Bride of Elim

CHAPTER 20

***I'M GOING TO KILL YOU. ***

I had been stuck on that dark place for... I don't know how long I'd been there for but I think for the first time, I actually dozed off or maybe I had been on a dream all along. In that dream I saw a light from afar, that end of the tunnel kind of light. It was something to rejoice about but I was a little afraid that if there was something else in there, it was now going to see me because of the light.

Nonetheless, I needed to get out of there. And so With all my might I ran toward it as though I was running a marathon. I had been running towards the light for what seemed like until I stopped to catch my breath. I was exhausted and I wanted to rest more than anything but when I thought of Malik, I just couldn't stay still.

I got up and decided to walk instead of running. I might have been further away from the light than I imagined. I heaved a sigh and continued with my dreadful journey. Something flashed across the light. Something actually moved. Fear creeped into my heart. Oh my God! What was it? I started freaking out, my chest clenche and breathing was suddenly difficult. I wanted to turn around and make a run for it but my but my body froze the moment i saw a shadow approaching.

I was certain that wasn't a person's shadow but that of an animal. "Elim!" I said when I finally found my voice. In a blink of an eye he was standing right in front of me, he was huge. He had strong thick legs, golden brownish mane and those those orangey brown eyes we quite different from those I saw on Malik but it was him, I was sure of it. I felt it in my bones. He was magnificent, majestic even, I had been admiring his features for a while I even forgot that I was afraid. Hah. Dumbstrucked.

"I have been waiting for you, MATE." He layed emphasis on the last word. I was staggered by the fact that he could talk as well and I understood what he said. "what the hell?" I murmured. How was it that even in his true form he could speak and I understood him well? "You are my mate after all, why wouldn't you understand me?" He spoke up, his voice so calm and majestic. Oh wait, he answered the question I had in my head. Could it be that he could hear my thoughts. "Wait, can you hear my thoughts?" I asked as he turned around and walked towards the light.

"Yes, now come along" He said or should I say ordered... Or not but it sounded like an order to me or maybe it was because he was a lion, I felt like I couldn't afford to refuse even if I wanted to. "So what is this place?" I asked as I caught on. "It is called a spiritual realm." Wait what? My jaw dropped. "Spiritual as in like dead, like where dead people go? " I jabbered.. "Yes. " he answered calmly.

"So you mean to tell me that I'm dead? is that what happened to me? Am I stuck in this darkness forever?" I started panicking, I could not believe that my husband could have actually killed me. He wouldn't, would he? He chuckled "It's only dark to you because you are not dead yet, you merely passed out. There is a lot going on here but you can not see because you are not a spirit at least not that of a dead person. " He explained, I heaved a sigh of relief. Man that scared me.

"Hurry, run straight to the hut, don't look back no matter what happens. Quickly find us on the dwelling of the Queen, a storm is gathering. " He said and pushed me forward. I dared not look back after what he said. I didn't even ask him what to do when I got to the hut but I guessed that he was showing of me a way out of that place. I ran straight ahead to the light until I saw a familiar place. The hut, it was the one the grannies took me to for the barring ceremony.

At that point I thought, well I did speak to a lion so even the hut had to be there. It was not my illusion. Grabbing on the knob I opened the door and quickly went in and closed it. After catching my breath I turned around only to open my eyes in my bedroom. No one was there, Elim did come through for me. My throat was too dry for me to call out for someone so I got out of bed and went to pour myself a glass of water. After having some, I sat on the bed, my head hurt like hell.

Walking was not much of a problem, so I put my night robe on and went downstairs to look for mother. Malik was still missing, I didn't have time to rest and after what Elim said about a storm gathering, I thought something bad might happen to my poor husband. I didn't notice it was dark outside, when I got downstairs I could hear someone talking in the living room. I walked there hoping I was wrong, hoping that I made a mistake and that snake was not in my house.

My back hurt a little as well but when I saw her pretending to be sad to the whole family, I just could not control myself, I burst out in furry and went straight for her. "You f*** b*tch! I'm going to kill you!!" I screamed as I jumped and grabbed her by the hair. I guess they were taken aback for a moment because non of them move or said anything for a few seconds. "Sister-in-law stop, what are you doing?" Matthew asked as he tried to get me away from Naomi, mother also tried to help him but I did not budge. There was no stopping me from beating the sh*t out of that witch.

I threw in a few punches and ripped her stupid fake hair and then then guards showed up and got me off of her. "Meera stop!" Aunt Liza shouted, it was then that I realized there was quite a lot of people in the living room. The Johnsons were also there. "Mimi what's going on? When did you get up?" both my aunt and mother came and tried to calm me down but I was so fixated on getting Naomi that I didn't even bother to answer them.

"You see granny, I told you she wouldn't want me to be here." she cried and complained to grandmother. Whatever. I was fuming and seeing the whole family there was adding fuel to the fire. I attempted to get her again but Matthew got to me first. "Let go! Let go, I'm going to kill her, you f***ng witch how dare you?" Naomi ran to her father while everyone was trying to hold me down.

Amid the yelling and the screaming and kicking I felt a Sharp pain on my ribs. Sh*t! I screamed in agony as I stopped fighting to get away from the guards and succumbed to the pain. Mother noticed I was in pain and asked them to sit me on the couch. "Mimi, you are not completely healed yet. Stop this." My aunt said on a reprimanding tone. I guess the reaction was to be expected. They all didn't know what Naomi did that is why they were all defending that witch.

Eventually I calmed down. Mother called the doctor to come and check me out. The doctor advised that I rest for as long as I could because I was not completely healed yet and my little saga added a strain on my recovery. After the doctor left the whole family came to see me in my bedroom. I was with aunt Liza as they came in and sat down as well. They briefed me on how the search was going and how the chaotic the court was with Malik missing. Of course people didn't know what was actually going on, they were only told that he was ill.

"Mimi, I'm sorry if I did anything to upset you. It was not my intention." That bimbo Naomi spoke up, I stared daggers at her. "Why is she still here??" I shouted, startling everyone. They thought I attacked her out of confusion because I had just woke up. "Dear what's wrong.Why are you being rude to your cousin?"Mother asked. I glanced at her and said nothing. If only she knew what that cousin of mine did to her son, she was going to be the one to throw her out.

" Mimi pleas.. " Naomi spoke but I cut in." It's my Queen to you and get out! Get the f*ck out!!" She jumped out of fright and left. Everyone was surprised by my behavior but they didn't ask any more questions. I guessed it was because the doctor said not to stress me out, so everyone kept it to themselves. Even grandmother. Naomi seemed to think that I did not hear her that day and for that I was grateful because that meant I had time to find my husband and present him with the witch that messed with his head and caused him to hurt me. His Queen.