CHAPTER TWO

Blessing pressed the stop button on her phone and studied the surprise look on Jade's face and waved her hands across her face.

Jade starred at Blessing and looked out from the window of the spot they sat in in the bar. She watched the busy road for a while and cleared her throat.

"How did you get your hands on this tape, this stuff should be top secret and shouldn't be flying around anyhow" she said and pointed at the phone on the table.

"I am a journalist, I find whatever lead I need, although I almost lost my life obtaining this, a connection phone his connection, which phone a connection that phone another connection, until I got my hands on this" Blessing replied feeling at the top of the world.

"Not that I am surprised, but this dude has gone through a lot, literary his life is a living hell and I wonder how he copes knowing that everyone he dates ends up dying before him, or watching his children die right in front of him, a good thing he never thought of having any children, that is a pain you really don't want to go through" Jade said and sighed.

"Among all that, why did he really decided to still stay in the country, he literary is topping the list of rich men in the world, he has the connection he needs, the knowledge he needs, but yet he decided to still move and live around the country, and all his life he has been only in two major cities, Lagos and Akure" Blessing added and bit her lips "Not that I question his taste of environment but" she said and sighed looking frustrated.

"Lets just assume he has a job he has to do, on every occasion, he is out fighting demons and monsters we never thought existed and some claim those are demons that somehow passed through from the last realm that leads to earth, its all a theory though, but after hearing this, I wouldn't call that a theory any longer"

Blessing stood up and grabbed her phone

"This story is sure to give me a promotion, but I fear for my life, releasing this tape to the world might put a lot at risk and also my own life, my job is to make good stories even if my life was to be at stake, apart from that, this girl needs all the promotion she can get" Blessing said and smirked.

"And my job is to keep people safe, basically, I will advise that you be careful from now on, good cases tends to bring prying eyes, I know you understand better, that you are not the only one who is willing to sacrifice everything they have to know more about this guy, Jonathan, was that the name"

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Jonathan stood on the roof top of the skyscraper which housed his apartment, standing at the very last edge of the building, he gazed into the night life of the city, honking of cars and the busy night life, he sighed as he dipped his hands into his pocket and adjusted his pose to feel more comfortable while standing.

"You also find solace here?" a voice asked from behind.

Jonathan slowly turned around and saw a young boy walking up to him with his dog and immediately know it was the boy he had come in contact with in the elevator.

"Remi, isn't it?" he asked

"Yup" the boy replied and smiled.

Remi got closer and stood next to Jonathan and looked down from the building

"The night life, plus a full moon, something soothing to see" Remi said and smiled, while holding to the collar of his dog.

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7th REALM

Dan flapped his wings hard as he flew after the wingless angel before him, clutching tight to his sword, he slowly caught up with the wingless angel, who was leaving golden trails from his legs behind as he flew with speed that would be invisible to the human eyes, if on the mortal realm

"What's wrong, you move at a speed I have never seen" Dan asked catching his breath.

"The demon MaGhul, we got a message from the 1st Realm about what he did, it happened he was just a messenger, to deliver Lucifer Rhyme to Judecca, when he was intercepted and came through your realm, and unfortunately was crashed to the mortal realm" the wingless angel said, not batting an eye at Dan.

"What really went wrong, Jonathan stopped him"

"Tsk, yeah he did, but somehow the Lucifer Rhyme was left behind on earth and you know what happens when a mortal lays their hands on something strange"

"Those curious creatures, they don't take long before deciphering things" Dan thought within himself

"It is as you think, we don't know which mortal has it, we are only hoping he doesn't try to pronounce any words in it, even if it is certain it has been opened, return back to earth and tell Jonathan about this, he is the best shot we have at retrieving it"

Dan halted his flight and watched as the wingless angel burst forward and disappeared into the distance.

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Blessing heaved as she watched her phone screen, expecting a voice to come up on the other end of the phone, that would be the sixth time she would be dialing the number.

Her countenance changed, disappointed the call was not received, she threw her phone on the sofa and stared at the ceiling.

"What am I thinking, this is a number from fifteen years ago, probably it has been assigned to someone else" she muttered to herself and easily sat on the one seater cushion chair that was closer to her, dressed in a red top which barely covered her entire body and green bum short. She starred at the ceiling deep in thought when she was suddenly brought back by the oozing noise of the kettle on fire from the kitchen

"I really feel helpless at this stage" she muttered as she walked towards the kitchen.

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"So what does this Lucifer's Rhyme does?" Jonathan asked as he walked down the street, a white shopping bag with him.

"It's bad news really, you know Lucifer is a music lover, his first every rhymes when he was sent off from heaven is what is loosed here on earth, it gives unimaginable power ones the lyrics and sensations are being tapped into, and those rhymes are nothing good, according to what I heard, it's all about war and blood taste, world powers and enchantments that is capable of changing the hands of time" Dan said walking beside Jonathan on the busy street.

"Okay, so why can't the careless angels, who let MaGhul get his hands on the book go after him and are now looking up to me to clean up their mess?" Jonathan asked.

"Moving from realm to realm isn't something as easy as you think, Jonathan, it requires a great deal of manna, and I cant help either, whether you like it or not, you're a protector of this realm" Dan said and disappeared.

Jonathan fumed with anger as he walked on, walking as fast as his legs could carry him, he felt his body crashing against another, and quickly gathered his thoughts together.

"I am sorry" he said looking at the female police officer before him.

"It's nothing" Jade replied and smiled at him "Hope you're good?" she asked again.

"Yeah, something crossed my mind, and I wasn't paying attention" he said and smiled, and at the same moment began to take his leave.

"Aiit, take care" Jade replied and walked over to her car

She suddenly paused as she placed her hand on the door of her car and widened her eyes in surprise.

"That voice, its unique, I have heard it somewhere" she thought within herself and just then it hit her.

"The tape" she muttered and turned around, seeing Jonathan disappearing into the distance, she dashed after him