Derek's eyes opened wide in shock. He instinctively grabbed Maria and jumped into the Zodiac gate. They appeared on a beach. "No! NO!! NO!!!" Derek panicked. His hands were visibly shaking in fear and shock. He was confused about what to do. Maria was in his embrace bleeding through the holes that had now opened up in her body. "Whyyyy... whyyy? Why did you have to dooo that?" He stammered as he spoke. Choking back on the tears that were already leaking down his eyes onto her face, his fingers held her tight in his embrace as his mind scrambled for a solution. The others rushed over. "Wait! I can ... I can get you help." "Shhh!" Maria shut him up with a finger on his lips. Her voice was low and evidently, she was trying her best to talk, "After what I had been through, seeing you is beyond rewarding. You have grown so strong. I can feel the rise of your aura." She gave a gentle smile as her palm cupped his face. "Derek! I am not going to make it." His face leaned into her hand. "No
"Sorry for your loss. I understand, I can feel your pain." Hayaa comforted. Derek sat legs folded in the void. Losing Maria did a whole lot of damage to him. He had tried so hard. Practically giving it his all, but he had still lost her. Currently, he was confused about what to do. His mind was hazy with no sense of direction.Hayaa could feel that his mind was almost fractured from the hurt. There was no other choice, she had to take matters into her own hands. She decieded to do something she hadn't done before. At least his body was now strong enough to take some seconds of it.Derek opened his eyes. He was in an all too familier room. He had not been here in a long time, so long that he had nearly forgotten the feel of the sheets beneath him. He reflexively turned to his side and of course, she was there. Those amazing mountains were in his face to welcome him, but he was in no mood to appreciate their splendour. He turned away to the other side. At the moment, he really didn't wa
You see, Maria was not the person initially charged with taking care of you. Things just rolled out that way. The person tasked with taking care of you was actually my mate-VoweroAh! silly me. Of course, you don't know. You are still quite foreign to our traditions. Let me explain-Writers do not get married but like any other species, we are capable of mating. Finding a mate happens by the attraction of wavelengths. It is a sacred act that can only befall a writer once in a lifetime.Walter took another spoon of pie. Enjoying the flavour in his mouth, he nodded in satisfaction and continued.Lord Levinack was not really the kind of person that was plenty or abundant in the trust department. He didn't even let servants come close to you. But the conflicts that later led to the war were just starting to get really spicy and his attention was needed at the forefront.And so you were handed over to Vowero, his younger sister-whom was also my mate. But yet again, Vowero was Repono of the
Derek looked at Walter in surprise. Believing what the middle-aged looking man was saying was a bit hard on the ears. "She picked me!?" He asked for confirmation. Walter nodded. "Young Master Derek. There is a lesson to this story-one that I find myself learning over and over again till now." Walter stood up from the bed, "Come with me a bit, let's take a walk. Derek did not want to, but seeing as Walter was already heading for the door, he put the bowl down on the tray and followed after him.Walter made sure Derek had caught up with him before he continued. "Master Derek, let me ask you a question. If you had a neighbour and his dog pooped, let us say on your car. Is it your fault?""No! obviously," Derek replied."What about if you woke up and found a baby in front of your doorstep? Is it your fault?""That's another No!""Good! These things are not your fault, but no doubt, there are your responsibilities. You will have to clean the dog poop. After all, it is your car. You will a
As she laid in his arms, she was not a warrior and not the right-hand acolyte of the Warrior goddess of protection, nor was he her master or the heir to a noble writer family. They were just two people, a young woman bathing in acceptance of the warm embrace of her man. For a few seconds that felt like a lifetime, they both forgot about the rest of the world, about the tyrannosaurus corpse on the floor or that Bastet might be watching them. They just held each other tightly as both of their hearts came to a mutual understanding that from now on, neither was going to let the other go.Derek finally pulled back a little. He placed his lips on her forehead, "From now on, you are mine." She nodded subconsciously. Those words were like honey to her ears. He wiped away her tears with his fingers."What about Augustina?" She asked."That will not be a problem. Just let me handle her, okay?" He kissed her on the forehead again and she nodded."Right now, the most important thing is to get her
"On your knees!" He commanded, and Tiny knelt before him. As he went behind her, digging his hand in her hair and observing the gem that was embedded there, she couldn't help but capture the portrait on the wall. It was one she had missed seeing so much. The portrait had in it a man sitting on his throne, with a woman standing at his side and two children about the ages of five sitting at the man's feet. It was a portrait depicting a happy family. if only it was, as it showed.The woman in the portrait had an unmistakable resemblance to Tiny, she even had the afro. She closed her eyes as she felt his fingers on her scalp. There was once upon a time she looked forward to his pats on her head. When father and daughter had a stable loving relationship without the pollution of benefits and hate, a time when the smiles on his face once he saw her were of love and appreciation.Yes, she remembered, when her world totally tumbled.Tiny came from a specie of water people. They usually lived t
Meanwhile, all had gathered in Bastet's office, and after her explanation, they were looking at her in surprise."Wait for a second! Let me get this straight." Aesir stood up from his seat, "You are saying that Tiny, our Tiny that we have known and grown up with for years is a fish person!?""No! She is a Mamiwata, that's the name of her species. And unlike the legends in stories that you have read, they do not have fish tails and the like. Well! at least, not her own tribe. That's a different specie and tribe." Bastet smiled, "Why are you guys looking at me like that? It's not as if the signs were never there. You just choose to ignore them.""No! I mean, Wait! That's not the important part right now. Whether she is human or a Mamiwata is something we can deal with at a later date. You said something about her being the sacrifice by her people for a Writer's noble family. I want to know, which family is it?" Derek asked."Well! Since you insist on knowing. The noble family that has t
Walter walked towards Bastet one step at a time, his walking stick announcing his arrival to her ears as she rested her back on a wall observing Derek. "How long has he been like that?" He asked. "I'll say about a day at most," She answered casually. It was perfectly normal for meditation to take Days, weeks to even months, rumours had it that some very high Writers could spend years in a cultivation state. "He looks like he is hurting," He added and she nodded. Derek was currently in a meditating state, he sat crossed legged in a section of the training area.He was currently unravelling the letter of a message left to him by Maria. It was in her soul rune. As he meditated, tears fell out of his eyes.In the void, he watched as the rune had turned into Maria. The sight of her alone had moved him. Those eyes when they lay on him, her tender smile like a blooming flower, the way she pushed her hair behind her head when she was trying to be serious and make a point. Those subtle little