I ignored the thoughts and I slept. It is morning already and I had to act normal I didn't want anyone to see that I'm grieving , not sure about the rest of the family but Mrs Smith will surely be worried.
I wore my long dress when I found a fish scale on the pyjamas I wore last night and it infuriated me to a point that I felt as if the whole earth was shaking. I controlled myself when I felt like I was losing control. I got out and I met Hermon on the door and I avoided touching him but he touched me by force. I started hearing those sounds and weird pictures flashing through my eyes.
"Please leave me , my head is spinning" I said struggling to breathe.
"I know" he said coldly leaving me confused.
I pushed him in a bucket of water as soon as I could breathe but something was happening to him. His skin was shining even more than his eyes.
I stormed out of the room feeling weak from the head spinning. Michael came and he started asking me about Meddy but she wasn't my friend so I didn't know much about her. We send downstairs to eat breakfast. During breakfast I noticed that Hermon had a few marks on his body , one of it from the back of his seemed as if it was made of a sharp object and I noticed that he had blood platelets on his nails. My mom's marks seemed to be marked by an animal with sharp nails.
Could it be .... No it can't be I shook that thought out of my head.
"Sister in law I want to share a secret with you and if I tell you this you have to promise that you won't tell anyone." Michael said sounding shy.
"Is is about a girl?" I asked smiling a little bit.
"How did you know that without hearing it from me"
" I can tell by the blush that makes your cheeks burn. So do I know her?"
"Yes you do"
"who's she"
"Meddy"
My heart stopped beating for a moment before a part of me felt excited."Meddy out of all people Michael , do you know that she ...."
"She has 5 children at her age " he said cutting through my words.
"Sister in law , you don't know how she makes me feel ? Do you know how she awakens the beast in me everytime she comes next to me. She smells like coconut milk , her tears make me feel unmanly, I need your help to get her because no one will help me because it is believed that the mayor's daughter can't get married for a complicated reason." he expressed.
"Michael , have you ever loved anyone before?"I asked curiously.
"No because people like us can only love one person and if we don't find them then that will mean that we have been cursed and we'll need to travel to the forever tree but that's only found at the top of the Nogase Mountain and we can't go there"
I got confused as to what was with it with this Nogase Mountain because it seemed like a normal mountain for me but it looked like there's even a deep mystery behind its existence and I was more curious to find out this time.
"Why can't you go there Michael?"
" I'm sorry I can't tell you anything , that's my brother's duty. You'll understand when time goes on", I almost cried because only my mom told me that but I controlled myself in front of Michael.
"Anyway Sister in law Ezrine let's leave that and focus on helping me to get Meddy." He looked sweet I couldn't deny.
"Okay I'll help you but on one condition"
"What is it ?"
"You have to tell me why Hermon's skin glow when he touches water and why does he disappear at night?" I asked being careful with my words .
By the look on his face I could tell he was shocked. "Dad...Mom...Dad...Mom!!" Michael called out for Mr and Mrs Smith leaving me confused.
"What is it Michael?" Mother in law asked.
"Mom , Dad Nogapele Agaton has returned!" Michael alerted. Everyone was surprised including me but I was surprised because those words were spoken by my mom I was supposed to say them on top of the Nogase Mountain. But then why are these people scared of those names.
"Did you see her?" Mr Smith asked looking serious.
"No" Michael replied.
"Then how do you know that she has returned?" Mrs Smith asked.
"Because sister in law said that she saw brother' skin glow and that last night he had disappeared and you all know what that means." Michael cautioned.
"Then we mustn't let Hermon meet Nogapele Agaton because they will surely avenge the tragedy that stuck the Nosega Serpent Clan 700 years old ago and Panola will not be speared." Mrs Smith continued.
I felt dizzy at the mention of Panola and everything became blurry. I led myself to my room and I started rolling on the floor feeling like my whole body was on fire.
The brown vision came back again making me to not feel the pain on my body. When I got up I could feel my body harden and my legs felt like they were combining.
Hermon came into the room and the feeling and the vision both went away.