THE RING OF REDEMPTION

Chapter 7

A beautiful girl was lying on the bed with a smile on her face.

"It's finally time to expose that demon," she stood up from her bed and went straight to her wardrobe. She brought out two stones that had a moon-like shape; she merged them together with her eyes shut. A tiny fairy appeared.

She opened her eyes when she noticed the presence of the fairy, which she invited.

"Awooooh," the fairy made some funny noise, which made the girl laugh.

"Welcome, Fairy Luna," she bowed her head.

"Thank you, Harper," Fairy Luna said. She swung her wand. She immediately turned into a goddess, that has the form of a beautiful woman. Harper smiled.

"You called me," Luna said while she took her seat.

"Yes. I'm just excited. I was enlisted among the pharmacologists to represent America," Harper said excitedly.

"Finally," Fairy Luna said.

"Don't forget our deal. I help you, you help me too," Luna said.

"I won't," Harper replied.

Rowon watched as Ronin opened his eyes; they were red. Ronin smiled immediately he saw his kid brother. He stretched his hand, and Rowon drew closer to hug him, forgetting he has wounds all over his body.

"Ahhhhh," Ronin felt stings of pain all over his body.

"Sorry," Rowon withdrew from the hug.

The anesthetic and opioid dose given to him to reduce the pains were wearing off.

"How are you feeling?" Rowon asked.

Ronin nodded

RONIN'S POV:

With difficulty, I managed to nod at Rowon's question. The pain was excruciating, but seeing my brother's concern eased it a little.

Rowon was worried; he put a call on the others, who came immediately.

"Ronin can't talk," he informed Sam, who looked scared, confused, and worried. This was the first time Rowon had witnessed this incident; he had only heard about it because he didn't attend school here.

"He will be able to by tomorrow," Sam assured. He sat down close to me.

"How are you?" Aunt Cherry asked.

I responded by nodding my head.

"I will prepare something for you," Aunt Cherry said and left for the kitchen. Sam, Seth, and Rowon's gaze was on me, asking how I was feeling now.

"I have a lot of questions to ask," Rowon said. Seth was also ignorant too.

"Not now, Rowon," Sam said, with pleading eyes.

"Let him fully recover," Seth added.

"Go and take your bath. You haven't taken a bath for days now," Sam said.

"Rowon ,it's not the right time "I said in my mind

AUTHOR POV

Rowon, who had been carried away by his brother's predicament, forgot to have his bath and meal. He stood up and headed to his room; on getting there, his phone was ringing. He looked at the caller.

DIANE. He picked up immediately.

Darya and Daisy were on a long conversation on the phone. She was so eager to be with Darya since she was invited to come and listen, to see what secret Grandma had been keeping from Darya and to be revealed on her 25th birthday, which was tomorrow.

Daisy headed to her mother's room; she was knitting. Her mom enjoyed knitting; she was a full-time housewife, her father forbid her mother from working. She smiled immediately she saw her daughter; she felt guilty when she saw her present state, swollen eyes and a red face, but there was nothing she could do since she knows the man she has as her husband.

"Mom," Daisy hugged her.

"My child, how are you?" her mother asked.

"As you can see," Daisy shrugged her shoulders.

"Hmmm," her mother sighed.

"All will be fine," she said.

"When, mom? Well, that's not why I'm here," Daisy said.

"Mother, tomorrow is Darya's birthday, and I want to be there," Daisy pouted.

"Please cover up for me if Dad finds out."

"Hmmm, it's okay."

"Thank you," Daisy smiled, her mood was lightened up.

"You are welcome," her mother replied with a smile on her face; her eyes were teary. She quickly forced them back so that Daisy wouldn't see her crying.

"Happy birthday to you," they sang.

Laughter filled the room as Darya cut her cake on her bed.

Grandma and Daisy surprised her while she was still asleep. She was so happy to see her best friend; they hugged each other.

"I thought you wouldn't make it."

"I can't afford to miss this special day, especially 25 years," Daisy said while smiling.

Darya was so happy, not only because it was her birthday, but the day she was promised and the day she had been looking forward to: her 25th birthday.

"The day has finally come," she said. Grandma shook her head.

"Yes," Daisy smiled. An important part of her life was about to be unfolded.

After all the celebration and eating, Darya and Daisy stood close to Grandma. They were already in the storeroom. Grandma removed the rug from the square-shaped entrance that was locked with a heavy rod; she was opening it. Darya and Daisy were curious. The entrance was opened.

"An underground house?" Daisy exclaimed.

They all went in; it wasn't as dirty as Darya thought it would be. A small shelf, which was filled with a few books, was at the corner of the underground secret room. A table and two chairs were there.

"Grandma, why is it so clean?" Darya asked.

"Why wouldn't it be clean? I clean it when you are not around," Grandma responded.

"Oh," the girls nodded.

"What's this?" Darya rushed towards the table where a half-filled bottle of wine with two glass cups was sitting.

"Hmmm, that was the wine your father and his evil friend drank before he was killed?" Grandma said.

DARYA'S POV

"What is it doing here?"

"The day we were to run after your father overheard when this demon," Grandma raised her head up. I and Daisy did the same. I smiled when I saw my parents' pictures. My head spun, memories of that day coming back when I saw the picture; I couldn't believe I could still remember his face.

"Enemy" was boldly written over the picture.

"This is the enemy." Tears flowed down Grandma's cheeks.

"This wine and cups have been here for 17 years now," she continued crying. My heart broke into several pieces; I hadn't seen my Grandma in this state for a long time

"Grandma, please tell me"I rushed towards her,Daisy did the same. We were squatting

" I will tell you girls everything,but continue with your observations"she replied. We both nodded.

I stood up and went over the shelf,a black box caught my attention. As I was opening the box,felt something was calling me. I turned to see Daisy stand close to me while grandma was looking at me. I opened the box ,a big book was inside bold description was written on it.

"THE HISTORY OF THE RING OF REDEMPTION"

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