Gatekeepers Book Novels & Stories

I sit down and rub my hands that despite my excitement there is still fear lurking inside my heart especially when I see myself underserving by looking at my past—wounded, vivid, and unforgiven. I start to fix my things and place my folded clothes inside the cabinet. While doing something, I remember the locked gate I saw this morning on the fourth floor. What is it in there and why is it closed deeply hidden in the face of reality? I wanted to discover it but I just calm down myself by perhaps it is storage room of archives of distant stocks and other things unused. Or maybe another floor for rooms. Why among the floors the fourth floor has gate and it is locked? I just sigh because it is n

Imre told Liam to talk at the same place they went before. "Let's meet at the same old place." Imre uttered it in his thoughts to send it to Liam's thoughts. Liam who were standing at the main gate suddenly stood up and heard the inner thoughts of his brother Imre, whom he wanted him to go the place they were always going whenever they wanted to talk about something important. When Liam got the message, he directly walks his way out of their land and went to the place where Imre wanted him to be. The guard who was staring at Liam was confuse when Liam just walk out of the house without a word.

Mrs Martha angrily walked out of house, she got into her car, and drove to the gate. Her mind has already been made up, she's going to see her daughter and save her from the hands of that man called Eric Davis. But she was given the shock of her life when she got to the gate and the Gatekeeper refused to open the gate for her. She came down for her car and yelled, "Why are you not opening the gate!" "I am sorry ma'am, but I was asked not to open the gate for you." Samson the gatekeeper explains.

“Do you have somewhere in the house that is private?” “Mack, I think you came to the right place.” Haven laughed, and she looked at him with a smile. She took his hand and started walking to the back of the house. When he walked into the furthest room in the house, he thought something was slightly off about the room, but he couldn’t figure it out. When she walked to the sidewall, though, she moved the book on the bookshelf, and soon there was a door that was open, and she was pulling it open.

The gateman and the driver were staring at us in bewilderment. 'Adamu, please open the gate.' Mom said as soon as she entered the car. 'Aah Aah. Madam, Abeg take am easy. Make Oga come first.' 'Open the Gate, my friend.' He jumped at the intensity of her voice and he exchanged a brief glance with the driver before he opened the gate. She zoomed off without a backward glance. 'Uthman, wetin happen? Why Madam dey pack comot?'

> I ask him. He tells me.

Without wasting much time, I immediately took a quick bath and wore something simple like a sweatpants and sweatshirt. I swiftly place a kiss on Lenora's forehead before walking out of the room. I noticed she was about to open her eyes so I immediately rushed out. I wouldn't want her to meet me here. I know she would want to follow me but I can't take her along. This seemed to be serious and dangerous. "There's another problem, your highness," Josh sighed as my brows furrowed. What the hell was happening? "What is it?" I asked. "The gatekeepers were attacked, all seven of them died, some symbols were engraved on their body" Josh said as I signalled him to lead me to where their body was.

A voice followed—firm and resolute, > “Access denied. This system does not entertain unscheduled guests.” “For future correspondence, schedule an appointment through the Hunt Official Line. No exceptions.” A final tone chimed—like a corporate doorbell with no soul. Then—silence. The locks clicked with a satisfying finality—like the end of a transaction. Junior stared at the matte-black gate, mouth open slightly—like it had just insulted his ancestors. He looked down at the bucket in his hands, then up at the gate again—impenetrable, unmoved.

“But the dagger… That’s what it did, opened a chasm between realms.” Althea hums, “There are many keys to gateways between realms. Just as there are many doors that lead to different places within the realm. Like the one you found. Ashe once told me and somewhere in one of these books, it recants a tale of rips in the fabric of reality, allowing you to pass from one location to another. Weaknesses in the realm’s barrier.” What Althea was saying lined up with what Morgan had told us. I understood the difference between a key and a portal within the realm.

“...to close a portal, one must find the key that opened it and use it to seal it shut.” Nathan walked straight to his study room, a sense of urgency in his steps. The guards, always alert, followed closely behind. As he entered the room, he quickly made his way to his desk, ignoring the piles of papers and books scattered on its surface. He held a book tightly, its pages worn and its cover tattered. He had been studying it for weeks, searching for answers to the strange occurrences that had been happening in their kingdom.