The God And His Bride - Episode 2

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He's great, he's mighty, he's the mightiest of them all, who is he? 

 

Present. 

The pub Mila decided to choose was well, it was something, it had this warm, earthy feel going for it.

Contrary to what she said I don't see us dancing in this place, we just get some drinks and we chill.

Liang orders a beer and I raise my brows at him, he doesn't look at me, just maneuvers himself to seat in the chair closest to the door.

Just like dad thought him, ever the macho man.

"This wasn't what I had in mind" I confess to Mila when she orders a plate of chicken wings.

"Well, I thought the best way to get you a man is to get you one at a pub" 

She says and Liang snorts, rolling his eyes, he doesn't understand my obsession about getting into a relationship. 

Even I don't understand my obsession with it, I've been left twice by guys who I placed my trust in, it's only a matter of time before you start thinking maybe it's you and not them. 

"What are you thinking about?" Mila asks and I shake my head. 

"I'm just wondering how you are going to eat those chicken wings you ordered" Mila is by all means a diva, she's one of those people who you see on Instagram and you envy, she's black and she loves it. 

If she wasn't my friend I would have been too intimidated to even talk to her. 

The waiter drops off the tray of wings and immediately Mila grabs one, with her hands. 

She takes a bite and I sit back, to watch her, how she switches from diva mila to home girl mila is disconcerting.

She begins to chew and Liang turns her face to him to wipe the sauce off the side of her lips, she continues chewing, beckoning me to join. 

I do so, Liang just watches us. 

When we've successfully gorged ourselves on chicken and root beer, I sit back and pat my stomach. 

"Wanna do karaoke?" Mila asks and I shaken my head. 

"No, I'm not a fan of embarrassing myself after that wonderful meal, you and Liang can go do karaoke" 

"Well, suit yourself" She says and she stands, Liang follows, guardian angel style. 

I shake my head when she climbs up on stage, half the male if not all of the male population turns to stare at her enthralled. 

I'm sure you are wondering why I hang out with someone as pretty as Mila and still expect guys to notice me. 

They do, I'm pretty in my own right, it's not once that I've been described as magnetic, they say I just glow, I'm not bragging. 

"May I sit with you?" Asks a lone male voice and I turn to stare the most pretty man I've ever seen.. No, wait, the second prettiest, my dream guy was way prettier. 

And yes, I used pretty. 

"Why?" I ask and he smirks. 

"Because you look beautiful and I want to be in your company" See? I'm magnetic, just that my magnetism only lasts for so long. 

"Sure" I say after a while when I see that he's not budging. 

My eyes find Mila and Liang's and I can see the question in them. 

Do I need help in getting this guy off my back? 

I shake my head slightly. 

This is gonna be fun, it's been so long since I spoke to a guy that's either not my brother, father or colleague. 

 

March 2,1992

The Realm Of The gods. 

"Little one? Where are you?" The sky, The earth, The Fire and The Water god calls and those standing outside his rooms are baffled. 

They know of no little one, neither have they seen any one entering his rooms or exiting, infact it's been ages since the master last took a woman to bed. 

The doors open and he steps out, In all his glory you couldn't stare at him directly, his face too beautiful to behold, his skin too perfect to imagine. 

"Did a little child light pass through here?" 

He asks off handedly, the master is everything, but never, hardly does he talk to his servants. 

Or anyone for the matter, just his best friend, the goddess miko. 

The servant on duty rises from his ministrations to the ground to bow and answer. 

The others with him follow suit. 

"No majesty, we've been here for quite a while and no child light has passed" 

Then again why should it? A child light does not belong in the quarters of the most lethal of gods. 

A child light should be in the pool of grace, basking in the warmth of Maia, the goddess of childbirth. 

A child light are souls of unborn baby, about to be sent to families that need them. 

"Tell me if you see anyone" 

"But of course Majesty" The servant answers, still in a bow. 

Alixi the great and powerful walks away without any acknowledgement to the people bowing at his feet. 

