The following day was Thursday and it had the longest visiting hours in the Norway historical museum. Lucas was not able to sleep well throughout the night. He had a lot on his mind. He was worried about what he would find out at the museum. He didn't know if he would be affected either positively or negatively. Due to his worries, he had different kinds of weird dreams, and as a result of this, he had to wake up early. Despite his early rise, he was shocked to see Justin standing at the side of his car. " Did this old man sleep at all", he thought." Good morning Mr Rowland", he greeted the old man." Morning, Lucas. Why are your eyes swollen like this? Did you sleep well at all", Justin asked" I was about to ask you the same question, sir. Lack of sleep was evident on your face sir", Lucas countered his boss's questionsJustin laughed; " You got me there young man You are very smart. I couldn't sleep as I had a lot on my mind. Enter the car and let's see what the Museum has in sto
A young man was walking aimlessly inside a sensed forest. The forest was surrounded by mountains, a cave, and a large sea. All he had on him was his rugged clothes, his helmet, and a sword that showed him as a warrior, then his hunting bag where he kept the bush animals he killed. He was exiled from his hometown for a crime he did not commit. He was accused of murder and he was dragged out as a commoner, despite all the wars he had conquered for the town.One fateful night after spending a few moons in the forest, a giant troll came to visit him. He stayed beside him for some minutes, then he tapped him. The young man was startled, but he wasn't scared. He immediately brought out his sword, ready to slay anyone or any animal that interrupted his sleep, but he was shocked when he saw a giant troll standing over him. The troll smiled at him, but he was proud that he was a brave man." I can see that you are always alert, and I'm impressed with your bravery, but you can't arm me, young m
" Good morning your highness", Joy greeted Lucas as he was rushing into the company. He woke up late due to the stress he faced at the Museum. After reading the Armstrong family history book, he fell asleep immediately. He already took a day off, so he couldn't risk taking another. He didn't want to present himself as someone unserious before his superiors and colleagues. That's the reason why he forced himself to work." Can you please stop calling me that at the workplace? That even sounds absurd, because I'm not the king yet", Lucas cautioned Joy silently. Joy smiled, "You don't need to be crowned as the king before I respect you. You are destined to be king and it will surely come to pass" she explained her intentions." Okay fine, but don't do that at the workplace please", Lucas pleaded, demonstrating by folding his two hands." I have heard. I will try to adjust from now on. You look exhausted, and I don't think you will perform well at work today. Why didn't you take some res
A beautiful middle-aged woman was standing at the entrance to his house. She was seen studying the surroundings, but she had focus. She didn't smile when she saw Lucas approaching her way, but she wasn't angry either. The reaction on her face was just neutral. Lucas did not recognize her immediately until he moved closer to her. He was shocked and he took some steps back to take precautions." Do not tell me you are scared of my appearance because fear does not befit a warlock. You must never show fear no matter the situation you find yourself in. Hi, Lucas", the woman said to a startled Lucas. He wasn't sure of his response, but he replied to her." Hi Marie, this is a surprise visit"" Is it? Because I heard you yawning to meet me. And you were very sure I would visit you, so how is this a surprise?"Marie replied calculatively." I know you will visit me, but I wasn't expecting a physical appearance. I never expect you to dress in modern attires also", he replied." A bush rat will
The day was going smoothly for Lucas. He had gotten the whims of the practicals given to him by the research assistant. He was a brilliant man who absorbed things easily. His intelligence quotient was very high, so he had no problem assimilating faster. He was loved by his superiors and his colleagues, except one for who decided to make him an enemy for unknown reasons n. Lucas was not bothered about all the tactics made by Albert to get close to him, he tried all his possible means to avoid the man like a plague.Despite the peaceful scenery, Lucas did not expect Frederick to visit him in his place of work. He had forgotten about him, he had placed the incident that happened behind him and faced his life. He didn't know Fredrick still held against him.Frederick on the other hand had not forgotten the guy that managed to get Lilly's attention within a few days, the attention he had longed to have for several years. He thought it would be a big slap on him if a strange guy took him a
As soon as Lucas came out of the Laboratory, Joy wanted to mention his name but she was asked to keep quiet. It was obvious she wasn't aware of the incident. Had it been she was aware, she wouldn't have approached Lucas publicly. Lucas signaled to her, for them to meet outside the company's premises.He went to take his car from the garage, then he drove out to meet Joy by the roadside. Joy couldn't wait as she bombarded him with questions when she entered his car." What happened, Lucas? Why are you being cautious all of a sudden? Did the guy with the dark aura attack you?"" No sorcerer attacked me, but a fool that thought I was in a sexual relationship with you" Lucas answered her. He was annoyed about Frederick's immature character.Joy started laughing seriously until she started coughing. " You must be joking, right?", She asked, but when she saw the serious look on Lucas' face, her smile wiped off her face." You mean someone tagged us as a couple?""Hmmm", Lucas murmured." Th
