Silence fell into the room, even one could hear the sound of a pin drop. Lucas was tongue-tied when he heard Lilly's words and he was unable to give her any reasonable answer. Lilly had been familiar with his signature since the day he revealed his true identity to her, so she thought the thunder that occurred in their neighborhood was as a result of Lucas's presence.Lucas looked at Dave for help, “ What do you think I should do? Lucifer might have forced himself into Rowland's mansion and harm every living being he found there. Have I not implicated Rowland's family now?” Lucas was jiltering as he spoke.Dave rubbed Lucas's shoulder, “ Lucifer cannot do anything to Lilly or any of her family members, so be rest assured that nothing will happen to them.” He tried to calm Lucas, but Lucas struggled out of his grip.“ Lucifer is already in Rowland's surroundings, it won't take long for him to lose his patience. I need to go there to protect them. I can't allow anyone to die on my behal
It's been four days since Lucifer had repeatedly visited Lucas's penthouse with his scream and ranting, but nobody paid attention to him.Lucas and his members had turned his penthouse to a family house. They wined and dined in his house without carrying out any difficult tasks or having misunderstandings. They lived in peace and harmony. Zach and Lucas had started regaining their strengths and power, so they had hope of conquering any attack in the future.Zach, as the oldest family member and the father figure, was available to answer any questions pertaining to their history and their ancestors. He shared stories and folktales with them every day, and he also inculcated the traits of honesty in them.“ Now that you are here, I will be relieved of most workloads and questions. You were the only one available to teach me some basic things about being a sorcerer, but Lucifer took that away from me at a tender age. The incoming generations asked me a few questions which I was unable to
“ Is that monster still looming around my building?” Lucas asked in anger when the sound from the thunderstorm subdued. The sound was so different that it shook the whole building.“ I don't think he is the one, this sound was different from his signature. This is trying to give us a sign but I cannot place my hands on the reason why this is happening. I will make consultations and give you guys the feedback later. I want everyone to stay indoors, no matter what happens outside, it might be a bait set for us to be dragged outside before the seven days. Let's heed to the warnings please.” Dave responded.They laid low in the house, even after hearing the constant sound of the thunderstorm which was like a torture for three days. The thunderstorm stopped the night of the seventh day, and this proved Dave’s observations. It was a sign of the trouble ahead.Early in the morning of the eight day, the members of the rescue team were all ready to return to their hideouts. Lucas stood to addr
Elena went to visit Lilly in a restaurant three days after their previous encounter. Elena did not sit with the family at the dining table, Lilly was hell bent on not setting her eyes on her anymore, so she warned her to stay away from the gathering.Normally, Alex was supposed to introduce Elena formally to Zach as his wife, but he was also scared of Lilly. He didn't want to spoil her day with his own introduction, so he put it on hold.After the entertainment, the two families sat together to deliberate on the day for the wedding ceremony. Justin had planned to prolong the date, but Lilliana shifted the date nearer; she was eager to witness her only daughter's happy day.Zach went home to live with Lucas after a series of arguments between the two brothers.“ I have every right to accommodate Dad in my house. You have known him as a brother for a very long time even when he wasn't around, but I had no idea of who my real father was, instead, I was deceived to believe Lucifer gave bi
Elena's heart skipped a bit, her heart started beating faster than normal and she began sweating profusely. She was scared of Lilly's condition and she didn't know if she would be able to fulfill her wish.With a big sigh and trembling lips, she finally gazed at Lilly with slight confidence, “ What is the condition?” She asked in fear.Lilly was shocked to see the reaction of her proposition on Elena. She was stunned by her trembling voice and the endless sweat coming out of her body. If she wasn't around to witness this, she wouldn't have believed it. The brave and mighty Elena was afraid of her. She found the reaction interesting, meanwhile, she wasn't that wicked to watch someone suffer. She watched Elena from head to toe, and it was her turn to be scared of the condition she wanted to propose. What she wanted wasn't a difficult task, as viewed by Elena, but it was more like a request. She held the serious look on her face, then she broke the silence lingering in her office.“ Act
“ I don't have the right to dictate for you on this matter. The ball is in your court, so do what is good for you” This was Alex's response when Elena asked for his permission to grant Lilly's wishes.Although Elena always had a say in their marriage, Alex was a bit strict with his orders when he was still Lucifer's son. He wasn't made the Don, but he behaved like some Mafia men who commanded their wives on what to do. He wanted to make things right, so he needed to give Elena the freedom she deserved as a woman. He wanted her to think and do something from her own perspective, not being forced by her husband.Elena smiled at his response, she moved closer to give him a peck, “ I think I am beginning to like this new man you have become. I prefer this to the strict Alex” she complimented.“ You shouldn't think, you should get used to the new me. This is the normal Alex, not the previous one molded by Lucifer. I want us to share ideas as couples, and I don't want you to keep any more
“Some days after Lilly was discharged from the hospital, I started feeling a severe headache and I felt weak easily. I didn't take it seriously until I started experiencing dizziness, so I went to the hospital for a check up. It was detected during the check up that I have blood cancer. I couldn't believe the result because there was no one in my family that had cancer, so I went to the state general hospital. I was devastated when I was referred to an oncologist. My world was crumbling before me. I took a week's permission from you with the excuse of a vacation, but the time was what I needed to reflect on the new discovery about myself. I'm very sorry, honey” Lilliana narrated.Justin held his head firmly, because every word that came out of his wife's mouth sent him an excruciating headache.He removed his hands from his head, then placed one on his chest. His heart pounded in his chest and his vision became blurred, all the systems in his body were destabilized. He saw the signs a
“ I can't believe I'm finally getting married to my savior. The man that came through for me when I had lost hope. Wow, I'm getting married!” Lilly screamed in joy.“ Will you shut up and allow the makeup artist to focus on her job? We are all happy, just keep quiet” Clara cautioned her. They were sitting in one of the hotel rooms rented for the wedding ceremony.The ceremony was an outdoor wedding, the reception and the solemnization of holy matrimony would be done outside the hotel. It was a place surrounded by an island. The couple wanted to be surrounded with nature while they were pronounced husband and wife. They wanted their union to be witnessed by a river goddess as well as satisfy the belief of Lilliana as a Christian.Clara was heavily pregnant waiting for her due date and her hormones were not stable, so she was pissed by Lilly noise.“ Please allow my daughter to scream if she wants to, today is her happy day. You can stay in the second room, if you are disturbed by her n
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