Novels by Blessing Ekwensi

The wooden chair behind me fell as he said those words.Silence in the air “my help” those words echoed in my head.“How do you expect me to help,I never knew about this!!” I said my voice very low. “I’m just a history major who spends so much time in the archives making research.I can’t fight whatever you are against Karl He walked towards his desk and picked up a brown journal that had the same wolf knot symbol . It looked like generations after generations had laid their hands on the journal.You can make your research. It’s way more important than you know. The order of the Silver Knights has been operating in the shadows for centuries-but they leave some traces.Old write ups,coded letters,record of disappearance that were written of as disappearance and accidents. He turned back to the maps, tracing one of the glowing lines on the map. “The first step we will go for is to strengthen the wards around the convergence points before the regionals. If we can reinforce the barrier

The door shut behind Karl,leaving me standing alone in the room with myself and my thoughts ,the silence became heavier than the cold night breeze. My eyes remained on the same position he stood,every word replaying in my head,every gesture he made-but out of all the main thing that marvelled me was,was the dark symbol on his left arm.I crossed the room in three quick steps,I turned towards my desk to turn on the desk lamp before grabbing the torn notebook I kept tucked beside my bed. My hands trembled as I pulled out a pen, trying to sketch what I had just seen. It was like nothing I had ever encountered in all my history books or fantasy novels. Three spirals converged at a sharp central point, each ending in what looked like claws or thorns. Tiny runes curved around the edges, so small I’d barely noticed them in the dim hallway light. I spent weeks after weeks making research’s for ancient symbols decades ago for a creative writing project once, poring over Celtic, Norse, and

kept on running till I ran out of breath.The most strange thing I’ve ever seen.The image sticker to the back of my mind.Karl’s face twisted in a monstrous mask,his eyes glowing with feral gold.Every shadow seemed to writhe,Every sound echoed with rasp of his distorted voice.Was this real or I was trapped in some kind of nightmare. I came out of the gym and kept on running across campus,the cold night air didn’t help calm down the panic that had its claws on me.I didn’t know where I was going to but I kept running,I needed to get away.Away from all that strange thing I saw,away from Karl and whatever it is in that locker room.Finally i appeared in front of my dorms,my dorms was my sanctuary. My cluttered space filled with familiar scents old books and stale dates.I slammed the door and put the locks immediately and shoved my desk chair against the handle for good measure. Then I rushed to the window, yanking the curtains close,making myself feel safe in my little space.“Phew safe

The chlorine stung my nose a familiar smell that I don’t even register anymore.The university pool was full of chaotic swimmers having their afternoon practices.Shouts echoed, rhythmic splashes of water from the swimmers diving in and friends helping each other everyone wanted to break a record.All I could do was to sir there and watch alone and listen to all the conversations from all swimmers.“Karl’s gonna crush it at regionals no doubt” Mark shouted with a lot of confidence try to deafen my ears My fingers tightened around my pants as I pretended to stretch as Karl walked past me but my eyes couldn’t help but stare at his mysterious face,he was like a god in this pool, the golden boy of Blackwood University.Each stroke was wokeover,he laughed gently with other swimmers but didn’t exchange in deep conversations with them but his charisma kept drawing them.Larl was everything I wasn’t the golden boy of the school,very confident,speaks when he needs to and popular.Life looked eas