"It's not easy. I am tired. I can't wait to get freedom," Bollo mourned. It's been days that he has been coming to the woods to pick sesame seed for the Ultimate Luna. She told him it was important for her childbearing process which is scheduled to be in days. He feels tired and angry at the fact that he is alone here. He misses his friends. He no longer gets to go back to his family. Most of the time, he is always hanging out with the Ultimate Luna and Edon. But now, he isn't with them but just to get sesame seeds. He has gotten enough and needs to return. But something else was getting his attention. Earlier on, he heard a grunt and a light thud. He disposed of the thoughts of that. He thought it was just some animals or his thoughts. But the sounds keep coming as low moans. It sounded like someone was in pain. He dropped his bag of sesame seed and tiptoes towards the direction he thought it came from. He saw a snake curled up near a rabbit hole. A cobra. "Such a vile and disgus
It's no new thing that influential people are corrupt. Worse still if they are in a great position of power. And their children are the most horrible. They trample on the less powerful. The people know it's quite unfortunate to be the lesser werewolf. Everyone in Noguchi knows that people in power are evil. It's just that they have no other option than to accept such fortune they have been cursed with. Sassaba knows Beowulf's behaviors first hand. She's also heard about it from others. Some people did praise him. This she opened her ears, heart, and mind to. And others never spoke well about him even if he does the most chivalrous act. "He is proud," her best friend said of him. "He isn't. You just don't understand him," she defended him. "What's there to understand about him? They are all the same. These royals. Those people who were opportune to have great positions," Sassaba's friend spoke out of despise for every royals. "It's not like you know them all. Beowulf is different
Beowulf's first reaction to the appearance of Bollo was to attack him. He did that on impulse. His instinct sensed danger. His beast sense tickled really harder than usual. He knows having a premarital is against the culture of the land he was brought up in, but still, he does it because it's fun. Also, what's fun about having youthful days without disobeying the law. But he has just gone overboard.He feared what would happen if his father or other people should hear of what just happened. What he was caught doing. He doesn't know Bollo on a personal level, but he has seen him with his mother and Uncle Edon countless times. He is the one usually supporting his mother alongside two other maids. But now he is at the right place at the wrong time. Beowulf had killed him else his reputation would receive a punch. Killing Bollo wasn't the hard part. He is just not expecting Sassaba's reaction this way. She seems down, shocked and broken. He wouldn't blame her. This is her first exposure t
Heading back to the palace is not the Beowulf who left. Half of him is dying under the weight of his guilt. And the other half is scared of what he had just done. The conviction of what he just did. Killed a man because he was caught performing a sacrilege to the land. Killed a woman he loves or the woman who makes him happy just so he could avoid conviction. He has a long face with a sloppy walking stride. He had gone to a stream and had watched himself. He had taken precautions against what he thought might make people suspect him. "Welcome Lord Beowulf,""Hmm!" He grunted at the guards at the palace gate. He wondered what the guards thought of him. Do they see him as a killer or just as a good person? If what he did should get exposed, he wondered how they would treat him. The spear would be pointed towards him. He would be in a lock and there would be some other guards with switched Werewolves form to guard against him. And since he is an Ultimate Al
Welcome Beowulf, you have come to check up on her," his mother said. She revels in delight at Beowulf's presence. She looked at him from the top of his head to his feet. "Yes Mother, I am here," "You didn't tell me she is such a beautiful lady. It's unfair on your part to have left me out of full information about her,""At least now you are seeing her," he smiled. His head hurts now that he is in the same room with his mother. He feels tired and needs to leave. Ashina lies on the table, she lies weak and unconscious. "Why isn't she healing?" He asked his mother. It's rare for them to use this medical room. If it's an injury gotten from battle or any form of violence, it heals on its own. Most times the medical room is used for sick people. Not those who got the injury from fighting or even abuse, in her case. "She was on her period before he punched her. Her systems are weak already. So her imm
Most times, brothers are not in sync with each other. There is always a sort of rivalry going on amongst them. Or that's the case with most brothers in the world. But Audolf and Adalwolf are calmly seated in the courtroom, just like they have always been. Each other knows the strength of the other. It's safe to say they never argue because they are scared of each other and not for love. But they never showed fear to each other. Even when they have differing opinions that would require brothers to shout at themselves, they keep calm and do their best to control the situation. But right now, it is not such times that they are having differing opinions. In short, they are in sync. They are happy and it's something they must share. "So Olcan's daughter is here," Adalwolf asked. His voice sounds like it's in a bit of slur like he just woke up. But Audolf knows otherwise. His brother's days are ending. "Yes! She was involved in an accident with