Lucas made sure he woke up early and left his house before Lilly. He did this to avoid any questions about his previous breakdown. He was not ready to face her, because he knew she would pester him to talk about what caused the anxiety. He went straight into the Laboratory when he got to the company. He decided he needed to discuss with joy about his terrible dream, but their meetings would be in secret. The ladies in the office welcomed him cheerfully and he was surprised with their reactions. He thought the accusations led against him by Frederick would deter them from him, but it made the number of ladies who were interested in him increase.The truth was that there was never a young man who had the effrontery to confront Frederick the way Lucas did. All his opponents always fear his rich background and his wicked mother, so they dare not confront him.Lucas waved at them to relate freely with them, but he wasn't happy. He worked very hard to forget the dreams, but the lingering e
On his way back to the office, Lucas put a call through to Joy to inform her about the dream he had." We need to meet after work today, I had a terrible dream last night", Lucas went directly to the purpose of the call he made without any pleasantries." Okay then. Where should we meet?", Joy replied over the phone." I will meet you in front of your house. I need to go now, bye", he ended the call as he was approaching the company. *************************" That dream was sending you an important message, sire", Joy stated the obvious, after Lucas narrated the dream to her." I thought we had an agreement that you would stop calling me 'sire' in a public place", Lucas warned." You asked me not to call you that in the office. We are outside my house, and nobody is eavesdropping, I'm very sure of that. Let's leave that aside and talk about what exactly brought you here" Lilly was not ready to waste any time either." You sent the dream was sending an important mes
Everybody rose at once, including the president. The president moved forward to shake hands with him, but Lucas remained puzzled. He was perplexed with the warm welcome, but he honorably walked round the conference room to shake each delegate's present. The president with his cabinet had smiles on their faces and they didn't hide how happy they were to meet him.A middle-aged man had his jaw dropped since the time Lucas entered and the shock didn't wipe off until Lucas got to his side.“ Good evening sir, you looked surprised to see me. I hope there is no problem” Lucas asked as he shook hands with the man.“ Yeah, I'm completely overwhelmed and I have a thousand reasons to be. This resemblance is just too much that I can't even fathom how we didn't realize it till this moment. You are highly welcome, son of grace” He said, then he faced the other cabinet who had gone back to their seats.“ If you observe very closely, this is James Armstrong in flesh and blood. Why haven't we noticed
As they drove through the busy road in the dark, many thoughts ran through Lucas's mind, “ What will my fate be when I get to the NSM office? Will I be punished? Will my identity be revealed? What excuse should I give for unsheathing the sword?”He wasn't worried about the condition at home on how to handle Albert's issue and the announcement of Justin's death to the public, because he trusted Alex to deal with that.He remembered when he visited the museum with Alex two days ago. Their father knew little about magic and he hadn't explained some of their family history to Alex, so he took it upon himself to enlighten him. They bought tickets and Lucas started explaining the existence and benefits of some artifacts to him. Although Alex was older, apart from the western knowledge, all he knew was business and Mafia dealings.They were about to round up their tour in the Museum when Lucas got to the door where James’ picture was engraved with the ancestral sword. He smiled when he went
Lucas rushed to Justin's side, he raised his head and sat behind his back. He rubbed his chest with his hand I'm order to relieve him of his cough. Although Justin's shirt was filled with blood, Lucas didn't mind. He rubbed the soaked shirt until Justin stopped coughing.Justin's cough stopped but his breathing was uneven. He found it difficult to form a whole sentence, so he just whispered in Lucas's ear, “ Please take me home urgently and make sure Albert and Joy followed us back to the mansion. Call your wife attention back to us please, she is disoriented about the new revelation”He managed to order Lucas after some minutes of break-in each word. Lucas wanted to question him about the new revelation, but he thought against it. His main focus was to take Justin home safely.“ Hey baby, come and help me carry dad on my back.” Lucas said to Lilly who was still lost in thought about the news of her unknown pregnancy.Her mind was somewhere else, so she was confused if she should hug
