All Chapters of THE FORTRESS: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

ALFRED MADE SURE every guardian was brought to book for camping in the forest without taking proper permission, gambling with their lives in the name of fun. All though, he was quite dazzled by Jared who was able to bring a spirit animal under his control but nevertheless, he made sure he was sent to the conventry. At first, Alex refused to punish them because there was no footage regarding Alfred's claims but when they owned up to their crimes, he was left with no choice than to quarantine them all. He felt Alfred might just be taking things too far but at the same time not too far because it's actually the law of the institution. Alex had an odd feeling, probably a feeling of impending doom but he couldn't come to a conclusion. Just as he sat on the chair, facing the security monitor, something caught his eye. He leaned closer to the screen to get a better view, squinting his eyes and immediately, he pushed the red button on the monitor table that sent alarms blaring. "Are y

AFTER HENRY'S ENCOUNTER with Jared, he headed straight to where he could find Lily Bradley, the owner of the fortress and also his mother whom he had helped kill his father. He would never forget the expression of shock and betrayal on his father's face before he died. Zoe had told him not to kill anyone anymore but the more he approached his mother's den—when she was with his father, she was referred to as the lioness because of her vast skill in martial arts even though she had no extraordinary abilities. The more he felt his blood raging with anger at his mother for tricking him into killing his father. He opened the door and she was sitting right behind a large table. He could remember the table clearly. He was taught school work on that table. Her legs were crossed like she was waiting for him and a smile was on her face. The truth was that, Lily had been waiting for him and her wait had not just started today, but ever since he left. She knew he'd come back one day raging

"Are you for real?", Wong asked. Everything was going too far and seemed to be intertwined. "This is unbelievable", Dawn added. She was in total shock just like every guardian except for Jamie."How do you know this?", Santiago asked, his eyebrows raised. "I have a picture of him with Mrs Bradley in my room in between a magic book", Jared replied. "He is right. I've seen it too". Jamie supported the notion of his friend. It wasn't even just a notion it was reality. "What?", He frowned as he noticed all eyes were fixed on him. "How did you know?",Jared asked. "I never remembered showing you anything like that". "Jar, that picture, that book had been there before you arrived and I've heard the name Henry a couple of times long before you arrived but i had no idea he was Mrs Lily's son. Jamie spoke about him to me few times but he never mentioned that he was Mrs Lily's son?". Jamie replied Jared's question and every eye fixed on him seemed to be satisfied with the answer he had give

BEFORE RUBY OPENED her eyes, she knew she was in somewhere strange. From the texture of the bed she was laying on, to the smell of the room communicated to her that her current whereabout is completely different from her regular place of abode. She opened her eyes in slits and she was not wrong. A bright bulb fixated at the ceiling shone so bright that she had to shut her eyes as quick as she opened them. After opening her eyes more slowly, the ray of light emanating from the bulb didn't seem so bright anymore. As she passed her gaze around the room trying to figure out where she was, her eyes met the eyes of another man who was sitting at the corner of the room on a single cushion chair. She jolted as she had not noticed the man's presence all these while, probably because he had been in the room before she woke. "Henry," she said as the face peering into hers was one she could recognize. She felt a slight headache and placed her palm on her forehead. "We've been waiting fo

THE CONSTANT TICK-TOCK sound that emanated from the wall clock adjacent to Jared rung loudly in his ears as his focus was totally on the giant time piece.Every ticking of each second looked like an hour to Jared. Sleep refused to visit him as usual and this time, he was highly disturbed as a result of the irrational decision he had made.Bennie was totally right, leaving his friends at this point in time was very unwise. He could see Jamie's teary face in the wall clock.He shut his eyes and waved his head severally to erase the picture from his mind.He couldn't wait for a new Dawn to make up for his mistakes. How would he even do that? A plan. A plan to find Henry. If he could come up with a good plan that would render their opposition useless they'd probably forgive him.Pictures of Ruby flashed in his head and he felt his heart sunk.Just at that moment, a warm hand was placed on his shoulder. The degree of warmness of the hand was so high that he could feel the temperature throu