He didn't care, he's a god, he's the god, the one you come to when you need anything, the god of gods, he's been around since the beginning of time. 

Alixi walks into his rooms, what had he gotten himself into? A missing child light is not something to be taken lightly.. 

It means that someone out there is going to  be experiencing a miscarriage, or a still birth. 

He had visited Maia when he heard she fell ill because of the lack of worship to her recently, he didn't know that a child light was going to be mischievous and try to come with him. 

And also the fault is all his, he shouldn't have been  nice to it, he should have sent the little boy or girl back, now he has a missing soul on his hand. 

A knock on his door turns him around and standing by his door was Tajiki, the god of humanity and the messenger of the gods. 

Lix would have sighed if he had it in him, he would have, a visit from Tajiki is never a good thing. 

"No need to look like I am holding a noose to your neck Lix" Taji says, sitting himself on the chaise by the window, Alixi just held his position at the center of the room. 

He might be the god of gods but a visit from Taji the messenger means that he's likely to get angry, it's best he stand away from him lest he get tempted to kill him. 

Although that might not be much of any help. 

"Get to it Taji, what's the news this time?" 

"You look dreadful, has there been a shortage to your worshippers recently?" Taji asks, posing it as a joke but they both know that it's anything but. 

And they both know that Lix will never have a shortage of worshipers, he's the blessed of them all, controlling all the elements, water, fire, earth, air, some say he has ties to the underworld and death, some say he has the ability to control time itself, he's a god that's never going to fade. 

As long as there is fire, water, air and earth, he will be strong and alive, as long as there's death, he's he will be strong and alive. 

Hell, he will be strong and alive if someone as much as says 'oh thank God it's warm' That's how much power he welds. 

gods only become weak when they stop getting worship, like the god of the hearth, no one makes fire places any more, it means that the god is going to weaken and eventually fade.

"Be rest assured Taji that I am more than okay, I only look dreadful because I have to see your sour face this morning" 

"Well, you should be ready to look more dreadful, I come bearing news from the council"This time lix really does sigh. 

Although he is the king God, the council is a body the previous god before him made, he has to listen to them, although most times he doesn't. 

"You have to give the Lixi Blessing this festival Alixi" 

He freezes, this topic is one that he has banned from being mentioned in his presence. 

The Lixi blessing is a blessing bestowed by him to anyone with a pure heart, to any one who is willing to sacrifice of himself, there hasn't been any of those in recent times. 

The blessing grants the receiver rights to contact and ask of him directly, it can be exploited, he's stopped doing it for a hundred years now, it's a spite to him that the council had decided this knowing how he felt about it. 

He's aware that the humans are holding that festival of the gods and he's aware that he should bless a person but its not going to happen. 

"You can go back and tell the council that I'm not going to do it Taji" 

He says, his fist flexing, he had know that he would get angry, he wasn't wrong. 

"They thought you might say that majesty" Taji says, with something akin to glee, he's happy, Tajiki is only happy when he has a bad news, he's a sadist with power. 

"They want to you to know that they will upset the balance if you do not do your job properly" Tajiki says with the right amount of degradation. 

Alixi takes four strides to him, grabbing him by his chiton and lifting him up. 

Tajiki's feather flutters behind him, bearing testament to his fear. 

"Remember majesty, I am only the messenger" 

Taji says, with a saccharine sweet smile. 

"Well you can go back and tell them that they can all shove their commands into their Asses" 

 

AN

I Bebe Ernest of the Ernest tribe humbly and heart wrenchingly apologize for the break in transmission. 

I had an exam that I had to take care of, it's gone and I'm vacaying so you all have my undivided attention. 

I'm sorry it had to take this long but law courses are a pain in the ass..

All episodes of this story can be found here >> https://www.ebonystory.com/story/the-god-and-his-bride

. Actually a pain in my ass. 

I'm sorry again and I hope you forgive me with all your heart. 

Much much much love from over here. 

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Read " An Arranged Marriage " by the same author ( Bebe Ernest )