Chapter 11

Charles and Morgan stared at each other. They thought they would have gone far before getting caught but it seemed the cat had been let out of the bag. "Enter quickly" Charge motioned to Morgan, opening the car door. He rented the car earlier for the mission. "Oh," Morgan replied, rushing to drop Elena at the back seats and sit beside her. Hurriedly, Charles wanted to drive but the car engine refused to work. "There they are! They are running away!" Someone screamed, calling the attention of others. Tony annoyingly removed his traditional attire cap and ran to meet up with them. "Shit! How would you rent an old car to the extent of refusing to work" Morgan blasted, looking behind to see Tony running towards them with other Sorcerers that were present for the wedding. "Damn it!" Charles cursed, placing his hand on the steering at Muttering some incantations. "They are almost here!" Morgan cried out when Tony was only a few inches away. The car engine suddenly stopped working, jerking off when Tony was about to open the car door. "Phew! I can't believe that was very close" Morgan let out a relief sigh. "Bring me a car right now!" Tony shouted while watching Charles driving away with his bride. He wanted to catch the culprit, he needed to save his bride, otherwise, his dream to become his Clan leader would be shattered and he would end up becoming a laughingstock. What about the promise he made to his beast lover? She would be disappointed if he didn't fulfill it. His right-hand guy brought a car almost immediately. Tony motioned to him to step out while he entered to continue driving. Another car followed him, making it two cars that were chasing Charles. It wasn't a fun experience for them all. Tony was overtaking vehicles on the highway, even crushing some of them away, leaving major accidents behind. He was determined to get his bride at any cost, and also kill the abductors, else, his life would be doomed. What's more embarrassing to a powerful Sorcerer than watching his wife taken away, in his presence on their Wedding day? "Where are we going, Charles?" Morgan asked when she noticed that the road wasn't clear to her again. "I don't fucking know! We just need to escape from here!" Charles yelled in return. "Watch out, Charles!" Morgan screamed when saw a truck facing them directly. Charles slowed down and bent the car, driving in between two trucks. Morgan's eyebrows were raised in amazement, she thought she was going to die but seeing Charles scaling through it assured her that she was still going to stay alive to fulfill her dream. "That was too close. Thought I was going to join my parents today" She closed her eyes and let out a breath that she wasn't aware of holding. Yes! She was an orphan and was raised by the dark shadow lord. She had no memories of her childhood. No matter what she thought, she wasn't able to come up with a single memory. All she recalled was her name, Morgan, and also her supernatural power. However, the dark shadow lord was the one who taught her how to use it. Within a twinkle of an eye, they found themselves driving in a wood. While escaping without any destination, they landed in a wood. They drove fast before noticing they were the only people in the woods. "What the fuck!" Charles cursed, stopping the car. "Where are we? Where is this place?" Morgan asked confusedly about the environment. The place looked like an abandoned territory. There was lots of wood everywhere but there were houses made with mud but no one was there. "How did we enter this place? How?" Charles questioned no one in particular. He was agape and confused. He stepped out of the car and Morgan followed. She has transformed back into her original self. "I don't wanna think that we have landed ourselves into another trouble. Though we were driving on that highway a few minutes ago" she complained, still finding it hard to believe. "Wait, I can vividly recall when we got stuck in between the two trucks but after that, I turned left and didn't know what happened after that. I can't explain either" Charlie became more confused. Suddenly, Ekene sneezed, she opened her eyes slowly but blurry and found herself inside the car. "I must be dreaming," she told herself and closed her eyes again. Memories of her wedding preparation were flashing across her memories. "It's my wedding day, why would I be in the car? Am I done with the wedding rites? I can't seem to have that in my memory. Did I fall asleep when I was waiting for my besties? If that's the case, why would I be inside a car?" She jerked off and opened the car door. She glared at the unfamiliar environment and Charles and Morgan glanced at her. "W-wh-who are you?" She shuttered, trembling at the same time. Morgan took a step closer but Elena screamed. "Stop, don't come closer to me!" Morgan didn't mind but was moving closer. "I said, don't move closer to me!" She screamed again and quickly picked a small wood that was on the floor, to defend herself. "Argh" she screamed as the wood burnt her hand immediately. She threw it away and her hand was dripping blood. Charles hurriedly moved closer to her. She checked her palm and noticed the wound wasn't too deep but she was still bleeding. He was shocked, likewise, Morgan. How would a wood burn someone after being touched? What kind of wood is that one? Charles was looking like a zombie. He hasn't Heard something like that in history without witnessing such a thing. Morgan opened her mouth to talk but didn't know what to utter. How did they end up in the woods, None of them had an idea. Charlie slowly walked to another wood and picked it from the ground. Like it did to Elena, it also burnt his hand. He recalled activating the fire ring but it seemed it wasn't about the ring but another thing entirely. He groaned slightly in pain. If a wood would hurt like that, how would touching the big tree feel? Whereas, the place was full of woods and trees. "Let's try to walk further, maybe we will see a way out" Charles suggested after a while. "Who are you guys and how did I end up here with you? It's my wedding day for goodness sake! Why can't you allow me to marry my betrothed husband in peace?" Elena asked, getting furious. Her voice began to annoy Charles, who looked back and grabbed her annoyingly by her neck. "Don't you dare ask me unnecessary questions? I may decide to kill you within a twinkle of an eye and nothing will happen to me!" He roared, with his voice echoing inside the wood. "I-i'm-sorry" Elena apologized. Though she had no idea what she did wrong but when he was choking her, she had the beg for her life. Charles freed her and gestured to her to follow him. "Make sure your body doesn't touch the wood. I don't wanna go back home with blood all over your body" he warned calmly. Elena was In awe. He just yelled at her and tried to strangle her a few seconds ago and now, he is talking to her calmly. Who exactly is he? Thousands of questions were running inside her head but she dared not open her mouth to ask. Otherwise, the guy in front of her wouldn't cease to kill her. She kept her mouth shut and tailed behind as ordered, trying not to get in touch with the wood. It also seemed impossible with the way wood filled the place but they were careful, not to get any body contact with them. They trekked for a few miles before hearing the sounds of drums beating. Charles halted, likewise others. "Can you hear that?" He asked Morgan and she nodded in affirmation. "It seems we are getting closer to some people. Maybe people are living here" Morgan answered. "What if they are not human beings but other supernatural creatures?" Elena intervened but a glare from Charles shut her mouth. Though in his mind, he knew what Elena said was right. What if they are not human and other creatures? But he was ready to listen to her. A killer listening to the person he was supposed to kill might be his downfall. If not for the wood they met themselves, Elena wouldn't have had any chance to talk to Charles. He would have taken the crystal and killed her. But since there was no way to leave the wood at the instant, he chose to put his mission on hold. With courage, they were tracing the drumming sound till they got to a riverside. They saw people, wearing animal skin clothes and were rejoicing. It looked like a festival and from the look of things, they weren't in the modern world. Charles signaled to the two ladies to hide behind the tree but immediately Elena's body touched the tree, and she cried out In pain. Those people heard her voice and stopped crying. They all at once stood up like they were being ordered and looked in Charles' direction. "They are strangers!" One of them shouted and they hurriedly picked the bows and arrows, pointing directed at Charles and the ladies. Charles immediately chanted some incantations but it didn't work. He used his hands for formation but didn't work as well. That was when he realized that his mystic power was useless in the wood. "Arrest them!" The person that seemed like their leader gave out his command.