CHAPTER 182

" My mama, I am begging you to please wake up" said Purist but Ruth did not even dare to open her eyes which were already closed with tearful eyes. 

Purist decided to look high above the sky. She felt that if she did that, a miracle would happen and Ruth would suddenly wake up but no such thing happened. She therefore looked down where Ruth was lying and was astonished to see the image of Magdalene which made her to widen her eyes in disbelief.

" Take her back to the closer gates and ensure that you perform the spell for her. The ancestral vase is still broken and if not mended then a lot of misery would befall her since she is and has always been the choosen leader of the closer gates right after me" said Magdalene whose image suddenly dissappeared.

Purist assisted Ruth to stand but it was of no use. Her eyes were still closed and she was still weak. 

" What are you all looking at? Can't you even help me? Is this the generation we live in? Watching people's misery in silence! I wish that none of you people existed in this earth" Purist shouted at the waiters and guests who had gathered there looking at her. 

" I am here. Ruth's friend Martha is here to assist her. I know that you need her to be taken to the closer gates. Trust me my dear niece . I will help you accomplish this difficult task" said Martha smiling.

" Thank you so much Aunt Martha. Now I can understand that you and my mama used to be very great friends" said Purist as Martha went towards her and assisted her to carry Ruth to her room. 

As soon as they arrived, Martha locked the door. She made a sign of a vase using a hand which made a pothole to appearer.

" We have no much time. Ruth must wake up and she must leave. Only Akeshia knows why she lied to the both of you that the spell had been performed. I wonder if she had the intentions of harming my Ruth" said Martha as they both assisted Ruth to stand and entered the pothole. 

They found themselves in a narrow room which had a narrow door. Inside the room was the broken pieces of the vase of flowers. 

" Listen Purist! The both of us are witches and the three of us will perform this spell. We need to wake her up or rather perform the spell holding her hand" said Martha.

" But I ...I....I don't....I don't even know how to perform a spell. I have never performed a spell before and I am not sure yet whether I am a witch or not" said Purist a bit worried in a pellucid voice. 

" But you are a witch my darling. Your father is the father witch and your mother is the queen of witches" said Martha. 

" Are you speaking about Ruth?" Asked Purist smiling.

" There is no much time. Let us perform this spell and get over with it. If we waste much time, Ruth is definitely going to die" said Martha in a commanding voice. 

The three of them held hands including Ruth's hands even though they knew she was still unconscious. This was the only way to mend the ancestral vase. They decided to cast out the spell which made the whole room to be filled with total darkness. A sudden lighting torch suddenly appeared. Strong variable winds suddenly blew up the vase particles which gathered themselves in a small circle which drew itself on the ground. All this while, Ruth's, Martha's and Purist's eyes were closed. 

The vase suddenly became whole again and the beautiful attractive flowers protruded. The variable winds suddenly stopped blowing. Ruth suddenly opened her eyes and the first thing which she saw was the ancestral vase which made her to smile. 

" Martha! Purist! Wake up. I can see the ancestral vase clearly" said Ruth but was astonished neither Purist nor Martha opened her eyes.

" Feed them a left from the flowers. That is the only thing that will cure them if they manage to eat. Make sure that they eat before five minutes end or else they will die. This two pure souls have saved your life, it is now time that you should save theirs" said Magdalene whose spirit suddenly appeared in the narrow room.

" I love you Grandma. I miss you" said Ruth. 

" We will get reunited someday but for now you have to make sure that you protect our ancestral vase. Akeshia really wants to destroy it so that she and her son would rule ever. You are the choosen leader and I do believe that you will rule just like I have never taught you" said Magdalene who suddenly dissapeared.

Ruth immediately cut the leaves and tried to feed both Martha and Purist but they did not dare to attempt to chew. This forced Ruth to forced them to bite the leaves which made them to bite their tougues and mouth but the fruits were suddenly hapiness. 

Ruth and Martha suddenly woke up. The three of them hugged each other. 

" Mama! You have finally come back to us. I am so glad" said Purist as she hugged Ruth.

" Yes! I am glad that we you have finally wake up. It's a miracle that we are still alive. But, it seems like I have completely forgotten where the narrow door is located" said Martha who felt a little bit worried.

" Don't worry too much. The ancestral vase is surely going to show us the way. Nothing bad is going to happen to us" said Ruth smiling.

Ruth therefore carried the ancestral vase from the ground.

" Please show us the way my life. Without you, I am broken into pieces just like the way you broke into pieces. Please prove to me that you are with me by showing me the way" said Ruth. 

A small pothole suddenly appeared which covered the three of them. Martha found herself in her hotel room whereas both Ruth and Purist found themselves back at Mariana mansion in Ruth's room where Naomi was seated on top of her bed filled with lots if worries. Ruth was still carrying the vase of flowers on her arms. 

She placed them on the table and went to sit beside Naomi accompanied by Purist.

" We are here now mama. Have I not always assured you that I will pass every obstacle so long as I am with my family? Today I am so proud of Purist. She has saved my life" said Ruth as she hugged Naomi smiling.

" Not only me mama. Martha is actually the one who initiated the whole idea. She is the one that you should be greatful to and not me" said Purist smiling.

" Let me call her and find out if she's alright. I am sure that she must have arrived at the hotel safely" said Ruth.

Ruth immediately went to the living room and went towards where the cell phone was placed. She decided to contact Martha. Martha immediately picked the call although she was already asleep. She assured Ruth that she was alright and just wanted to cast a sleeping spell upon herself so that she would go into deep slumber.

Ruth hanged up the call since she knew she needed to let Martha sleep so that she would wake up freshy the next day ready to continue with the lawyers conference that was going on. 

Ruth therefore wanted to go back to her room but Ryan suddenly stopped her. He was dressed like a soldier holding a torch in his arm which astonished Ruth .

" You! Why haven't you gone to sleep? Is it  not past midnight?" Asked Ryan.

" I should be sleeping Ryan. My mother and daughter are waiting for me in their room" Said Ruth who left the living room. 

Ruth knew that Ryan was an inquisitve person and the fact that he had a lot of questions to ask her in mind but Ruth was too tired to even amswer Ryan. It was past midnight and all what Ruth knew was that she wanted to do was to sleep.

As soon as Ruth arrived in her room, she decided to lock the room from the inside. She knew the fact that she did not want to be disturbed by anyone. Fortunately, she found out that Purist and Naomi had already gone back to sleep. Ruth changed into her night gown in order go to sleep. She knew that she was going to sleep beside Purist and Naomi and therefore wanted to sleep deep sleep but all this was to no avail as Ruth heard a knock at her door.

Ruth assumed and switched off the lights. She indeed went and slept in between Naomi and Purist holding their arms. 

At that instant, she cast herself a sleeping spell and finally fell asleep. This made Ryan to knock even more harder till he became tired and finally decided to go and sleep.

MARRIED AT SIXTEEN'.

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