I was laying on the simple makeshift bed with my eyes fixed on the thatched roof above me.
The five women were also in my hut, keeping an eye on me so that I wouldn't escape and to top it all off there was a guard just outside the door also keeping watch.
It was almost dawn and today was the day I was officially going to get married off for fifteen cows!
I was thinking about the various ways I could get out of this but the only way was to either die or fake having a stomach ache and stay in the toilet the rest of the day.
The first option was a big fat no because I loved myself too much to even think about death and second, I'm a terrible actress everyone would know I'm faking it.
The only option I had was to wait a bit then run for my life or when the old man tries to touch me, I could just push him away and run out of the hut screaming in horror.
That will make him feel embarrassed and deem me as a little child who doesn't understand a thing. Yeah I will do just that!
A shuffling sound caught my attention. The five women were deeply asleep and didn't hear a thing.
Me being the curious kid I was, decided to leave the hut and go check it out.
I wasn't afraid of anything. The village was in a remote area close to the game park and most of the times lions, Hyenas and other wild animals would come close to the village but luckily the men always chased them away.
Anyway, I opened the hut door made up grass and saw mama standing there with a chitenge ( a material African women wear to cover themselves up ) that was folded nicely.The guard was sleeping soundly and I suddenly grew suspicious of her,
"Take this," she whispered handing me the chitenge, "go this way and run okay! don't look back and once you reach the bus station, board the bus and Aleena will be at the destination waiting for you, I have already informed her." She instructed and I nodded
I tiptoed back into the hut, grabbed my clothes which were already packed up since I was going to my 'husband's' home, then tiptoed out again and after giving mama one last hug and kiss, I darted off into the direction she pointed.
I kept on running without stopping until I reached the Zambezi river. By then, the sun was almost out. I looked behind me and luckily there was no one coming after me.
My throat felt dry and so my legs instinctively carried me towards the river but before I could get any closer,
" splash!" I heard a splashing sound that startled me.
'Oh no it's a mermaid!' I thought and knowing full well that mermaids were evil creatures and killed people, the thirst I was feeling instantly vanished and I started running again but a loud cry for help stopped me dead in my tracks.
My brain was telling me to continue running before I get caught by the mermaid while my body turned around on it's own following the cry of help.
"Help!" The voice grew even louder, it was a girl's voice and she was crying for help in English.
The only reason why I knew the word help was because Joshua had taught me the word and what it meant.
Could it be that it wasn't a mermaid but one of the tourists had fallen into the river and was now drowning?
"He--" the cry of help became muffled and all possible scenarios ran through my mind.
Oh no the woman is probably being eaten by a crocodile!
I dropped the clothes I had and jumped into the river, swimming towards the girl.
Once I got close enough, I held her hand, pulling her towards the surface.She was so damn heavy but I had to keep pulling if I wanted her to survive.
Luckily I managed to pull her up towards the river bank.
"Thank you." The girl said coughing out all the water that had entered her.
I became a creepy person and kept looking at her admiring her beauty.
I had never seen someone this beautiful in my entire life!
I was beautiful but her, she was perfect!She had long straight blood like hair
and light skin, even lighter than mine and papa's
"Uh, what are you doing?" The girl asked but I kept on poking her face to see if it was real or not.
"Look over there she might be close by!" I heard a male voice shout orders and that's when I remembered I was supposed to be running away from my wedding!
Oh for goodness sake!
I totally forgot all about the woman and grabbed my bag of clothes, running again.
Before I could even have a chance to escape,
"Grab her!" I heard someone yell followed by a strong hand coming out of nowhere and grabbing my arm stopping me.
Even though it was nearly impossible to get out of the death grip, I still thrashed around trying to free myself.I wasn't going to let them take me, no way! I kept on thrashing around but uncle dan had a strong grip!
"you little brat!" He raised his hand about to slap the shit out of me and I closed my eyes ready for the slap.
Seconds passed and the slap never came, I opened my eyes and saw the girl who I had just saved, holding uncle Dan's large arm.
Everyone was looking at the girl in shock! Uncle Dan was well built with muscular arms and yet this small looking girl stopped him from slaping me?!
But-----how?The girl angrily removed uncle's hand from my arm and she started yelling at him in English while my mouth just hang wide open.
I had never heard someone speak such fluent English before and all I wanted was to hung out with her in hopes that her good grammar might rub off on me.
"Uncle Dan." Joshua grabbed everyones attention and we all turned to look at him.
" I completely understand what the girl is saying and I will translate." He began, "You see this girl's name is Anna from America and she came here to get Melissa."
All the other men who were around gave him confused raised eyebrows while I looked at him wondering where he was going with this.
"Why?" Uncle Dan asked equally confused.
"Because she is two months pregnant!"
