Cursed

It's been half a decade since the death of Juan and the village of Kome had moved on over their victory with the downworlders, Juan and her family. now Jake is happily married to his beautiful wife Susan, who's pregnant and almost for delivery. while Alvaro Lugard remains a bachelor and finds it difficult to settle with any woman he meets.

Just as they say, being in love can be painful if you aren't sure that the love is mirrored the same way with the one you love. The pain comes from fear and the need to feel loved, nurtured and protected; as you wish to love, nurture and protect the one you love. You want to come home but you aren't sure if it's your home due to self-insecurity because that One who keeps you insecure has no love for you but possession of you. This happens to men who don't know what they truly want, and in the end, either they end up losing that one person who means the world to them, or they get back together; most times things always change: still a loose thingy.

in the case of Alvaro, he doesn't want to play the bad guy, so he ends up being trapped in his own hell; but, in all things don't let your guard down. Jake became a successful Hunter. It felt like the god of luck and prosperity were with him, as most times he kills big animals and shares them among the people of Kome. everyone loved him and they promised that if Susan gives birth to a son, they would make him the leader of the people... for it was believed that having a son makes him a real leader and the child would be an heir when he's gone. At that time, women weren't known for political positions in the village of Kome but as supporters.

Just as nature would have it, Susan went into labour and delivered a baby boy when the zodiac sign was Aries and after childbirth, she died. she was only able to touch him and kiss him before she died of excess blood loss.

Many people came to console Jake for the death of his wife and to see his new born: and he was named Sanguinex.

Sanguinex grew so rapidly but he always had anger issues, whenever he gets angry, he loses control which eventually leads to fights. most times, when people try to separate the fight, he faces the separators instead. this became an issue for Jake as he tries his best to keep him away from harming anyone or getting harmed. when he was over a decade old, he started behaving weird. it started when Jake came back from hunting wounded and bleeding profusely... he called his son to help him with the dressing of the wound. Jake prefers to call him "Sang" instead, as he would say, "I don't know what motivated me into giving you such a bloody name, maybe it would make you be feared among your peers".

Sang sat down next to his injured father to clean the wound but felt a strong urge for the blood, he started hearing strange sounds, it was as if the world was spinning around him.

{Jake} are you okay son?... Sanguinex!

Sang fell and became unconscious, Jake rushed to him and felt his purse, for a moment, he went cold. Jake used his coat and rap him over to get warm, after a while, he came back to life.

{Jake} omg he's alive, he used a piece of cloth, dipped it in water and placed it on his head while he allowed him to lay.

Moments later, sang was awake, but couldn't remember anything that happened to him, so they thought it was stress. Jake left to keep the bow he used in cleaning his wounds, only to come back to meet sang, drinking the blood of the animal his father hunted.

{Jake} San....g {perplexed} son, what the hell are you doing?

{Sanguinex} umm... {confused} I don't know why I did that {he started coughing and vomiting the blood he drank}

{Jake} are you okay son?

{Sanguinex} my head is spinning and I can literally hear the pumping of blood through your veins, and how fast your heart is beating... and I don't know why I feel the strong urge to drink that blood from that animal there.

{Jake} you must be really sick son, I'll call the village healer to come and check what's happening to you, you'll be fine, I promise.

Sanguinex nodded. he was beginning to sweat and feel cold too, Jake covered him and went to call Numel, the healer, who came and checked on him.

{Numel patiently examined him} he looks fine, there's nothing wrong with him. {turns to Jake} what did you say is his problem again?

{Jake} he's behaving strange, feeling cold and sweating too.

Numel prescribed herbs for Sang and left. Jake made sure his son completed the dose as prescribed but nothing happened, he became more pale and weak, refusing to eat food as they make him feel nausea, Jake became more worried, and he became scared to tell anyone about his son's condition.

{Sanguinex} "father, something keeps telling me to drink that blood". {he would always point at his father's hunt anytime he returns from hunting}

Jake thought about it one day, so he drained the blood from the animal, put it in a bow and gave it to him. Sang gulped it without wasting time. after a while, he was okay. this seemed to become the only alternative as anytime he doesn't drink blood, he seems sick and sometimes wants to attack his father.

due to this, he started following his father to hunt, as that was the only way he could hunt and drink to his satisfaction. Jake realised that his son was a blood sucking demon so he decided to keep this a secret from everyone, as he feared the villagers might kill his son if they find out and he pleaded with his son to be careful when with people.

it's now a decade and a half, Sanguinex has seemed to cope with his new method of nourishment and had found a way of controlling the urge when with people but his anger issues remained a big problem. one day, while playing with a friend, they got into a serious argument that led to a fight and there was no one to separate them. they fought until Sang pushed him and the boy fell and died instantly.

{thunder roamed and it started raining so heavily, as lightning struck}

{Bridget} he has triggered the curse. Kome will know no peace.

Sanguinex, being scared of what he had done, looked around but didn't see anyone, he ran away. people who knew the boy came by, saw the dead body and ran to call the boy's parents who came and carried his corpse to bury it, nobody was able to narrate what really happened, and what caused the boy's death.

...TO BE CONTD