5th June.
"Good morning princess" adekunle tapped on my feet to get me up from bed.
"Morning?" I said as I stretched my body, I was looking around still confused as to where I was.
"You've been sleeping for a while now" he said as he sat down on the bed.
"Huh?" Last time I checked we were at the boarders and the custom officers took us to a room, did I sleep through the rest of the day and all night?
"It really is you, I am so happy to see you. Thought something had happened to you, I am..." Here they go again, sending me condolence that I don't need.
"You know what, I shouldn't bore you with any of that princess, we would be having breakfast with my dad after that I can take you shopping. Anything to cheer you up princess" seems adekunle does not understand the gravity of the situation, how could he? Well if it doesn't happen to you, how would you learn?
"You look sad, is something wrong princess?" Yes, my whole life is under a hot mess and you and telling me to... Forgot it who am I kidding? I myself don't know the weight of the situation that has been given to me.
"Daniella, call me Daniella please. And I want this to be between you and I, no one else should know about my survival" I was still tired but I have to follow what grandad said, I would actually like a normal Ida citizen, it is better if everyone continues to think I am dead and nothing more.
"No one?" Adekunle asked confused.
"Yes no one, who knows maybe the jukun's are still after my life" I said in a snarky tone.
"Don't worry princess, No I mean Daniella, you are safe with me. I would make sure I protect you and keep your parents linage going" Nigeria was our partner in so many things for so many years, just the day of the invasion we signed another business deal, where the country would help us grow economically. What a shame it didn't happen.
"Thanks"
"I was I formed the invasion took place just hours after my flight left, I was lucky to have escaped. Besides who knows what route this whole thing would have taken if I was there." The jukun's know better than to mess with Nigerians, let alone do any harm to their king.aybe they were at the border just waiting for his departure before they begun.
"Yes, I went back home in a panic, Got there switched with the girl got in a car and now I am here. Everything that happened in-between is still a blur to me"
"Hey if you don't want to join us at the table it's totally fine, I can get the maids to bring your food up for you" adekunle offered, even though i want to say hi to his parents but and don't know is the right time for me and everyone all.
"Knock knock" there was a bang at the door, I just know it's granny.
"Come ..." Before I could finish my sentence the door was already flung wide open as granny entered.
"Oh prince" she said with a shocked look on her face.
"Good morning ma" he greeted her.
"Morning" granny replied.
"I would really like that" I said responding to the question he asked me, it was such a nice offer I wasn't going to pass on.
"You should get more rest if you need to, I would leave you alone for now. We would talk later" adekunle said as he left the space for me and granny to have a conversation she looked like she had a lot on her mind she wanted to tell me.
"Where is you phone? Turn on the news" she said as she grabbed the TV remote from the desk and rushed back to the bed as adekunle left the room.
"What's going on?" The news began to play and I could see the exact reason why she came running.
"The new king of the Ofenya Kingdom, which is the combination of the former Jukun, Ofu, Anyingba, and ida. Their new king is David, the former king of Jukun. Who planned and overtook three kings on the same day, this is one of the easiest overtaking in history as none of the kingdom fought back, this was carefully curated and planned by him" the news reporter was going in dept about the topic.
"The new king of the Ofenya Kingdom has promised the citizens food, clothing and other essential resources if they decided to become part of his new world as he calls it, and they become loyal to only it, some citizens are already agreeing to the terms while others seem to be doing the entire opposite. Well that's all for now we would see you next time, thank you very much and this is news at 10am" the news reporter ended the news.
"I can't believe this is all true, and I thought I had it bad. But my people are still suffering, the people of Ida should make the right decision and stay alive, I would come back for them I don't care however long it takes" I was driven, I have a mission and I know what I want, I want my throne back at any cost!!!
"Funny how your granddad saw this coming but no one expected it this early" wait what? He knew?
"Yes, he had an idea spy infiltrate Jukun and that was the last information we had from him. According to him we had about a year or so to prepare. That's why your dad signed the contract with Nigeria, to help us build our security and everything we had" wait what? Where have I been all these while? How comes I don't know anything about this?
"Spy? A spy? If you guys knew through a spy and started planning for the invasion then all of a sudden they invade, what does that mean? Does it mean they also had a spy in Ida?" Things weren't adding up, if they had planned it for a year why did they rush?
"Now that you mentioned that I found it very odd but brushed it off as a coincidence, but now that you are saying it i think you might be right" granny said.
"Does that mean they know everything? Does that mean they know I am alive? Wait what if there is someone here keeping an eye on me? Did mom and dad die for nothing?" I became anxious as the though of the jukun's oneuping us again gave me anxiety, how could it be?
"Was that the reason they knew exactly where we were on the border of Anyingba?" It all makes sense now, someone here is a snitch.
Who do you think it is?"
"Jo..."