Chapter 20: The seer

Despite being awake for some days now, Anine still showed no signs of awareness. She had forgotten completely that she had a daughter. All she did was sit all day and stared at the roof of her room. This got her parents worried.

Mazi Ileka invited healers from different communities to help his daughter-in-law regain her full consciousness. However, it was as if her confusion increased as the day passed by. Before they knew it, Anine began to talk, but she only talked to herself.

Mazi Ileka wept bitterly. She remembered the old woman of the cave and how she would have been of help if she had been alive.

"The pain you are going through right now is nothing compared to what the people of Ohanta would go through if the messenger is not nurtured properly."

Mazi Ileka turned and saw the old woman of the cave. He was startled and he took some steps backward.

"Where have you been all these years? You left us when we needed you most. My son died because you were not there to reverse th