Sleepless night

The festival soon came to an end and everyone returned back to their various houses.. some went happy while some went sad... Nevertheless everyone went home with something to talk about.

That night Abigail was sleepless and so was ibitein.. thinking of how the stranger who will come to marry her only child and take her beautiful daughter away..

No no..this is too soon, she pondered. They had wanted her to get married and have her own family but not like this.. a short notice as if she was like a goods to be delivered. I can't let this happen.. I have to do something about it first thing tomorrow morning, she muttered under her breath not wanting to wake her husband who slept comfortably.

ibitein on the other hand was "happy-sad" happy because she finally found the suitor she wanted.. the man of her dreams.. and on the other hand she had lost her best friend forever, well let's just say for the time being, he will probably come around. She didn't want this.. all she wanted was to make him understand her point of view..

if only you could understand me, all this wouldn't have happened, she sighed as her eyes were wide open and slowly she drifted off to sleep.

Not far away from where ibitein's house was located stood Ayonadu in his room, pacing back and forth pondering on how to save the life of his friend and the woman he loved.. from that strange man who was actually a ghost... just the thought of the man made him shiver, to think that ibitein was blindly in love with a man she barely even knew made him mad.

'Why was she so stubborn to see what he was seeing..' or was she bewitched by that ghost? maybe she was... so many thoughts ran through his mind that night and he was unable to sleep. He laid back on his mattress rolling restlessly scared of the danger of the next morning.

He will have to visit the witch doctor to find some answers, but he will have to do that before the cock crows he thought and went to sleep.

Far away from the outskirt of village, deep down in the forest stood two figured people talking about the event of tomorrow.

"I finally got my scape goat again, after a long time of wait, i have slept for too long.. but life is a circle, isn't it ? he gave an evil smirk. I have waited and searched for three centuries just to get hold of her again and just like always she is mine.. her soul is mine.. he laughed sinisterly.

I am your shadow ibitein!

I can't believe she still asked for the same thing "A perfect man" the other man said.

I didn't know she missed me he responded with an evil grin but here comes "the perfect man"

Ibitein was an extremely beautiful girl.. but she rejected a lot of men, not because they were not up to her standards or she didn't like them but because she was bonded to a spirit man.. three centuries back, in her past life and it was affecting her present. An event that had taken place in the past and her memories were erased..

Unfortunately life has repeated itself again in the same scenario and ibitein had ask for the same thing she had ask for in her past life. "A perfect man in a world where there are no perfect men".

What do we do with the boy, the other man asked

We leave him, he said waving his hands, he said in a seemingly unconcerned tune.

He can be an obstacle for as long as he wants.. ibitein will continue to reincarnate in the same scenery.. it's better untouched.. that's why we are four steps ahead of him, he smirked.

Humans are so stupid.. the other figure murmured, you are very clever my Lord, the man bowed.

Well of course Black, as insignificant as they look.

I have sent message to Bull to bring the men before dawn. Black said and Calvin nodded. Soon they both disappeared into the dark.