his lips to speak the exact opposite of how he felt was evident in his voice."Good, you should be afraid, very afraid and return to your mothe
Jessica inhaled the air of the city and smiled."Home sweet home," Jessica shouted and walked towards the nearest street where she could hail a taxi.She got into a cab and gave her destination as the palace. She arrived at the palace in 20 minutes and quickly got out of the car. She gave her number to pay her fare and stood at the main gate, admiring the three-storey palace with its beautiful gardens and walkways. She walked through the gate and identified herself as a friend of the queen. She was allowed in after confirmation was done. Jessica continued walking into the palace. The first person she had in mind to look for was Siku. She asked the guard upon reaching the entrance where she could find Queen Siku. The guard who didn't know her asked her to wait at the entrance and alerted another guard inside to inform Queen Siku that she had a visitor by the name of Jessica at the entrance gate. Siku sent an order to them to allow Jessica in. Jessica saw Siku, and her eyes glittered lik
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