A Royals Honor

er brother smiled as he looked at his little sister, he adored her, she stood by his side and handed him a jag of water, he receive

chief shouldn’t run’ he joked

in your journey’ she sa

s nervous, no one knew what lay ahead of him, they were not worriers, th

said breat

couraged and she nervously

d to his sister ‘take care of her’ she

uncle said stan

ked the mother to her brother who

aggers and you ask what they want? Doesn’t t

at their injured, why would they attack us su

lf let no one see your fe

of our people, you should be strong and le

happens to you’ she stopped in her speech

er ‘perhaps they just want to talk?’ the uncle sneered at her innocence an

feeling about

return to us’ s

Mena warriors, they protect us, so I don’t understand why they choose to attack us? The alliance was forged years ago. In return for protection we supply them with herbs and grains for their l

r king and talk to them’

the Zwiri and the Atula come for us next, our land is the most fertile of all and they have alw

e leaving her worried to her stomach, the other worriers had come to protect them but

attle front, the other tribe dressed in leopard skin stood with their spears bangi

ly good worriers and they all knew they would have to face their fears. Nenga being the eldest of his family knew better than to cower and hide when trouble knocked on th

ena tribe commanded and they stopped, Nen

nd stood ‘what have your servants

like we are criminals’ the uncle said

hills down their spines making them swallow deeply as his eyes pierced theirs ’we took you in wh

ants do not underst

from me and injure my men?’ he asked them

d, everyone knew of the cruel nature of the king so they dared not to cro

dying on her bed as we speak’ he explained poking Nenga ‘I was told

have been fram

ng his spear at Nengas throat, the men with him pointed their spears at the Kin

e, we can talk about

alking is over’

t once a listening ear’ just as the chief was putting down his spear to listen to him before he opened his mouth to utter a word a l

who looked around in the commotion for who had fired the a

and held his father lying on the

king strug

worriers nearest him said

go’ said Ne

ncle looked at him and shook his head dragging him to a safer place but they got caught in the cross fire, as Nenga looked around and suddenly stilled when he felt a sharp o

u gone’ the

e king’ he told h

efore he took his last breath’ he stabbed him again , Nenga

ack’ the uncle commande

other asked looking over his shoulder

ed the people surrounding him who had gathered at the sound of the wailing noise ‘the prince is dead and the queen is in a bad shape’ the people sympathised and they all broke into loud cries ‘this is no

ders asked and he gave them a g

ding one of the men he had been with on the battlefield ‘where is

her brother on the hill outside th

only be a matter of time, peacefully of course, in her sleep, only he would qualify to be the head of the Nkonka tribe. He got one of the clay pots in which beer was brewing and poured himself a drink, he was damn proud of himself, this plan had to work. He had craved for power for so long it wouldn’t by pass him this time around. He remembered the day his brother in law had died, he had been the heir to the throne, he had no

rier who had stood nearest to his father said

very last one of them’ he instructed looking at the ens

father’s dearest friend, we need to return to

ded to die, blood needs to be shade’ the prince quivered as

ng our enemy is reported to be dead’ the scout who had

ince ‘was it by o

r’ the man sh

nce responded ‘we penetrate th

wise, we have few men r

rince said ‘we are stronger than

k’ he cautioned the prince stood motionless looking at his father’s corpse lying on

ide with it back home, this was certainly going to break his mother’s heart, her health was already bad and now her husband had died,

y inched closely to the prince, he needed to do this in one swift movement, he equally needed to make sure that that one strike would kill him. Everyone knew what a skilled worrier the prince was, avoiding an altercation was definitely needed, just as he was about to strike they heard

he was right by his side ‘

ra baggage’ he argued ‘I

o will bring her healing, o

ce’ he s

my judgement’ he

and drew his blade advancing

nstructed further sending another set of

fear gripped her heart, the maid servant with her t

otests, one of the other men stopped the maid and tied her up aswel, they threw her in the cage de

she heled a finger to her lips to s

aid one of the men who had captured

are my prisoners, I have a use fo

wait until you are done’ he shook his

hment, ‘what do we do with thes

in the roy

g them sucha privi

on’t forget they are here

the very people w

on is final’ he responded and the princ

atter of time before I get rid of all of you’ he warned and

she was so deep in thought wondering what was so nice about a royal prison that the strange man had been angry with, wasn’t a prison just a prison? to her surprise they wer

e fro a while’ the man said pushi

ncess’

l let us go’ she said with a smile and Nana noded but was still in doubt, she had heard of places lik

back at how his father had been brutally murdered right before his eyes, she lifted her hand and touch

sat up at the news of the passing of her husband, h

’ she

d and she cleared her t

d it was a worriers great honor to die in

him a thunderous send off’ he resported and the mothe

to waste, you are k

‘I always thought he would live to see me

t of bed and he helped her up ‘take me to the council of t

he insistered she rests ‘t

elders, they opened the doors and found them sited, life is a funny thing everyone wants to take what isn’t theirs, thought his mother,

e too’ she told them and the

ere my queen’ they bot

u all can see my son is alive a

ll’ they said standing to their feet

ut informing me nor my son, your future king’ she said ‘while we m

answered ‘we equa

e sheepishly look down and she chuckled, everyone wanted the crown, she knew she wouldn’t be strong enough to

ng the last. He cursed vehemently in his heart as he paid his tribute to the new king this isn’t the way it would end he would s

ct it from the crown room, Mena looked at his

ur father did and his father before him and those who came thereafter’ he nodde

ceremony right away

er before any celebrations

se my p

rrected him

al guard who had grown up with him smile in the back