The speedboat covered hundreds of kilometres in a few hours, and its speed seemed satisfactory to Priest as he keeps nodding his head in contentment. "How many kilometres away is our destination?""Four hundred kilometres. At this speed, we have four more hours to spend on the water.""I will appreciate it if you can move a bit faster than this."Moments later, the sun suddenly fled the sky, and the blue cloud was overpowered by a mass of white cirrus clouds that appeared from the east, and then covered the whole horizon. As the barometer inside the boat fall drastically, the ocean began to swell up, reaching over ten feet and coming apart every five seconds."What's with that?""Typhoon.""Bad luck. We were exposed and it won't augur well if we were caught by a storm in the middle of the ocean.""What to be done? The darkness is fast approaching.""I suggest we turn back," Augur peeked at the looming darkness, shakes his head and announced, "sailing forward is suicidal.""The caut
The villagers presumed they were logs of wood and it was when they drifted closer that the silhouette of men was seen. "A boat must have capsized during the storm," one among the onlooker fishermen announced. "Aye. We need to go and rescue the living one among them." "Good suggestion. Let's call our people to come along with us." "Hey! All of you should come out, we need to rescue the people in the sea." Moments later, men were seen coming out of the caves close by, leaping into the sea, and swimming closer to the drifting hunched figures. While some leapt into their canoes and paddled closer. "Are they dead?" "Not all. This lady is still breathing." "Check that man over there." "Let's haul the living ones into our boats." "They must be from Greenwich island, and must have lost their way during the storms." "Hauled them out now. We need to save anyone alive." "Feel their pulse and pumped out the water in their stomach.""They will freeze to death in this cold. Take them i
The merry-go-round started as soon as daybreak, and the ladies of attendance were glowing with excitement by the time the sun peeked in the sky. Unlike when everywhere smells of booze and sex, Johji inn was washed and decorated with balloons, drapes, chair and table covers, twinkling lights, purple linens, and lots of beautiful flowers. And looked different from its usual state, and not like an inn for sin.Overcrowded by the feet of mafias, fishermen, planters and local merchants who came to watch the sales of their favourite Inn, and booming with music from the DJ who arranged his musical gadget within the inn's fence. Johji Inn is a place to be at this time of the day. As for the ladies in attendance, they were dressed to kill and enjoy once-in-a-lifetime attention from the tons of men who toured around the inn. Hours later, twenty mean-looking mafias strolled into the inn and walked to the liquor section, then stepped onto the podium that had been laid with red rug and decorate
The news of Jade's mysterious appearance at Johji Inn arrived even before her, and the royal family were already waiting for her when she arrived inside the palace's main parlour. Seating on the throne is El Ramon, and beside him is Andrea and the mafias were standing far off. "Hello, Jade. Your face is a remedy for a sour heart. How are the seven beasts?" "Hi, Andrea. You look stunning. And yes, the seven beasts were as strong as a fiddle." "Hello, Jade. I thought I won't be seeing you again. You gave us a fright when Johji Inn was burnt down," El Ramon smirked and let out. "Haha. Be at ease, I won't die until the foreigners were completely wiped off." "We have received your payment for Johji Inn and the documents are in the table over there. Please fill them, take a copy and give the other copy to the palace secretary for record purposes." "It will be done. Any news of Priest and his allies?" "None so far. Probably they were dead, and their remains were already eaten by the
As soon as lady Amona left Andrea's presence, her majesty was seen soliloquising alone in her seat."Why is lady Amona protecting Libra, when it was apparent that he visited the palace on the morning of that fateful day?" She asked as she place her fingers on her lips and gazed lost in thought. Having no one to answer her unasked question. Andrea stood up with a groan, walked towards the statue of King El Guje and peered at the fixed smile on the king's face."We are getting closer to finding your murderer. So far, Priest is the main culprit and I believe others will be found out soon," Andrea stooped in front of the statue and muttered in a whisper."Are you conversing with the king's sculpture?" El Ramon's voice made the lost-in-thought lady to whirled back, smile at the sight of her husband, and then let out, " I was reminding his spirit not to forsake us now."El Ramon nodded in understanding, stepped closer to his throne, sat and signal to his wife to come to her seat."Did you
The guards at the wharf were surprised when the man who had been friendly and meek during his prior visit suddenly became hostile. And the presence of hundreds of mafias with weapons at his back made them surrender without firing a bullet. After handcuffing the guards at the gate and cramming them into the awaiting truck, some mafias were ordered to drive them to the palace, while the rest scattered into the foreigners' ships in search of the sailors and the sailing crews."Go in a group of twenty and be careful. Most of the sailors had weapons and were uncultured to know when to shoot or not," Zuma informed the mafias with him, watched as forty among them divided themselves into two, then signals to some to spread all around the wharf environment and intercept anyone who may try to escape through the sea."No one must escape. Dead or alive, I want all the sailors and the ship crews arrested and sent to the palace."It was a command. One that the mafias had no intention of breaking,
Despite the change of ownership in Johji Inn, the place was humming as a bee hive as soon as the stars appeared for their night duty. And the music blaring from the speakers made the customers smile with contentment as they swallow their liquor.Hundred of ladies of service were dressed in their usual outfits and calling out to their prospective customers when four mafias strolled into the fence of the Inn, peeked at the scantily dressed ladies, and then walked towards the managerial section."Where is the new owner of this inn? We have a message for her from the royal palace," one among the mafia asked from the gawking ladies close by."She is in her office over there."A moment later, they knocked on the new iron door, and then stepped inside when they were permitted to."We have a message from the palace.""Speak up. Am busy right now.""We were asked to inform you that the object is inside the bout of the bus outside.""How many are you?""Four here and six were standing with the
Jade and the mafias with her sailed through the night and arrived at their destination when the sun was blazing in the sky. After being cleared out of the wharf, the lady and her watchdogs were met by two men in black suits and sunglasses, and their overgrown beards made them look weird to the gawking mafias."We would have informed you not to bother coming anymore," one among the men opened the bout of a black jeep, collected the bag of dollars from the mafia hand, then dumped it inside the bout and signalled to them to hop inside."The prince's money is no longer needed, and the foreigners ship it's on its way to Greenwich wharf as we are speaking.""I don't understand. Where did you see the money to pay for it?""Third, fourth and fifth beasts pretend to the sailors and sailed the ship back to Greenwich island.""How did they have access to the sailor's clothing and the keys to enter the ship?""They called us as soon as they were aboard and narrated how it all happened.""Am curi