She shook the bad feeling off and said what she had to.
“I called everyone here because I have some shocking news.”
“Are we going to be kicked out?!” Kale added sharply, biting her fingernails in fear.
“No no Kale, definitely not.”
Kale sighed in relief going back into thought. She was wondering what Angela wanted to tell them. She hoped it was not something that would cause some kind of delicious food shortage.
“Then what do you want to tell us?” Justin asked politely.
Angela rubbed her palms together welcoming in the heat from the friction.
“What I am about to say is a little unbelievable but I want you to know it is the truth and the truth alone.” This only made the bandits' anxiety increase. Angela looked at their faces and the only things written on them were confusion and anxiety. “And I also do not want you to think of me as someone else. I am the sam
“So that is where we should start,” Miles said wiping his mouth.Angela drew the bowl from her mouth turning to Miles.“You want to join me?” she asked with high hope.“I am not letting my princess go on a dangerous mission while I will be staying here drinking tomato soup. Impossible!”Angela giggled at his words. Kale rolled her eyes booing at his dry jokes.“Yes, and we are all coming; right Kale?” Justin said as everyone turned in Kale’s direction, patiently waiting for her response.She looked away from her bowl of tomato soup, clearing her throat. She didn’t want to go. She loved the house. There was food, comfort, soft beds, and love; what Kale always wanted in life. Leaving it to go on a dangerous mission sounded crazy and unimaginable. She was going to do no such.“That is just crazy talk,” Kale blurted immediately.“So you want to stay here?” Miles asked as she huffed.“I would not want to be in any oth
Kale was busy eating mum’s lemon gums. The only thing on her mind was how she was going to kidnap Isabella. She wanted her all to herself because she was the best cook in the world.There was nothing Kale loved more than food. If a man wanted to win her heart, all they needed to do was simply offer her food.Justin was thinking about someone. The girl made him antsy anytime he saw her. She was the girl of his dreams but it was going to be almost impossible for him to get her. She was not the gentle and easy kind. She was rough and very proud.She was the exact opposite of Angela.Rich, and she had an evil mother too. He did not like her with the makeup on. He liked her true self. In Miles’ words, the girl was pretty.“When are we going to get there?” Kale asked chewing on her lemon gums ferociously.Angela brought out her clock watch, checking the time.“We have b
“What is going on?” Angela's eyes were glued on the self-deleting words.“Anytime an old prophecy has come true, a new one will immediately be added and written here,” Justin answered as all the words were wiped off the flat wood.New words were now written on it, letter by letter. Everyone read it together.“Isabella. The. Mother. Of. All. Shall. Pass. Away. Soon.” Everyone read out.Isabella? That was her mother’s name, pass away? That didn’t sound good at all and soon too?“What! Is-is Isabella going to die!” Kale screamed eating her fingernails in fury. “Tell me she is not going to die!”“Kale cool down. I doubt it is our Isabella because our Isabella does not have any children, even Angela is not her real child,” Justin said cooling her down. “There is another Isabella that lives in Hamilton village. She has the third-highest numb
Her parents didn’t care about her. They never had time for her. All they would do was make sure she had everything she wanted; everything but their comfort, presence, and care. That was all she ever wanted from them but she never got it. Neither did she have friends. All the young girls of Uji village hated her. They said she was proud, hardheaded, mean and to top it all, spoilt. The real Courtney wasn’t any of this. She was a sweet loveable girl looking for someone to talk to. Someone to befriend but no one knew this Courtney. The only Courtney they knew was the cruel and disrespectful girl. She couldn’t change that now, but she wished that maybe luck will shine on her. The group of four children left her front, walking away. They felt Courtney’s eyes on them and it made them walk unnatural. “Miles…” Courtney said as everyone turned to face her, acting like they were all named Miles. “…nice butt.” Miles felt himself pu
“I am so sorry Angela,” Justin said in utmost sadness.Tears were coming down from his eyes one by one. They were scarce but still there.Angela wanted to answer but her voice was blocked up by mucus and the only thing coming out from it was croaking.Angela couldn’t handle being around the area anymore. The memories she was having were making her cry more. Her tears would have filled a well up.She stood up and ran from the area.“Angela!” Miles cried out in an attempt to run after her but Justin held his hand.“She needs time. Let us give her.”“Leave me alone Justin!” Miles said releasing himself from his grip and running after her. Not again Justin, not again.Angela’s legs were weak, they couldn’t carry her far. She sat down, resting her back on a tree, brooding with tears.Miles found her soon. He hated seeing her in such cond
“Let us not get any crazy ideas.” Miles sighed. His mood was spoilt. He was not as lively as he once was because of the incident. Carrying Kale was not giving him the space to get closer and have a quiet conversation with Angela but that could wait even though he didn’t want to wait to talk to her, hold her hand and hear her angelic giggles. He still didn’t understand what he was feeling. Was it true love or infatuation? It couldn’t be infatuation. He wanted to be with Angela for the rest of his life, till the end. “We will get there in the next few hours but it is getting late.” He looked at the dampening sky. “We should find somewhere to camp before moving on.”“And some food,” Kale said getting down from Miles’ shoulders.She was right, the four were hungry. They had been moving on empty stomachs since the day began. Angela had never felt such pangs of hunger in her life. When she thought about
“We wanted to tell you to not eat those apples,” Minna said pointing at the tree and bag of apples.“Why?” Angela asked anxiously.“Can you not see how fresh and juicy they are? The evil sprites use it to lure humans into loving and serving them for the rest of their lives,” Begley answered as Mile gulped in fear.If they had eaten those apples, it meant eternal slavery.“Wow. Thank you,” Angela said turning to Miles.“Yes thank you,” he added as the sprites politely nodded in unison.Angela’s stomach began to rumble again. The hunger was killing her.“You are really hungry?” Minna asked as she nodded pouting.Begley brought something out of an invisible pocket and handed it over to them.“Here,” Begley said as Miles took it before the tip of Angela’s skin could have contact with the key.The key
“One of the sprites gave us. It will help us identify the good food from the bad,” Miles answered as he helped Kale up the floor.“We do not need that. We know the good from bad,” Justin said also getting up.“Just for precaution,” Angela added taking the key from Miles.They continued their search for something to eat.The search was tiring and exhausting. It was as if all the trees with edible fruits in the forest were hiding from them. Justin was carrying tired Kale while Miles was supporting Angela so she wouldn’t faint.She was pale and feeble. Hunger wasn’t a good thing at all. Angela had never felt so hungry in her life. It was like thin needles were pinching her stomach in different places.Miles was used to being hungry. Sometimes the bandits starved for days looking around for small pieces of bread and drinking unfiltered water from the local river.They