Olamma

Episode 14

“Get up my bride, look out. After the last sea then comes Ozulu your home abode. I paid a great price for your head, is time to prove to me that you are worth it by being a good and obedient wife to me. Get up, home calls out to us. Can you hear it… take this and clean off any sign of blood on you so that it doesn’t attract the soldier ants”.

Olamma quickly collected a brown leaf from him and clean up both her face, her hands and leg.

Onrah gave her another instruction and she nodded like an obedient child.

she got up and followed Onrah before the crocodile will jump out of the swamp and finish her up.

She was weak but whatever fate awaits her she will face it because no matter what she do there was no turning back now.

She signed her life away with her high demands of a suitor she never knew what was coming for her.

If she was giving another chance she will gladly be a humble wife to a common farmer or a hunter, a petty trader or any man with hard-working hands just as Adaugo has wanted but the gods gave her more than she asked. They blessed Adaugo with a good prince and children to call her mother.
Olamma wish for many things but it seems too late.

Onrah led her as they passed the seventh mountain and sea.

They arrived at a big cave which was caved under a wide tree with many branches.
Olamma began to hear different scary sound.
She was looking around but saw nothing.
“Welcome home my bride, the occupant of this side has seen and sensed your presence.

They are celebrating your arrival. Why are you not happy, you have looked forward to arriving in azulu kingdom and now that we are here you looked troubled. Don’t be sad my bride because this will be your home for a very long time. Look around at its beautiful environment. our home is inside this cave, that is where the jubilation is coming from. Welcome home to the great Ozulu kingdom my bride…”

A sudden breeze began to blow, Onrah touched the tree twice, slap the earth hard, he plugged out few leaves from the tree, put them into his mouth and began to chew them continuesly.

Onrah was speaking strange language as he stretched out his hands and began to turn with the wind.

The different strange noise increased like a market place.