Survival Of The Cursed

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y fog of the night spread towards him. His short, curly hair was fitted on his dark skin and brilliant black eyes that sparkled like

digging holes to harvest tuber of yams, potatoe

th. It peeled it off, revealing its rich soil, along with

know what the earth has brought for him this time. Curiosit

he tuber bursted onto his face, filled with nothing but maggots

now. No farmer in Odo-Ara planted a single crop. Every farmer failed, and the villagers were sick and dying. When this happens, they b

A single tear clouded Ayo’s eyes, filling up the space. His lips shi

n is dying! Tonight, I curse this land!” He raised up to his

espite all the blood you’ve taken! You never

not only his voice. As if something was there in the darkness. T

ss

yo wiped his eyes to the direction. He had never expected this, but he stood still u

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h light, an arc of lightening. With menacing speed l

s. “Praise be to the gods of

the farmer down w

eyes with its eye-like shape. Crawling to it with the fibre of his veins twisted out with his sha

dreariness of the night and there it was. A blur vision of a giant flying bird. He wasn’t sure of what

, it breathed out fire on Ayo’s burnt body, as if the comet wasn’t

mer in Odo-Ara. Was nothing but his burnt body, lying

y white eyes called Iya Aduke. She had lost her sight at an early age from the use of harsh herbs her parents had used

ya Aduke, hoping someday she would have a child to succeed her to

my dear. It’s just one push and these are over

usband!!” She bursted into a gut-wr

ring good news. Right now, you need to push out. Your child

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led into her ears, but Digi didn’t mind wiping it off. Everything was useles

on the pain. It was terrible, this was painful than Toni, her first child who is now very sick. She wasn’t thinking

aced in her voice, but right that minute, Digi couldn’t hear any of them. It looked a

, but all her effort come out as a painful groan. Her legs were wide ap

st one more push! Puushh!!!”

ps and held her sweaty p

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ike she was pushing her biggest

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d out in just one push, and what

Waaaaa

th a smile before wrapping it u

ced to Digi but her cold eyes

enta and checked on the mother. The

let out a fussy, repetitive cry as if he was rooting for bre

wooden calabash of water and wipe

er eyes and carri

for your daughter. “Too te

as she sucked her lips. The baby did this for a while, while the elderly woman w

ed on her lips. She walked to the corner of the room where Toni

p, you have a

ck on him. Iya Aduke scrambled backward, trying her best not to scream ou

vy sigh and deepened her hand into the clean water. The then

ooed silently. “Tonight, I pray you’d be a blessing to this household. I pray

e cry of crickets from afar interrupted. She watched as the moon cast long shadows against the earth. Iya

o, it wasn’t a bird; it had the body of a reptile. ‘What creat

ouldn’t see it anywhere. She couldn’t feel its presence. Looking at the

wed that his farm was definitely.... Burning. It was already midnigh

s now a small wretched one. And what happened to Ayodele Ketu–Same fate befell the prominent men within the t