The dragon landed on the ground, then it covered the two brothers with its wings.“ Why would the Young warlock lay in a pool of blood like this? Why did he wait to be this injured before I could be summoned?” It questioned AlexThe dragon took a good look at Lucas, then it noticed he was unconscious. “ How did I get summoned if he was unconscious, I came because I saw his signature”Alex became paranoid, but he spoke up. “I rubbed the ancestral sword with his blood, that's how I was able to summon you” he answered.“ Oh! That's so thoughtful of you. You are just as smart as your mother. Let's check his wound then”The dragon started licking the wound. It licked all the blood on his heart. When it was satisfied that everything was clean, it spit on the wound.“ Let's give him some time to heal, he will be back to life. You should be grateful you summoned me on time, because the effect of the coated dagger hadn't reached his soul yet. Where is the monster?” The dragon asked “ I don't
Alex paced back and forth in his living room, while other family members sat down quietly expecting order from him. He became restless when he hadn't received any call from Lucas. He expected him to have gotten home and heard the situation of Joy's kidnap from his father-in-law, then put a call across to him, but he got nothing.He was running out of patience, because he was the one controlling Albert from jumping out of the house to meet his father.“ Are we still waiting for him? I'm losing my patience already. Don't try to stop me if I step out of this place” Albert shouted.“ Sorry, let me call his wife” Alex dialed Lilly's number, then it was picked instantly. “ Hi Alex, hope nothing is wrong with my husband” Lilly asked, as if she had been expecting his call.Alex was confused and everybody in the room became alert. He increased the volume of his phone for them to hear his conversation with Lilly.“ I don't understand what you are talking about. It's almost three hours since Lu
Lucas sighed heavily as he got to Rowland's mansion, he didn't know the kind of panel he would face when he entered. After a few seconds, he summoned courage to enter.As he opened the door, he was ambushed by his wife, Justin and Marie. Scared of their thorough questioning, he decided to start explaining himself, “ I'm sorry I didn't come home last night. I was with Alex discussing some important things before I lost the track of time, so I decided to sleep over. Please forgive me for making you worried, guys” he apologized.Lilly rolled her eyes and hissed. Her face was sad and she reluctantly went back to sit as if she wasn't expecting him.Scared that his wife wasn't ready to forgive him, he apologized again. “ Baby, I'm sorry please, this mistake will never repeat itself again”Justin and Marie also went back to their seat silently as his wife. Before he could say another word, Justin's voice stopped him.“ Joy has been kidnapped by Jeffrey and he demanded I come to a specific lo
“ My Joy, in trouble? Wha..what did the caption say?” Albert stammered.“ Okay, let me check…It says; come to this specific location if you want your daughter alive. Failure to do so in the next forty-eight hours, her corpse will be sent to you” “ How did she get captured? She is a great witch for goodness sake, how?” Albert yelled, then he threw his phone across the room.Alex hurried to his side, then he found forced him to sit down.“ You have to calm down. We will think of…” His statement was cut short by Albert's ringing tone.He dashed to pick up the almost shattered phone, but he was met with silence from the other end.“ Hello! Who is this please?” Still with no response, he lost his patience.“ If you can't speak, then get the hell away from me and don't try to call this number ever again” He screamedHis scream sounded like a joke to the caller, as the person bursted into a maniac laugh.“ Hello boy. You sounded so tough earlier on the phone, why is your voice shaking? Is t
“ Goodbye Lucifer!” As Lucifer heard these words from his son, he became furious. He knew he had lost his son forever but he wasn't ready to give up.“ No matter what it takes, I must get this boy to be on my side.” He thought, then he switched his attention back to Xavier, who was still on the phone with him.“ I don't know how you want to do it, but you must get my company back. Use any method possible to regain back my money from those scumbags. If you fail to give me any positive report, I will have your head on a platter” He threatened, then he disconnected the call “ Haa!, This can't be! How could someone successfully dupe me without any stress? Have I lost my power and sense of reasoning because of my lost arm? Why didn't I see this coming? Damn!” He hit his left hand on the wall before he remembered it's an artificial arm.“ Ouch! Shit! Shit! I will never accept defeat. I can't go down like this, I must do something. Justin has to let go of this dark magic by force. Snake! Sn
“ Good morning Mr Albert, Adrian and his team are waiting for us downstairs. Shall we go now?” Albert closed his laptop and he smiled, “Sure, let's go”Although he didn't know what Alex and Lucas's plan was, he still put his trust in them. Xavier and Albert drove in Albert's car. They followed Adrian’s car , then he led them to the Oil grill location.“ This will be your first project as the CEO of Robinson's Company, your father will be very proud of you” Albert looked at Xavier and he shook his head, “ I wouldn't want to take all the compliments and the glory, because most of the work was done by you. Robinson's Company is very lucky to have a dedicated manager like you, keep it up.”Adrian’s car moved at a high speed because the location of the oil grill was far. They drove for about an hour before they got to a high fence with a gigantic gate at the entrance. This fence encompasses a olarge expanse of land located at the outskirt of the city.Adrian parked his car in front of