Must Read: A Broken Destiny: The Sword Of Vengeance

Episode 7 years ago

Must Read: A Broken Destiny: The Sword Of Vengeance

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CLAUDIA
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Does he really expect an answer to that question or he is just asking just because he wants to talk. I closed my eyes and patiently waited for the driver to drop us somewhere. He didn’t say another word after I pretty much ignored his question. He scared me especially after what I saw happened with the cursed flames. I have never before seen anyone who wasn’t burnt to the ground when hit by those flames but they just seem to disappear in his case. The aura around him can be choking at times especially when he is a foul mood like he is presently. He is quite unpredictable as I do not know what’s causing his foul mood. I have read about people like him in history who were practically invisible because they had both sides of the gift. It took a lot to extinguish them. Due to the massive destruction they caused both to human lives and properties, every record of them were removed from the annals of history, saved for the ones in the forgotten lands. I never knew such books existed until Anna gave them to me and asked me to study intensely from cover to cover. This was five years ago and I haven’t still finished studying them.

Ever since the time of the golden ones as they were called, there have been measures to make sure such things do not happen again. The wizards and sorcerers who brought about the fall of the golden ones created an elixir that everyone drank in each of the cities and towns as civilization wasn’t as rampant then as it is now. Ever since then, people who were supposed to be born with such powers were instead created as the ungifted – their powers were forever locked in their soul and nothing could ever release them. But when Lucien was birthed and called the golden one, Anna kept wondering how it was possible for that to have happened, now we know that there is another – the man beside me. It’s not just the fact that they are actually two, it’s the fact that they were both born in the same generation. Even in the ancient times when we had quite a sizable number of them, that never happened. Even among common wizards and sorcerers, people with the same kind of gift are never born in the same generation. This is to make all forms of gift unique and to spread them all among everyone. It brought me to a certain conclusion that both men were unnaturally created for certain reasons and I know Anna has the answers to all these but she wasn’t looking like she was going to reveal anything. If I am doubtful concerning the mad king, I am certainly sure of Kieran.

The cart suddenly stopped and the man asked us to open the door and get out before anyone sees us. We got out as quickly as we could and headed for the path towards the mid-lands.
“I need to know where we are going and more importantly, I need to wash my body. I look like a wild man.” Kieran said.
“We are headed for the forgotten lands and to get there, we have to pass through the mid-lands. We will stop at an inn for you to wash yourself but for now we need to get into that forest. I need to do something there.”

He looked at me suspiciously before following me into the woods. I went in deeply enough before I stretched forth my hands and started recounting the spell that unlocks the gift in gifted individuals. I repeated my actions until I felt my gift surge back into me. I smiled and then took up mud from the ground and applied it on my face, reciting some words for the spell of transformation. Once I felt the spell had been undone, I didn’t need confirmation as Kieran took a step back with the look of horror on his face.
“You….you… You are a witch?” He asked, stammering.
“No, I am sorceress and I have the special gift of prophecy. I can feel the aura around you; I will need to lock up your gift to avoid us being followed, as your gift will lead dangerous people to us. You have within you what many will kill to have. Once we leave this forest, we will be husband and wife. I know about what just happened to you and I wouldn’t have brought such an idea if I had another choice, besides I am bestowed to another man so please don’t flatter yourself.”
“…But I am ungifted just like my father and mother. How is it possible I have the gift, you must be mistaken?”
His parents were ungifted or they were just normal people who weren’t born with the gift. I think he is mixing things up. His parents were normal people who didn’t have a drop of magic in them.
“I am not mistaken. Why else will that strange man and his soldiers come after you? “
“ ..This is just ridiculous , how can I; an believer be a carrier of magic and I didn’t know up till some days ago.”
“I know how you feel but I am sure you will get all your answers when you meet with Anna. For now, I will need you to stretch forth your hands as I need to lock your gifts. Repeat the following words after me………………



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NYASA

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I ran as quickly as I could to my room to get some of my things before calling one of the maids to get me some normal wears that I could wear to hide my identity. I told her to drop the wears for me at the southern gate of the palace to avoid my other sisters seeing me. I got my weapons and travel book and got on my horse. I was just about to leave the palace when I was stopped by Benedicta – our most senior.

“Where are you headed in such a hurry?” she asked.

“I am off to get some rare books for the king; I should be back before nightfall.” I didn’t wait for her reply as I set off immediately before she had any doubt in her mind. I didn’t ride for long because I was still min my black leather uniform and I needed to get them off. I stopped at an inn and I didn’t need to say much before the man in charge gave me the keys to one of the rooms. He was almost pissing in his pants and I must say that I enjoyed the sort of fear we got from people. I got changed and immediately, I felt naked without my clothes but I knew I had to follow every order the king gave as I didn’t want to offend my king.

I carefully arranged my uniform and placed them at the bottom of my bag as I didn’t want it easily found. I needed to make sure the man trusts me without question. I got out from the inn and set out for the mid-lands knowing I was just a day behind and it shouldn’t take too long before I find the man who is just like my master.