Ejike The Betrayal

was gone

peace, but absence. The kind of hush that

with no shadow, had vanished without a trace. No blood. No foo

ove him?"

ust stared at the kola nut and si

. "Negotiatio

d. "Before they take, they warn.

up the k

. is th

riddles. "I don't

like smoke rising from old

he village counci

great kola tree in the village square..... the same

name is on the lips of too many

fore words could form, a low w

ame from

not around it but

us. He merely cra

villagers. Mama Ijom

ped from its lowest branch.....a bund

forward, again

wrapp

other

he Dibia arrived moments la

ing out of t

en we must act now. Banish him. B

leaves, the door will follow.

t heat rise from his palm. The thread

, a child laughed but i