It's only normal that I am alone in this situation," Adalwolf mourned. His eyes are deep red. He is alone in the room designed for Ultimate Alphas to stay near the end of their days. His loneliness isn't the kind where no one loves him, nor that there isn't anyone that wants to be with him. But it's the law of the land. And Ultimate Alpha needs to practice being lonely towards the end of his days. So his awakening to join the next Alpha will be faster. Adalwolf stood up from his bed and went to where his food is being kept. He carried his food and went back to his seat. He wanted to eat. He hasn't had good lunch in a long while, he had been requesting for junks. Even though the maids could have reported to the Luna who wouldn't allow him to eat such, she respected him. And kept bringing in junks. "This vegetable with…" a sharp migraine hit him. Not just any migraine. It's not the kind of migraine that comes and goes or that reduces with t
And you left them alone?" "Father I had to," "It was quite an unsightly event. I was embarrassed at how he did that," Skoll laughed. "I knew it was going to happen. He dare not attack her," Lord Olcan told his son. "But father, the risk was high," Skoll warned his father. He arrived two hours ago, but he didn't come directly to his father. Other things needed to be done. "But in the end, it's worth it," Lord Olcan replied, staring at his son. "You know I foresaw his limitations. Since he came to shout at me, I know how far he could go to protect her," Lord Olcan replied. Skoll admired his father's predictions. How could he have expected such to happen? For a very long time, he had always been looking up to his father's political ideas and his plans. His father is always a step ahead of him. Even when he was young, that he tried sneaking out of their pack to seek refuge under the Ultimate Alpha's pack, his father had expected him. No one would go through such rigorous training a
Good morning Sir!” a calm female voice rang past Dr. Hugh Henow’s ear, just when he took the diversion towards his office in Lagos City Police Department. Oh, God! Here we go again. Is there any day people realize that you don’t want to talk to them? That even the best greetings they offer might sound so shrill to your ears. Moments you just want to be alone.“Morning!. How are you?” he responded less aggressively than he intended to. If he gives a cold reply very early in the morning, she would be wary of coming to him throughout the day. “I am fine sir,” she noticed the lack of interest and coldness in his reply. Now hold on. Not like she was interested in greeting him. She is only doing this because she has a message for him. Even if he is her superior, he has no right over. He is not even her employer.He kept on walking. She hurried towards him.“Dr. Williams wants to see you.” She whispered behind him. Hu
Dr. Hefner Eric has been the coroner for the Lagos state police department, Allen District for as long as his certificate was handed to him 20 years ago. He didn’t get to stay that without his super apt sense of discerning. He was one of the best they have got and is the only one available when the need for one arrived. Despite being forty-three years old, he is still one to jump around when called to work. The reluctance other staff younger than him would show, was never in him since he began. Just like every Thursday, he was always sleeping over at the station. He was called to check out the corpse of a boy at Allison Baker's way. A police restriction line had been created 2 hours before Dr. Hefner got there. The Lagos city Police Department had received a call early in the morning from a woman who wasn’t ready to reveal who she was."Hello. Oh my God” she cried to the phone“911. What’s your emergency”“a man is
Has anyone else planned for something and it went just according to plan? Or perhaps you didn’t plan, you only wished for it to happen and it did? Even though it is out of your control? Of course, there would be lots of people. And some never got their plans into reality because of some unfortunate factors. Sadly, Tobi belonged to the second category of people on this particular day.Since his arrival at school, he had been anticipating the arrival of Amanda Dram. The way her presence spoke to him, the way it stimulates self-calming hormones in him is something he can’t have enough of. He needed to see her. To speak to her, but she wasn’t in school. And there was no way in hell he would go meet the principal to ask him about her. That would be creepy, wouldn’t it? He doesn’t want to create a bad impression of himself to anyone yet.After school ended and he couldn’t see her, there was only one thing left for him to do. To go see his Pharmacist.<
