Must Read: A Broken Destiny: The Sword Of Vengeance

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Must Read: A Broken Destiny: The Sword Of Vengeance

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The Guardians
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KIERAN
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“Mother will like to speak with you, hunter.” Another one of those sorceresses was here to repeat the same statement already spoken by five of them. They seem to be hard of hearing, I decided to look at this one and give her my meanest look, and maybe she can finally get the message.

“I said I am not leaving this room until she is healed, are those simple words so fvcking difficult to under………” I was unable to complete my sentence when I turned to see face of the sorceress. The words were lost in my throat, my angry stare changed to that of awe immediately I set my eyes on her. I closed my opened mouth and quickly faced the window; I was rather ashamed at my inability to hide my surprise. I acted like a little child seeing the stars for the first time but it couldn’t be helped. I have never seen such a beautiful face before, I couldn’t continue screaming at such a perfect being.

“I want to be left alone.” I managed to whisper after finding my voice again. Moments later, I heard the door lock and I thought she had left only for me to see her right behind me when I turned from facing the window. I was surprised and just chuckled, and tried to look at everything but her face. She just stood there too and had this expressionless look on her face when I managed to look at it. I just couldn’t explain what was wrong with me, I wasn’t myself. Is this some kind of magic too? I walked away from her and sat beside Vanessa who was still asleep ever since she collapsed almost a day ago.

“She can’t be healed, magic cannot work on her and I am sure you are aware why that is so.” I heard the sorceress say and I just nodded.


I arrived in the forgotten lands just before dawn as I rode all night. I didn’t stop for fear that I might be followed by yet another person after my gift. I didn’t cover my tracks and my gift was still unlocked which means anyone could find me. Vanessa still hasn’t moved and Claudia was still bleeding from her head. As the sun drew closer to opening his gift upon the earth, I grew more scared that I might lose them as I felt I wasn’t still close enough to my destination. I kept on moving and as I passed a certain bridge which mysteriously disappeared as soon as I left it, a thick fog enveloped me. I barely managed to stop the other horse in time before I lost my sight as I couldn’t see anything due to the fog. I continued riding although slowly this time, I was defenseless and was in the company of two women with no idea of where they were. The only thing I could do was pray as I felt like a rabbit running into a trap after its home have been filled with smoke. After riding blindly for a while without hitting anything, I was forced to stop when a huge gate appeared from nowhere in front of me. I was scared at first with my heart beating fast against my chest. I calmed myself down and came down from my horse. I walked back from the gate to try and see where I could pass through but I failed to do because I couldn’t see enough. I was getting tired of all this as I feared that Claudia might bleed to her death. I tried once more time but I got the same result, I decided to hit the huge metal thing and hoped for an answer.


The moment my hand touched the gate, it opened on its own accord. I refused to be shocked by that and ran back to my horse, I mounted it and hit the other horse as I rode into the city. The fog was no longer there but I could tell it was close to dawn. The path I was riding in was unusually smooth and the few houses I saw had light in them, which meant people were still asleep. I didn’t ride for long though not that I knew where I was going to anyway. I was stopped by a man on a horse who asked me to follow him. I was reluctant at first but when I looked towards Claudia who was already turning pale, I followed the strange looking man who was wearing a black turnip. Was he a sort of prince or special kind of wizard or something? He led me to another part of the city which was quite deserted and looked dead. I rode for a while before going through another bridge that didn’t disappear. The bridge lead us to a huge compound filled with fragrances and scents. The moment I stepped into the compound, women of various sizes started running from every building in the compound and I wondered why they were running. They stopped when they were some distance from me, some of them screamed and some of them covered their mouth calling on the good spirits. I wasn’t interested in why they left their beds because it was clear most of them were sleeping before something made them leave their rooms. That thing couldn’t be me, it just couldn’t.

“Where is Anna?” I asked as I came down from my horse to bring down Claudia. The women stopped screaming and everywhere became quiet after I asked the question. I expected an answer but they were acting like I just said the most despicable thing ever,

“Where is Anna, one of your own is dying.” I said, still carrying Claudia. They still refused to answer, until I heard of them say,

“We do not call her by that name; mother is what we call her.”

“Well, I don’t what you call her; just tell her I want to speak with her. In the meantime, these women need healing; they are dying as we I speak.”
Two of the women along with the strange man came forward and carried Claudia to one of the buildings. Another two came with me to help Vanessa but moved back immediately they touched her.

“What is it?” I asked, a little shocked at their action.
They didn’t answer me but instead ran back to the crowd. I ignored them and carried Vanessa heading off to another building I saw but I was stopped from going any further by one of the women. She was short and lean but that didn’t stop her from standing up to me.

“You will not take that filth one more step into this compound. She doesn’t belong here and is a servant of our enemy. Take her out of here before I destroy her.” I ignored what she said and sought to go on but she stood her ground, I moved away from her but she followed me. I was getting impatient,

“Move woman, I don’t have the time for all this.” The women covered their mouth when they heard what I just said and that only made the woman angry. I took another step and this time she stopped by creating a wall between me and her. I became angry and I charged through the wall which surprised the woman, she moved back and once again resumed her position by standing in front of me. I grew tired of her shenanigans and called to my gift once more, a storm started building and when an enormous stream of lightening struck the space between the both of us, she screamed and moved out of my way. The rest of the women screamed and ran back the way they came. I looked for a building and saw one where they weren’t much light. I got in and found a room with a bed. I set Vanessa on the bed before shutting the door. I pulled off her clothes and covered her with a thick cloth.


No one came into the room until the sun was already out. I saw three women at the doorstep when I answered their knocks; they looked quite uncomfortable when they entered the room. i watched each of them fail to heal Vanessa because their magic just couldn’t seem to pass through to her. I shut the door after they left and took hold of her hand, praying to the good spirits to heal her but it didn’t seem so as her heartbeat kept getting slower, I was losing my protector.