" Melissa is actually two months pregnant and the reason why she fled from the village was because this lady wanted to see her and take her away." Joshua dropped the bombThe entire crowd gasped and so did I!Since when did I become pregnant?I looked at uncle Dan and he gave me death glares but me being the innocent little girl I was, went and hid behind the girl Anna who seemed to be my way out of this marriage." Melissa! I swear I'm going to---"" don't even think about killing her uncle Dan," Joshua interrupted, "This woman is from a rich family in America and her brother is the one who got Melissa pregnant. He loves Melissa a lot and if he finds out that you killed her and his baby, he will put you in jail for the rest of your life!"Hearing this, everyone else who had come to drag me back to the wedding took a step back from me including uncle Dan."Is it true, are you really pregnant?" He asked and I nodded my head shyly hiding be
***Six months later***It's been six months since I met the mermaid I mean Anna whose real name is Kaira and so far life has been pretty great even though I still don't know what happened to her and how she ended up drowning in the river. Everyone already found out I wasn't pregnant and luckily I didn't get married off because the chief died a day after our supposed marriage. If I didn't run away and meet kaira then I'm pretty sure I would have been called a black widow because my mom died the first day I came into the world and my husband would have died the second day of our marriage. Anyway five months ago me and Kaira left the village and was now living in the city.It has been so much fun except for the fact that I have to work for everything!A few months back Kaira a
"Please don't kill me," I said in tears, thrashing around trying to free myself from her grasp. I wanted to scream again but she placed her warm hand on my mouth silencing me. "Keep quiet!" she ordered and I nodded fearing the worst. Kaira was a ghost? But how? How is it possible that I've been living and sleeping next to a Ghost for the last six months, but how can a ghost also have babies? "I'm going to take my hand off and you better not scream got it?" She ordered again and I quickly nodded. She removed her hand from my mouth held my hand and led me to were her dress was laying including the stuff we bought. "Don't run." She ordered again letting go of my hand.She picked up the dress, dusted it a little then wore it.
"So mama, I was thinking," kaira voiced out her thoughts once we were done with dinner. "Yeah?" mama asked "Well I wanted to ask if you can let Mel come with me." Mama stopped what she was doing and looked at Kaira, so did my other sisters. "I promise she will be safe mama. You all have been very kind to me for the last six months and I just want to say thank you by helping Melissa get the future she has always desired." Kaira explained. "I don't think that's a good idea kaira." mama responded. "You don't have to worry about anything, I will take care of her just like I would take care of my own kids. I just want to help her that's all." she said again. "I need to think about it first plus we haven't even met any of your family members and we still don't know you very well and how you
[ Third person point of view ] "Wow!" Was the first word that Melissa spoke once the plane landed in Carlifornia. The airport was way cooler and prettier than the one back in her home country and everything here looked so beautiful. "It's beautiful, isn't it?" Kaira asked equally happy that she was back but her joy was mixed with dread. She had no idea what happened after the war and whether her family was okay or not. She had once tried to contact them through their social media accounts but neither of them responded which made her stomach turn inside out but now that she was here, she would know what happened and whether they were okay or not. "I've never seen a place this clean and beautiful before." Melissa said in awe as both girls with the ba
Hours passed by until finally he received a mindlink that Kaira was at the southern border. It was now time for the war to officially begin. "Shift into your phoenix and create a distraction that will lure all the rogues to you, giving the pack members who can't fight a chance to go into hiding." Dean told Kaira and she did just that. She shifted into her phoenix and flew above the pack making sure she was seeing by everyone who was still awake. Davis let out a loud howl communicating the message to his fellow warriors who also responded with their own howls shifting into their wolves. They attacked and killed each and every rogue that was near them and Kaira did the same by shooting fire balls at the rogues. Monica had also heard the howl and she did as told.
It was the biggest fight of all time. The rogues kept on pouring out in large numbers and everyone was getting tired with each passing second but they didn't stop fighting for their home. They were all determined to fight and take back what was rightfully theirs. Seeing that the battle would be lost if he didn't do something, Kaden scanned around until he finally saw the person he was looking for, Derek who was busy dodging the fireballs that phoenix Kaira was throwing at him. He momentarily got distracted by Kaira's beauty and a bite on his back leg brought him back to reality. He kicked the rogue off of him, but three more came charging at him at the same time. Luckily he was trained for this. He bite one on the neck killing him off instantly while the other two sank their claws and teeth in his back. He howled in pain and tried to throw the Wolves off of him but that only made them bite him harder. Luckily, Dean
The doctor sighed removing her surgical mask.I felt like I was holding my heart in my hands when all possible scenarios ran through my mind.The doctor's sigh didn't sound too good and I feared something bad must have happened.Monica held my hand for support and I squeezed it lightly while looking at the doctor, waiting for her to say something."We managed to stitch her up and stop the bleeding but I'm afraid the wound was too deep that we had to put her in a medical coma, Her body is recovering very slow and I don't know when she will wake up," hearing this, Kaden looked like he was going to fall but uncle Ryan held him."So --- you mean my mate might never wake up?" he asked what we were all fearing, with his voice quivering."No alpha, Luna will eventually wake up once she completely heals. The healing is there but the only problem is that she is