I was the last one to wake up from the nap we had since I slept late with a lot on my mind.“You guys should have woken me, I kept you guys waiting.” I said to them when i was fully awake.“We didn't want to disturb you so we let you rest.” Damien replied, packing up. We still haven't decided where we were going and how we would get there.“Where exactly are we to find horses?” I asked, walking with my full back pack.“Well, we'll have to walk there, be ready.” Damien prepared our kind and we set out immediately. It was a tiring one but we kept going. The sun was so hot that even the canopy of the trees weren't helping in any way.The air was filled with a sweet scent and that got me going. I heard distant chatter of birds on the trees which in some weird way helped calm my nerves.“What exactly are we going?” I asked because I could feel some pain in my legs.“Well get there soon.” Damien said and I didn't believe him, I thought that he must have been saying to comfort me.Then, we g
I whispered to Damien to help me figure out what we should do.“Hey, what are you guys drinking?” Damien screamed at the men as they sat, discussed and laughed.“How is that any of your business? you need to shut up.” The leader replied.“Have you tried the juice from that red fruit over there?” Danien pointed with his nose since his hands were tired.I became nervous and anxious where I sat. I was getting scared that they would figure out what our plans were but I remained quiet and let Damien do the talking.“What's so special about the fruit?” One of the not-so-smart thieves asked and I knew immediately that he had gotten interested in what Damien was going to them.“That juice is the best one you have ever tested. The only thing you have to do is to extract the juice and drink it. I promise you that you'll thank me later.” Damien explained to them.They waited for some time before one of them went for the fruit. We watched them extract the juice and have a sip each from the cup.“
It was beautiful to watch the moon under our already made up tent.“I just love the moon.” Laura said. She sat very close to me. “It's so beautiful.”“Me too. I remember when my mother used to tell me stories about the moon, the folktales and everything.” I said, smiling. It's been a long time since I had bonded with my mother and I felt bad about it.Damien had gone to put the horses away in a safe place and probably feed them too so they don't die of hunger.I glanced at Laura and saw how unhappy she was. The truth was that Laura had never spoken to me about her mother, father or any member of her family. Most times, I have asked her in the past but she would always nod and tell me to forget the issue.“Laura.” I called her, thinking it was finally time for us to have that discussion but she didn't answer. “Laura?” I called her again and she responded by looking at me.“What's bothering you?’ I asked her, hoping she would confide in me.“Me?” She asked. “I'm good.” She answered her
“Why do you look so excited?” Damien asked me and Laura laughed, thinking exactly the same way I was.“I have heard you admit that you are a friend to someone, that's why?” I said.“Well.” He nodded, having nothing more to say.“Are the horses safe?”“Yes, I fed them and I'm sure they're safe.”“What a very rough day for us.” Laura exclaimed, thankful that we came out of the problem with no issue at all. “Imagine they had taken everything from us?”“Thanks to the moon goddess, I don't know what we would have done without her.” Damien replied.We were filled with joy and excitement that no one asked for food or was hungry either. The next morning we didn't have much to do as we packed up to leave the location.We left as early as possible so we could meet up but on our way, I could see Laura's troubled face. She looked horrible and I couldn't help but ask her.“What's wrong?”“Nothing. I'm fine.” She said her face not looking like her usual vibrant self.“What's really wrong? Don't tel
Maybe Damien felt he couldn't love anyone because some bad experience he had. As I listened to him, it made me sad to think that this world was being unfair to kind people. I wanted to talk to him about it but it was a step by step process. I didn't want to come at him like I was curious about his personal life.I wanted to know because he was my friend. He looked sad when he spoke to us about it.“Well, if you don't want to tell us what really happened, the only thing that would happen is that I'll have to find you a girlfriend.” Laura replied. She was now feeling much better than how she was earlier.“What?” Damien asked.“Yes, that will be my goal in this journey. To find my parents and find you a girlfriend that would eventually become your wife.” Laura said walking faster and ahead of me and Damien.I couldn't help but laugh. I didn't know what was giving Laura her guts but whatever it was, it was working. She was funny. Now, she was the one with the horses, taking steps with the
Damien wasn't having it. He didn't believe me when I told him I had never loved anyone, partly because I didn't sound convincing enough and because he believed that people like me were lover girls.I had left that discussion for another day because we were trying to figure out how to get on the horses.“Okay. First thing first, let's get you on top of this horse.” Damien exclaimed and went ahead to urge me.As I stood in front of this towering creature, my legs felt like jelly. Then Damien helped me place my foot at the stirrup, then I swined my legs over the horse's back and then settled into the saddle.“What do you think? Comfortable huh?”“I'll tell you what I think when after being on this thing, I don't break my back.” I responded.“I know you won't.” Damien responded. He was still standing so close holding the horses. Then slowly he led the horse as it went quietly with me still on it.At first, I was too scared to open my eyes but then I got Comfortable on the horse's back as
The advice I gave them was one I should also give myself. I was scared too but I had learnt never to give up on a fight that I haven't even fought so I was going through with this whether it worked for me or not.We got on the horse and off we went. We rode for a few hours and I didn't even know what I was feeling. Fear or happiness?”I rode with Damien since he promised to be careful and be slower. When I looked at Laura, I could see that she was not willing to be careful with this ride in any way.The ride was not always smooth and we had to get down like 2 times to feed and give the horses water. Laura is two times when we stopped and she saw nothing totally wrong with that. I remember telling her how fat she would be if she didn't stop eating so much food. She only laughed at me and told me that it was impossible for her to grow fat.When I was growing up as princess we were never allowed to do dangerous things including riding a horse. At that time, Alpha-king Magnus shouted at u
At some point, I thought that we would lose our life because that was how it typically seemed from the look of things. I had requested to see the Alpha but the man didn't oblige me. It was getting too bad as the leader looked me in the eyes and screamed that we would pay for coming into his own environment.“What exactly is happening?” Laura said and I was grateful he didn't hear her. He was ruthless and wouldn't mind letting a cutlass through her head If he had heard her.“Take them away.” The leader screamed to his men who obeyed with no question. I had hoped that I could at least set my eyes on the Alpha and have a talk with him, hoping he would listen.“What did we do?” Laura screamed as we were all bundled up.The leader stared down at her and then laughed out very loudly. “You don't get it? You think you'll win this situation with your weak screams and plans.”“We only want to meet the Alpha.” Laura said again even when I was trying to tell her to shut her mouth.“Well, you woul