I felt a little dizzy due to the teleportation, but it didn't take long for me to recover from the dizziness.
The problem now is how to untie myself.
"Oh! I know what to do." I said, as I tried remove a silver knife strapped to my thighs. I struggled a bit to get the knife out. I held it firmly in my hands and slowly cut the ropes.
This is the sharpest knife I've ever seen in my life; it cuts through the thick ropes like a hot knife through butter.
I strapped the knife back to my thighs and stood up and waited by the roadside for a passing vehicle to beg for a ride.
Surprisingly as I stood up from the ground, I felt no pain on my body. I touched my face all over, but everything was as smooth as before the incident.
Those witches must have casted a healing spell on before sending me here.
I stayed by the roadside for about 4 hours, but no vehicle came to sight.
The sun had come out, and the intense heat was becoming unbearable for me to endure.
I sat down beside the broken truck as I resigned myself to this cruel fate of mine.
I put my head on my knees and was about to sleep off when a deep male voice called out to me.
"Diana!"
I looked up to see Mike smiling at me sheepishly.
"Looks like I'm destined to be your knight in charming amour." He muttered.
I sprang up to my feet and ran to hug him. I held him tightly as I released all of my pent up emotions.
I don't know what came over me at that time, but I felt like I have seen someone I could trust with my life.
I dropped the cold act of being the Priestess and held him tight without letting go.
Soon, I realized my mistake and detached from him.
"What happened? Why are you sitting in the middle of the road?" Mike asked.
"It's a long story. Just get me out of here first," I said.
Mike took me to the red Audi Q7 parked by the roadside. He held open the door for me like a gentleman. I felt special as I sat down and watch him close the car door for me.
Mike got in the driver's seat and drove off.
It was during the trip that I got to know where I was. It was Miles away from Lagos.
I was in Oyo State; 5hours drive from Lagos.
I didn't bother asking what or why he was there; he might be here for business related stuff.
I explained everything that led to the situation he me me in today; how I killed the thieves to how I was kidnapped.
"Are you trying to tell me that those werewolves transported you to another realm? How is that possible?" Mike asked.
"There are many witches on earth, but non of them could pull of what you just described. Only the ancestor could shed light to this mystery."
"Can we meet with that your ancestor?" I asked. I also wanted to know more about those strange group of witches, the bloodsuckers, and the effeminate werewolf.
Several hours later, we got to my house, but was met with rubbles and utter destruction.
My mind was finally at ease when I heard no one was dead in the explosion. I told the neighbors that I was at my boyfriend's house when the incident happened.
Mike offered to take me in, and I accepted his offer for three reasons; to protect me from any form of attack as my powers were sealed by the cuff.
To study the cuff and look for ways to open it before the big day.
I have nowhere else to stay.
…
I've been staying with Mike for a week now, and nothing out of the ordinary had happened during my stay.
He would escort me to school and back, and served as my personal bodyguard, leaving his work behind.
But on this special day, I just came back from school when I felt something clicked in my lower abdomen. My stomach started rumbling all of a sudden. It felt as if something was struggling to come out. My body felt numb all over as a very powerful energy passed through my veins at lightning speed.
Mike who was busy typing on his computer, saw me rolling on the floor and quickly came to my side. But he quickly withdrew his hands immediately after touching me.
Sparks of electricity had already surrounded my body. Mike suddenly flashed to my side, held the nape of my neck and injected something inside my vein.
Few minutes later, I returned to my normal self, and I saw Mike smiling at me. His disheveled hair and smoky face was proof enough that he was the one who cured me.
Mike then explained that it was the power that was trapped inside my body that wants to escape. The Ponderosa's staff is rebelling against the silver lock on my wrist.
"The injection I gave you, is what I usually take during full moon if I'm not in a place where my wolf could come out. It is to suppress my powers," Mike said, as he took out a small syringe filled with green liquid, from the suitcase he was holding and handed it over to me.
"This would suppress it for a while, but we must find a long term solution; which is to take this thing off your wrist," Mike said pointing at the silver cuff on my wrist.
…
Three days later, while I was receiving lectures in school. The strange thing happened again, but I was fast enough to excuse myself from the class and quickly rushed to the bathroom, where I injected myself with the green liquid.
The strange sickness kept happening at every 3 days interval, making me go through hellish torture with every session.
2 weeks later…
"Diana, we can't keep this to ourselves anymore. We need to do something as soon as possible." Mike said, looking at the last five syringe in the suitcase.
"We need to ask for outside help," Mike said.
"But you said we shouldn't contact the seven custodians or any of the werewolf clans. How then are we going to involve others?" I asked.
"fuuu… There's one person who could help us, but it'd be a bit difficult to get him to do it." Mike sighed.