CUSP
9

Immediately I get off the phone with Wane I look at Astridah, she is tied to the bed on both hands and legs. Her sides are bleeding and she is begging me to let her go but that is nothing compared to what I am feeling right now.

‘I said I am sorry and it won’t repeat itself.’ She begs, the white sheet on which she is laying on is stained with blood but that doesn’t at all move me.

‘How many times have I warned you against making friends?’

‘I am sorry, it won’t repeat itself.’

I shake my head, that is the mistake that she makes all the time. I don’t need her to be sorry, I want her to be true and honest come what may.

‘I just thought because she is your sister’s friend then you would be okay with me being her friend.’

I move to the bed and sit next to her and then grabbing her waist and squeezing tight so as to hurt the bruising sides.

‘Besa please.’ She begs

Seeing her like this turns me on, I like to see her hurt face and hear her pleading voice. All this just makes me go to the moon and beyond.

‘Besa.’ She cries some more and the more she cries the more I squeeze, when her voice is barely audible I let her go.

‘Get some rest, the doctor will see you in the morning.’ I say lightly closing the door

I go in the living room and pour myself a beer, I don’t even bother washing my hands because I know it will just be me the whole night.

I close my eyes and allow my demons to come into play, I like to allow them out on a day like this.

I am still processing everything when I hear a knock at the door, who would come here this hour and for what exactly.

I wait for the person to stop knocking and go away but then it doesn’t stop.

Angrily I go to the door and open it, shocked to see Caleb standing there.

‘What?’ I ask looking at him

He pushes me and enters the house.

‘When is this going to stop? When will it be enough?’

‘Oh, so you are here to judge me right? Just because you fell out now you are holier than thou?’

‘I didn’t fall out, I made a sacrifice which I am paying for greatly and I know that you have a greater chance of doing better. So why don’t you seize the opportunity?’

‘Get out of my house Caleb.’

He looks at me

‘I honestly care about you, we were young, we made some silly decisions there is no reason why we shouldn’t do better right now.’

‘Get out.’

‘The brotherhood won’t be there when things go south, they will only be here as long as they can get something from you. You know they thirst for blood.’

‘Out!’ I say losing it

He looks at me one last time before walking out, I am very mad. When I had gone to visit him it was in the hopes that he would change his mind and come back to us but it looks like he will always be the fool that I know him to be.

I go to my secret room, no one knows about this place except the brotherhood and Caleb himself. We all have one in our houses and the rule is to put it in a place where no one can suspect. Mine is in the living room, in the bar lounge there is a door that I made sure to make as invisible as possible. I take off my shoes at the entrance and light a candle, the room is white, with a white carpet and mini alter that is holding a mirror. The mirror is used to transfer us to the other realm.

I start enchanting some things before the mirror opens and there our god Suli sits on the throne and I can see the rest of our cult in different parts of the world.

‘We have a pressing issue at hand.’ Suli begins, I see there are no pleasantries so this must really be urgent.

‘Samuel from Ghana just had a baby, we need to attend the initiation ceremony of the child into the cult.’

We all bow down in agreement

‘Besa how is the assignment coming up?’

‘I am working on it.’

‘You know the repercussions of being slow, your businesses will start getting affected and only until you fulfil the assignment will everything stabilise.’

‘I know daddy.’ I say bowing down after that

‘Good.’

‘I will give you an additional seed to plant in her, she will give birth to twins and that will mean your rank going a step higher.’

I smile, now I have a task to get Wane pregnant as soon as possible.

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