Present-day. Open earth.“don’t… now… drink… night...” incoherent words like these were the only thing Tobi could make out from the argument of his parents. His mother’s high-pitched voice woke him. He already knew what the situation was, but he wasn’t going to interfere. He knew what would stem out of him interfering. He could hear his dad’s sloppy voice. He didn’t bother standing from his bed. The Christian early morning criers haven’t begun ringing their bells. Nor the Muslim’s crier. Not like he needed to worship their God, but those people were just some sort of alarm. The sudden creak of his door’s room sent chills to his spine. He jumped. He switched the light on.“Are you still sleeping, boy? Your father wasn’t home last night and you didn’t bother asking for his whereabouts?” his mom screamed. He looked at her pitiable appearance. Her hair tangled all around. Even her pajamas are rumpled. He knew she must have been in some sort of scuffle
Run my lady!" Edon cried. "Run as fast as you can." He and a female werewolf were being chased by a pack of twelve fierce-looking werewolves. They were being chased through the wood but the female werewolf can't pick up enough speed to outrun the werewolves as she would. She is the Ultimate Luna of Noguchi. A world set aside from the human world with a large amount of magic. It has a barrier that keeps its inhabitants from interfering in human lives and vice versa. She just gave birth to a werewolf half a day ago and is unable to run. She could have healed five hours after she gave birth but during the birth, she has been using her power to conceal her and her Alpha's brother's presence. Both of them had left the Ultimate den in search of a hunt or more like so she could see him hunt. Just to pass time. She had been pregnant for the past one and a half years. She was expecting the baby anytime soon but never expected it to be the day she decided to go through the woods. "My lord,
Dun knows better than rushing to the Volde pack to share information with Skoll. It's been two weeks since she and Skoll had agreed. Skoll hasn't given her enough information to convince her of who killed her daughter, but she doesn't mind sharing him information. The first time she gave him information about the Ultimate Luna and Edon. He wondered how that piece of information was useful to him. He knew they were friends. Very close one. But why does she have to make it an important issue? She noticed the disappointment on his face. The second time they met, she told him about Audolf and other things that went on, in the palace. And she mentioned Edon and the Ultimate Luna. "Do you mean both of them go into the woods, just for walks?" Skoll asked her. She could feel the restraint in his voice. He was trying his best not to get angry. "Yes! And I have been with them once. It's just Edon, her, and maybe two maids," "I see," Skoll agreed. But today, she fell out of favour with the
The fraud from the Noguchi priesthood is something that annoys most werewolves. The priests who are supposed to be holy having more than one wife is the most ridiculous thing in Noguchi. There are so many debates surrounding why it is supposed to be so. But not many people have come out to go against it. In short, no one has. Arnou used to question it but ever since he became a priest, he acknowledged the weakness of it. How unfair it is to the Felans. He has been having thoughts about many things in recent times. He doesn't even want to get married. The spiritual wives of priests in Noguchi are treated worse than criminals. And if a spiritual wife gives birth to a child acknowledged as the next priest, she will be made to stop reproducing and left alone to live in her room, till her death. In most cases, the Felans usually die before their husbands and the next priest is given the title. But Arnou's mother is one hell of a woman who didn't die in all her days in isolation. And sinc
"Now this is the room you will be in for the main time. Once you and my son get engaged, you will be in a better room," the Ultimate Luna said. She smiled at Ashina. Ashina returned her smile even though she isn't happy. She is concerned if she really wants to be with Beowulf. What if her brother had been right, and Beowulf is just a random guy who isn't all pious as her first impression of him had been. She has been praying that some sort of enlightenment or clearance comes to her. So she should know. Left to her current feelings, she wanted to be with him. Her life since her grandmother died, has been full of sorrow and being controlled. Her father had contributed largely to that. Amoux came along the way. Even if he had been with her for four months. She thanked the goddess that both of them hadn't experienced the full moon together, else things would get worse. It might have been impossible to get him off her, even if she loves Beowulf. But within the last few day
Beowulf can't forgive himself for what he has done. He deserves every single act of aggression that comes from anyone he knows. But his father had decided to keep it between himself and his brother. Beowulf is concerned about how his father came to know about what happened. After his father asked everyone to leave, he expected his father to ask him questions. Ask him real questions like what is true or did it happen. Even if his father hadn't asked him that question, maybe just something else. He even thought this father was about to punish him for going to Ashina's house. Ever since he became the Ultimate Alpha, he had been warned never to walk or associate around women alone. Jealousy at times bred rumour. And rumours could be used to taint your image at times. That's what a young priest had told him. This same young priest had told him to be careful of how he relates with women. They are innocent and can be so tempting. He was supposed to stay off of them.