In the land of Abumu Ralf who had begun to sense this plan amongst the bandits to overthrow him and his Mistress had begun to make plans on how to address them so they wouldn't go about whispering behind his back further and because of this he called for a meeting of his second in command; the one who asked of him when the ones with Ralf in the bar where Ralf met Aromo for the first time returned to their base without Ralf. The second in command looked wicked and he rarely smiled. He was known to be prone to punishing the bandits that failed to live up to what was expected of them. He was ruthless, more ruthless than Ralf and his name was Lomi. He was not a man of many words and it was said that if a man is know for few words that man will be known for many deeds. That night while Ralf sat in one of the rooms of the palace of Abumu he was sure that nothing was going to make him give up the position that Aromo had given him without a fight. First he decided to have a meeting with Lomi

"My wife is dead" the Chief Guard monitored her reaction after he revealed this to her. The lady remained seated for a while before she shook her head, "Sorry about that. I didn't know. Tell me more about her"The Chief Guard was happy she asked. "She was tall, fair and outspoken just like you but she died. I don't want to talk much about her any longer but why I liked the fact that you asked of her is because I would like you to be decent as she was and to converse with me just as she would""Well I have heard you but you see my dear you are too experienced to be this ignorant. I can't do what you are asking me to do. You should know better that this work is mine and i do it to survive. I'm a whore and what a whore does is to allow men to have her in exchange for money. I give you sex you give me money and then I go on living my life while you go on living yours. This is well known and I do not see any reason why you would try to make it complicated by telling me to be like someone

"I want you to forgive me" Amanda pleaded."I forgive such crimes only when the person who committed the offence is one of my sisters. I can't forgive you my dear. You are of no use to me" she walked back to her seat and before she could call in the general to have him take Amanda to the execution block and have her head cut off Amanda said something that drew the Queen's attention."I'm pregnant" said Amanda."What are you talking about?" Asked Samata."I'm pregnant with your son's child" Amanda said again. The Queen remained seated there, not saying a word, not moving an inch and eyes focused on her face. She could tell she was not lying and for a second she felt like the one standing before her suddenly became the most important person on earth. She stood up once again and began to approach her. Amanda was not ready to be punched on the face for she wasn't sure if she believed what she said and so she took few steps backward and stood watching her every step. When the Queen had rea

Days went by and weeks followed and it was clear to Lume that they would have the Priest on the throne of Diadoma. She also had begun to notice that the Chief Guard was mostly with the woman Cury. She sent for him once and when he appeared before her she with a smile asked, "You are smiling more these days and I can't wait to ask what the secret it all about?" "No secret my mistress. I'm who I am and I tend to remain so" he said Lume wasn't ready to give up as he went on talking."You still had the lady I sent you with you. How come you are still with her? You pay her everyday?" She asked."No my Queen, she chose to stay with me. I tried making her go but she said she was okay staying with me. I don't know what to do" he sounded and Lume smiled."If she says she wants to stay with you then let her stay with you. I'm happy that you are happy"That same night the Chief Guard returned to his hut and found Cury seated and staring into space. He walked up to her and sat opposite her, hol

In the land of Akozo, Amanda was mostly on her own and most of the times when her fellow maids who were shocked at the revelation of her pregnancy for Akiza tried to near her she would not want it. She stayed indoor most of the time and refused to see even the Queen. The Queen of Akozo rode her dragon back to the land of Dodo where the gods cave was and she went there to inquire from the mother of magic what exactly she was to do concerning the one carrying her son's baby in her womb. When she had sat with the mother of magic she told her everything she needed to know and at the end the mother of magic sighed deeply, stood up and walked into the inner cave and returned with an object but while she was about to give it to her she stopped halfway and spoke, "You should be careful with the one carrying your son's baby, she has a history that goes against everything you believe and stand for and she is going to help your enemies to overthrow you. Listen my child, you need to secure the t