“What the hell are you doing, Rhonda!” Laura screamed the roof off.“It's not what you think.” She quickly defended and slipped behind Elijah.“What do you mean it's not what I think? I saw you with my own two eyes kissing him. His tongue was shoved down your throat! Please don't tell me you two are back together. I cannot deal with a round two marriage,” she cried hysterically.“Don't be silly, Laura. He was comforting me. Mum wants me to marry Kingston Luxe. Can you imagine?”“Well, he's considerably a better man than that. He has enough money to empower a generation. You should be ecstatic!”“Are you joking right now, Laura? Is everything about money? Kingston tried to take advantage of me! I remember it vividly. You know what I also remember now? You and Mum tried to hide it. I'm not surprised by that. I'm just surprised you're still not remorseful enough to take my side,” she said, her voice breaking.“I'm never going to take your side regarding him. I'd rather die than choose hi
Elijah laughed. “You're joking. There's no way this is a serious question. What do I look like, a foo—” His question was barely complete when a body fell. But just before it hit the ground, the god went down on his knees, and it fell on him.“Let's welcome our special guest of honor, Elijah.” He raised his head, a sinister smile dancing in his eyes.“No,” he shook his head. “It can't be.”“That's not mum, is it?” Tobias asked.“It's impossible. It has to be tricked. He's playing tricks on us.”Ivan threw his head back and bellowed into the heavens. For a good minute, all he did was laugh.“What are we going to do about this situation?” Tobias whispered to Elijah.“I believe it's all part of his plan. It can't be mum. I refuse to believe until I see it with my own eyes.” He shook his head in great disbelief.“There's a folktale of how gods were formed. You had to believe in a person to the point of idolatry. Automatically, that person becomes free from fault and ascends to godhood. If
Elijah lunged towards Ivan and punched him in the face. The force of his punch sent him flying into the air. As he fell, he fell directly into Elijah's waiting arms.He doesn't waste time in wiping him on the ground. In seconds, he's on him, throwing punch after punch. There's no space for him to breathe or move a limb.“I told you not to fuck with me!’ Elijah spat on his face. “Now, I will explain why you should have listened to me.”Shoving his hands deep into the gods' eyes, he extracted them.Ivan let out a thunderous scream, and it started to rain steel and wood from the sky. They all fell directly on Elijah's body, slightly dragging him off Ivan.He slid out from beneath his body and jumped to his feet.“This is not over, boy!” He held him by the neck and twisted it.Elijah kicked him with his heel and his elbow at the same time. When he jerked back, he twisted his neck back into position and sent a disrespectful slap across the other gods' faces.“You bastard!” He stumbled bac
“What happened back there bro?” Tobias, unable to hold it in anymore, quizzed, as they followed the back exit to the parking lot.Just like he expected, Elijah didn't respond. He couldn't completely predict what was happening in his friend's head, but he was intelligent enough to know it wasn't pretty.After three years, he had been deceived into taking back his power. It must be overwhelming for him.“You drive.” Elijah threw him the keys, when they arrived at the parking lot.But as he caught the keys, and was about to open the door, they heard a sound that made them both turn at the same time.“No, Avery. You're going to embarrass us, and the media would have a field day with our name if I let you,” Colin Trust said, as he dragged his cousin to the parking lot..“It's just a couple of drinks. Last I checked, this was a party right?” She hissed, trying to drag her hand away.“You don't listen to nobody but the stubborn voices in your head! Metro is in a delicate position now. If we'
“So you're still searching for that ring, huh? I thought you would have given up on it already. I don't think it exists.”“Good thing I didn't ask you because it does exist. Mr Anderson saw it with his own eyes before he passed away.”“Well, anyone could wear a similar design of the ring. Doesn't make it the same.” She shrugged to give off the idea she was being calm about the conversation, but deep down, she wished she could easily convince him.“Why do I feel you're trying so hard to dissuade me from thinking Elijah has the ring I'm searching for? And why have you not shared with me everything you know about him?” He raised a suspicious brow.‘So much for manipulating him,’ she thought. She had forgotten they were the same people, just in different bodies.Colin was too brilliant to be easily outsmarted. She would have better luck persuading someone like Kingston Luxe.“I'm not trying to get you to do anything. It's just your obsession with that ring is becoming unhealthy. You took
“Father?” Elijah repeated, in utter shock.“Elijah.” He said after a brief silence.“Father!” Tobi gasped.“Tobias,” He answered again to prove to them he was speaking.“What—- how— I don't—”“He's a ghost,” Elijah helped explain his presence to Tobias.“He's right. I'm a ghost, but a ghost with some sound warning.”The warmth in his eyes disappeared as he stared directly at Elijah. “You've messed up big time, boy.”“Me? What'd I do?” His face scrunched.“What haven't you done? In just one night, you managed to upset the balance of the world and intertwined powers. You have no idea the severity of your actions tonight, Elijah,” he said disappointedly.“You're speaking in parables, father. Whatever I did tonight, I did it for the sake of everyone I love. To protect and shield them. I don't see any wrong I did,” he countered stubbornly.“It's because you've refused to see things from the point of the god you are instead of a human point. You've let your true self for so long that you're
Colin laughed at his friend's reaction. “You haven't even heard what I have to say, and you've made up your mind?”“As long as it's about that bastard, I don't want to hear it. The absolute gall of that man!” “Uh-huh. What did he do this time?” “What did he not do is the right question! I hate his guts so much. If I could, I'd strangle him with my bare hands,” he said with gritted teeth.“Wow. That's an unhealthy amount of hatred you're spewing there, don't you think?” Dr Hill asked, self-righteously.“You're the one to talk,” Nathan scoffed. “No one could tell you otherwise when you hated Dr Banes, so much so you were the frontrunner in the agreement that he had to die. Don't lecture me like you have any morals.” He rolled his eyes and threw his face to the painting on the wall.He'd much rather look at it than at the hypocrite. If it were left to him, Dr Hill would be kicked out of their circle. He was the most giant clown he knew. He always wanted to appear like an excellent guy
Elijah stood in front of his mirror, with his right hand projected forward and his eyes stamped on the ring around his finger. His free hand grappled the ring, and for the hundredth time since his father's appearance in the car, he tried to pull it off.As with the other times, his hand only bounced back while the ring remained intact.He sighed, one step closer to giving up. But like the loser he could never allow himself to be, he tried again.This time, he borrowed from his powers, using them as a kind of support for his physical strength. Taking a deep breath, he shut his eyes and hoped for the best. Unfortunately, his idea did not go as planned. As he pulled, the two sources bridged, and the energy expelled flung him away. He landed with his back to the floor.“Oh, piss off!” He banged the floor, a little frustrated.His heart pounding against his chest caused his ears to twitch. He tried to stand up, but the force was not done with him yet. With double its previous energy, it