"What did you just say?"father asked sharply, his fangs elongated. It seemed like he was about to bite my mother.Walking two steps towards mother, he opened his mouth. His eyes never left mom's neck."He's going to bite her. We have to stop him Artie."Anu shouted."Don't dare."I threatened father the moment Anu and I stood between him and mother."Get out of my way."he raised his voice."You must be joking father. You can't bite her unless she agrees with you about it."Anu raised his voice too."Wow. I never knew that father and son in-law fight is like cold war."I breathed, amazed."Yes father, you can't do this to mother. Who knows what she wants and what she doesn't."I said supporting Anu's words."The two of you are becoming obstacles in my way. I think I will have to deal with you first."he said. "My plans would only succeed if both of you get separated."he added which made my heart skip a beat."What? Are you out of your mind?"mother finally spoke."You even have the guts to q
Mr Smith didn't say anything as he was still very weak and his wound was still bleeding.Mother tried to make him stand on his legs which seemed so hard. I wanted to go and help but then remembered that I just chose father's side.My heart felt much pain when I saw mother trying to carry Smith on her back like a little baby.I knew she wouldn't manage him up to home.I needed to do something. But what? I looked up and down trying to think of something and finally I came up with an idea.Biting my thumb, my magical ring emerged from the flesh. "Help me out please. I need to go and help my mom but I know father won't allow me to. What do I do now."I whispered to my thumb since I didn't want anyone to hear me. It didn't take long before I got a brilliant idea. "My shadow. Yes, my shadow would work for me. I will have to leave it here with father and then my original would go to help mother."I thought."Wow Artie wow. You are a very intelligent and brilliant woman."I breathed while prais
"How can I go now. Am too weak to perform the spell so how would I reach there in time."I wondered."You have to find a way. Remember your shadow will remit if you delay."she reminded me.My heart skipped a beat on hearing mom's words so I tried to get up but I was still weak and tired."Oh good Lord! What am I going to do now."I wondered before forcing myself to perform a spell.Fortunately my magic managed to lift me from the floor."Take care mother."I said before vanishing.Since I was weak, the spell didn't take me directly to the throne headquarters instead I landed somewhere near the ocean."Where am I?"I looked around but everything looked new to me but I didn't mind since I didn't have any other options.I decided to rest for some few minutes but unfortunately I fell asleep. This wasn't a minor sleep because it felt like forever. It was do peaceful that I never wished to wake up. "You have to wake up Artie otherwise you will be in huge trouble."I told myself.I tried to open
"You are right. Am your babies' great grandma. Aren't you happy to see me? Huh?"she said."I don't care who you are and what you want but get this one thing straight, I won't spare you if you dare cause any harm to my babies."I threatened."Of course I won't hurt my only medicine."she said."Medicine? What do you mean?"***HER (Pema)***"Yes. My medicine. Actually I heard Katie telling you everything about my death. I was shockingly surprised when I got to know that my husband had been cheating on me. I guess you know how it feels like since you are a demon too, Nikki had marked heeded me as his mate. And you know how marking affects the female gender, right?It makes us fall crazily and madly in love with that someone who has marked us.I was deeply in love with him. I trusted him blindly. I always thought I was his only love but my trust in him completely shattered after seeing him with another woman, Katie.My brain failed to think straight and that's when my heart told me to kil
"How's this possible. Why aren't you falling down?" Pema looked shocked and disappointed.Pointing her magical stick to me, I began to fall at a high speed this time.I was about ten to fifteen inches above the water when I suddenly I stopped moving down again but this time it wasn't because of my babies'kick, an invisible force was controlling me from reaching the water. Moving my eyes to look around, I saw Anu and dad at the banks of the Sea. When I was going to call onto them, I saw Anu gesturing to me to keep quiet. Maybe they didn't want to be noticed by this skeleton old woman.When Pema saw me not moving down, she became suspicious. Looking around she didn't see anything since both Anu and father had made themselves invisible.Laughing, "am not a fool as you think I am. Ask your people to stop wasting my time. No one can save you from me today."she said."How did you see them?" I asked."My blood runs in Anu's veins so detecting him is like a game to me you see."she replied.
Maybe I finally passed out because I never felt anything nor did I hear myself falling and drowning in the Sea.Elsewhere, after mother had summoned the witch's tree, she got the answers she needed and began to fight Pema.Using the spell mother made Pema visible so they could attack her face to face."Where did you take our daughter?" Father furiously asked.Laughing, "these tricks of yours won't help you. So now tell me, where did you take Artie?" Pema asked ignoring father's question."What? You also don't know where Artie disappeared to?"Anu couldn't believe his ears."No Anu. Don't trust this old woman. Am sure she wants to confuse us so we can spare her."father told Anu."Where did you take my wife?"now Anu was angry. As usual his fangs elongated and his crawls too."Come down Anu. Am sure we'll find out if she's telling the truth or not."mother assured him.How will we find out and when shall we? Both my wife and the babies are in danger and I.. I can't do anything about it de
"How grandma?" Anu asked politely. He was afraid and scared by his grandma's curse. That curse was to affect all his life and the lives of his family, his wife and their children. So it was really necessary for him to be calm and careful about his soon dying grandma."Come here."Pema asked and Anu did so. "Bend over and bite my skull. If you succeed, my curse would become weak and if you don't...then... Consider this as a challenge where you will win or lose.""No grandma. Don't say such things. I have to win this challenge for the sake of my family. Why should they suffer for my mistakes.""Good. So carry on and bite me. You only do it twice and you can't go beyond that. The first time is considered a trial and then the final bite. If your fangs fail to break through and penetrate through my skull, then... Keep in mind that I don't have much time left. I need to go so be quick and careful. You might choose to bite me on delicate part of my skull and lose me before weakening the cur
"I just don't get why the witch's tree told me that Artie is at the bank of the Sea. I mean the witch's tree never lies which means Artie is somewhere close."mother wondered."Wait a minute. Did Artie bring her phone along. I was thinking of tracing her location."father suggested."Yeah, I remember she had it with her."mother hurried to say."How did you see her with it when you left us with Smith?" Father asked."Well.. I saw that before leaving."she lied. "Mother is right. I also saw her with it which means she came with it. Let's check and see."Anu said."How is this possible? The phone shows that we're very close to her but am not seeing her anywhere.""What's happening? Could it be that the curse has started to work?"father couldn't think straight."Don't say that please. Am sure we will find her soon."mother assured them."Let's help this mermaid and put it back in water. Father said coming closer to the helpless mermaid. Anu and mother walked towards it too.They first admired