Chapter 9 Miko

Let him rest, let me go back and close up the shop, I said, and the two nodded their heads in affirmation. As I leave the house. I am sad about what had happened, but I liked the fact that it had brought us all together. I go to the shop and close for the day.

I pack every in the carriage and head back home. When I arrived. The healer had come. He stared at him when I walked in, and he turned, looking at me in horror. He yelled, "miko!

Miko?!!

I don't understand why he was scared. Everyone.

Could see the visible dread on his face. Leave here he yelled, confused. I go out and wait until he is done, and when he came out, he spoke from the other end, "This looks like your handiwork, miko".

I was at the shop all day.

How and this be my work? It came to my mind, but I want to believe it. There is no one with my kind of powers. "What if there is one or two, maybe a village?" I ask myself. I see basma come out now. She looks at me in dread as she asks me if I had done that to her husband, and why would I do something like that?

I don't answer, I just stare at her."Leave here," she yelled, and as I turned and walked away, tears rolled down her cheeks.

I could hear her pain in her voice pierce me as I took each step away from all I have known here in Boda.

I go to my house, which I had bought before but could not stay because I was used to the mongos. And there I could see a familiar face sitting in front of it. There was a smile on her face.

She was adorned with shiny ornaments.

And for a moment I swallowed hard, as I walked towards her.

"You should have stayed in the past, but you had to follow me here.

You just could not stay far away from me, could you?"

She I missed you too, you know, but I thought you were far from here until you began selling your toys and bows. Word came to me in the palace that you had the most precious toys.

"I had to come and see for myself and I found you. My heart had followed me here. I asked her what happened at tela and the cave but she did not answer.

Instead, she kept talking. Do you still want to honor your word? Yes, the one you made for me at the rift.

"What happened to Borrankama?

"You should answer that. I don't have the answers you seek, she says calmly.

"You were there at the cave after it happened."

"Yes, I was there, I was there at the cave, but it was only to get something she had promised me."Surprised, I asked. "What did she promise you?"

She smiled.

"she promised me you.

She told me I would have you."

"Did you kill Laziza?"

"No, Laziza is like a sister to me. I could never hurt her. She was killed by the Gbali people.""I killed them all, it wasn't them either." I replied.She looked at me, turning her head to the side.

"All of them?" she asked."Yes, I killed all of them," I answered her."I only came here to see if you remembered your promise, and if you want to keep it, I will talk to my grandfather king Sara lak and he would approve of our union. You can be my husband, and we would start a new mubaila here.I stand there silent for a while before I replied can't marry you Ara.""What do you mean you can't marry me?"

"I am a princess now. I am rich and I have everything any man would want!!

"Is it that family, is it Lolo?

Are you in love with her? "No, it is not Lolo, and it is not that family."

I can't just marry you Ara." I conclude and enter the house, she follows behind me.I will make you pay for this Kalenje, I will make you feel this pain you have caused me, I will take them all away from you, she said. And before I could turn, she was gone. It was as though she vanished into thin air.

"What did she mean now?" I stood and rushed back to the house of Lodiwe to find him dead.San was lying on his back. I bent down to check if he was still breathing, and I could feel his body cold.It was Ara. She had the power. Too, she had made Borrakama perform the same ceremony for her. How did she know about it? I even wasn't aware until the day Borankama did it to me. I check around and don't find Basma or Lolo. I rush out using Ara's scent, which I could detect once I dragged the leopard out, but I don't transform,Only my senses changed, I could feel it.

i follow her back to the palace. She had Basma and Lolo there too, but the palace is highly guarded.As I wait. For dark to come, I study the guards closely. And when the night came, I changed into an owl and made my way into the trees in the palace.

I sat down and waited, listening to the servants. I could now tell where she stayed.I flew to the west wing of the palace where the princesses stayed.And there I waited some more and listened to the chatter of the maids as the night drew in.And soon I was slithering through her window.

And as I transformed, I heard her say welcome. And there I saw basma and lolo on the floor in a pool of their own blood.Infuriated, I transformed into my full form, the eagle head, leopard body, and snake tail. I pounced on her, but she transformed, too. And as we fought, the others were alarmed, and as they rushed out, all they say was a beast tearing a princess to shreds.Once I noticed she had transformed back and laid in the pool of her blood.

