Chapter 27

Divina was home resting with her mum on the sofa in the living room. A call came in and Amy stood up to receive the call.
“Oh yes doc thank you,’’
“He still asks after her?’’ she inquired
“Okay I will bring her,” she said ending the call.
She heaved in a deep breath and approached Divina.
“Pa wants to see you,’’ she said looking directly into Divina’s eyes.
“I think we should go see him together,’’ Amy said hoping that going with her daughter would give her the courage she needed.
Remembering how Pa was weird the last time she visited him she was afraid to see him again.
“Mum is it necessary,” she asked.
“Not necessary, but important. He has been asking for you since the last time I went to see him.”
Seeing that her mum was determined to get her to see her Pa, she quietly agreed to see the octogenarian.
“Okay Mum.”
Amy and Divina grabbed their personal effects and were on their way to the hospital. In the car, Divina’s favorite song blasted through the speakers.
“. . . Am saying right now right now am free am free am free. . . This is my big hello, if you’re hearing now let me know I can finally see, it’s not just a dream when you said am free am free am free’’
Mother and daughter sang sweetly together. On reaching their destination, Amy and Divina were pointed in the right direction where the old man was now placed and in no time, there were at the doorway of the old man’s room. As they were about to enter the room, the doctor was passing by and recognizing Amy called her for some personal information.
Left alone with her Pa, Divina approached the old man cautiously. He was fast asleep, and he seemed to be at peace. Divina examined his body, but she was attracted to the cut on his ears which was almost completely healed. That baffled her.
‘’I saw that cut the first day I came here it is not possible for it to heal that quickly.” She thought.
“A cut that deep cannot heal so fast.”
Moving closer to the old man to survey the cut more closely, she touched the ear and the old man stirred from his sleep and he gently opened his eyes.
“Hi Pa, how are you feeling?’’ Divina said moving back quietly a little afraid of his blank stare.
“Divina my dear you are finally here,” he said feebly.
“Come closer, dear.” he instructed Divina.
Divina moved closer to her Pa, and she took his boney hand in hers stroking it gently
“I am here Pa,” she whispered with sadness.
Suddenly the old man’s demur changed, and he blurted out,
“ALL HAIL THE LYCAN GOD MOTHER, ALL HAIL THE SAVIOUR, YOU HAVE A GREAT DESTINY AHEAD OF YOU. YOU WERE BORN TO UNITE THE SUPERNATURAL CREATURES. EMBRACE YOUR DESTINY, FIND THE GREAT SWORD AND KILL THOSE WHO WANT TO DESTROY OUR FAMILY”
Having delivered the message, the old man returned to his normal self and continued his conversation weakly.
“I miss you Divina dear, come visit more,” he said quietly. Divina stood in shock. Her feet felt cemented to the ground.
It was almost unbelievable, this same old man who had been yelling was now calm, collected, and tired. Amy entered the room and set down the drugs she had just got from the chemist down the hospital avenue on the table.
Divina excused herself from the room and she went outside to get some fresh air. Her Pa had said a lot. More than she needed.
“What sword,’’ she wondered.
“Who would want to hurt my family except Blackclaw?”
She was lost in her thoughts and failed to realize the lady who was sitting beside her.
“I can give you some answers,’’ she said jolting Divina out of her own mind.
“Oh, excuse me, am very sorry.” Divina didn’t realize that she had been talking aloud but was she really talking aloud?
“Who are you?” she asked curiously.
“How about me telling you who you are?” She said smiling.
Divina stood up immediately and tried walking towards the main lounge of the hospital as the lady called out to her.
“You are the Lycan god mother,’’ she said still smiling.
This confession made Divina turn around to face the woman and she continued,
“I am a vampire and am here to help you,”
“Please, have your seat and let’s talk,’’ she said showing off the gap in between her teeth as she spoke.
Faced with the possibility of learning more about herself after all her grandfather had miraculously recounted, she moved towards the lady vampire and took a seat beside her. She studied the woman. She was rather striking with long black hair and a heart shaped face.
“Now tell me what you know,” Divina said with an iota of rudeness.
“Now listen carefully,” she began.
“Supernatural beings have been at war for the longest time and your birth was meant to end all those wars and bloodsheds. Blackclaw is a cruel leader, and he will stop at nothing to kill you, your kind. The witches have been held in bondage by Blackclaw and the family of Steel. You can only save us and return balance to the underworld. If you really want to save your family and fulfill your destiny, you must kill Kane Steel and Blackclaw,’’
Divina’s eyes almost pooped out in surprise, Blackclaw deserved to die, but Kane?
“Kane? Why?’’
“Kane’s family have enslaved the witches for centuries and it’s your destiny to restore the witches through the death of Kane Steel,’’ the lady vampire said.
‘’I know you are a dream walker Divina and I also know of your love interest in Kane, but for you to fulfill your destiny, Kane and Blackclaw both must die,’’