She was on the floor, and she looked dead. Let him rest, let me go back and close up the shop, I said, and the two nodded their heads in affirmation.

As I leave the house, I am sad about what had happened, but I liked the fact that it had brought us all together.

I go to the shop and close for the day. I pack every in the carriage and head back home.When I arrived. The healer had come. He stared at him when I walked in, and he turned, looking at me in horror. He yelled, "Miko!

Miko?!!

I don't understand why he was scared.

Everyone could see the visible dread on his face.Leave here he yelled, confused. I go out and wait until he is done, and when he came out, he spoke from the other end, "This looks like your handiwork, miko". I was at the shop all day. How and this be my work?

It came to my mind, but I want to believe it. There is no one with my type of powers.

"What if there is one or two, maybe a village?" i ask myself.

I see basma come out now. She looks at me in dread as she asks me if I had done that to her husband, and why would I do something like that? I don't answer, I just stare at her.

"Leave here," she yelled, and as I turned and walked away, she began to cry. I could hear her pain in her voice pierce me as I took each step away from all I have known here in Boda. I go to my house, which I had bought before but could not stay in because I was used to the mongos.

And there I could see a familiar face sitting in front of it. There was a smile on her face. She was adorned with shiny ornaments.

And for a moment I swallowed hard, as I walked towards her.

"You should have stayed in the past, but you had to follow me here. You just could not stay far away from me, could you?" She continued, I missed you too, you know, but I thought you were far from here until you began selling your toys and bows. Word came to me in the palace that you had the most precious toys.

"I had to come and see for myself and I found you.

My heart had followed me here.

I asked her what happened at Tela and in the cave, but she did not answer. Instead, she kept talking.

Do you still want to honor your word? Yes, the one you made for me at the rift."What happened to Borrankama?" You should answer that. I don't have the answers you seek, she says calmly."You were there at the cave after it happened.""Yes, I was there, I was there at the cave, but it was only to get something she had promised me."Surprised, I asked. "What did she promise you?

"She smiled.

"she promised me you.

She told me I would have you."

"Did you kill Laziza?"

"No, Laziza is like a sister to me. I could never hurt her. She was killed by the Gbali people."

"I killed them all. It wasn't them either." I replied.She looked at me, turning her head to the side. "All of them?" she asked."Yes, I killed all of them," I answered her."I only came here to see if you remembered your promise, and if you want to keep it, I will talk to my grandfather king Sara lak and he would approve of our union. You can be my husband, and we would start a new mubaila here.I stand there silent for a while before I replied can't marry you Ara."

"What do you mean, you can't marry me?"

"I am a princess now. I am rich and I have everything any man would want!!"

Is it that family, is it Lolo?

Are you in love with her?

"No, it is not Lolo, and it is not that family. I can't just marry you Ara." I conclude and enter the house, she follows behind me.I will make you pay for this Kalenje, I will make you feel this pain you have caused me, I will take them all away from you, she said. And before I could turn, she was gone. It was as though she vanished into thin air.

"What did she mean now? I stood and rushed back to the house of Lodiwe to find him dead.San was lying on his back. I bent down to check if he was still breathing, and I could feel his body cold.It was Ara. She had the power, too. She had made borrakama make her the same ceremony.How did she know about it? I even wasn't aware until the day Borankama did it to me.I check around and don't find basma or Lolo.I rush out using Ara's scent, which I could detect once I dragged the leopard out, but I don't transform,Only my senses changed, I could feel itI follow her back to the palace, she had basma and lolo there too, but the palace is highly guarded.As I wait. For dark to come, I study the guards closely.And when the night came, I changed to an owl and made my way into the trees in the palace.

I sat down and waited, listening to the servants. I could now tell where she stayed.I flew to the west wing of the palace where the princesses stayed.And there I waited some more and listened to the chatter of the maids as the night drew in.

And soon I was slithering through her window,And as I transformed, I heard her say welcome.

And there I saw basma and lolo on the floor in a pool of their own blood.Infuriated, I transformed into my full form, the eagle head, leopard body, and snake tail.

I pounced on her, but she transformed, too. And as we fought, the others were alarmed, and as they rushed out, all they saw was a beast tearing a princess to shreds.

Once I noticed she had transformed back and laid in the pool of her blood. She was on the floor and she looked dead, but a smile was on her face.