Charles pov:
___ Darius finally got out of the forest. He lied down flat on the floor and made a huge sigh, " finally, we made it out" , "you mean YOU made it out, l would have made it out with or without you" said the armour. " Oh really ", Darius chuckled, he sat down on a rock to rest, " How long will it take us to reach the palace?," He asked while preparing to roast the rabbit he caught. " About two or three days , that is if we didn't come across any distraction." Darius nodded his, and continued with what he was doing. After eating, he continued his journey. " Hey, I've got a question, once you get to the palace, what will you do" said the armour, " once l get to the palace, I'll kill Barcus of course " he replied with seriousness in his voice, " and how do you plan to do that ?". Darius stopped in his tracks and thought for a while, before replying " I don't have a plan, all I know is that , l will find him and l will end him" . The armour sighed, " I see your plan is no plan, just go for the kill", " Yes, just go for the kill" he said with resentment in his voice. And with that , they continued their journey. They headed towards the mysterious beautiful forest. " Oh, l forgot to tell you, there are demons in this forest, so beware" the armour warned when they got to the entrance, Darius sighed and entered the forest.____. that should be enough for today, l published the chapter and closed my laptop, then l went to work. I am on duty three times today , the first is at the coffee shop next to my mom's restaurant, the second at the bar by the second street and the third, at the third at another coffee shop by the third street. Don't underestimate their pay, their pay is good, at least good enough for me.
Micheal's pov:
I woke up early in the morning, that's because l couldn't sleep all night. Well who would, knowing that he is going commit his first murder, murder of an innocent man the next day,. If it had been the bastard that kidnapped my daughter, then this would have been easier. I sighed, l should try to calm dow, l've already agreed to do it there is no turning back now and besides l am doing this for my daughter, all is fair in love and war. I did my morning routine and icked up my phone to check the email Martha sent to me. It everything I need to know just like she said. I got out, and called a taxi, and head out to Charles's home address. I've already seen his picture so l know what he looks like. When l got to his house , the door was locked. I asked a boy playing outside where he went, the boy said he went to work and would be back at nightfall. But l can't wait that long, so l asked the boy where he works , he directed me to a coffee shop beside a restaurant l walked pass a few minutes ago , as l approached the coffee shop, l saw him coming out of the shop. I followed him silently, he took a turn to a very quiet alley, l decided to seize the chance to kill him, l wore my mask, and hit him hard on his head, then he fell unconscious, l took out my knife to stab him but l couldn't do it, my hands were shaking, l tried to stab him again but... I just couldn't. My hands were shaking terribly that the knife soon fell off my hand. I was breathing hard, l just couldn't do it, l just couldn't kill an innocent man. I heard footsteps and giggles coming close , l picked up the knife and quickly left the alley. I would try again tonight, seems l will have to wait after all.
Charles's pov:
I am through with my first shift for the day, l still have about thirty minutes before my shift at the bar starts, I walk down the alley near by and brought out my jotting note, so that l could write down whatever comes to my mind that inspires me. Then suddenly, l felt someone hit me hard, it was so hard l lost consciousness. I woke up when l felt someone shaking me continuously. It was my neighbour's daughter , Teresa, she is of my age and she is also very pretty, so l couldn't help but stare at her for a while. We were looking at each other eye to eye. Before she broke the gaze and stood up. I also tried to stand up and felt pain at the back of my head. I know you are probably thinking sarcastically ' how come you didn't feel the pain when you were staring at a girl ' , well all I can say is that it is a boy thing. " Are you okay?" She asked with worriness in her voice. I nodded my head "yeah and thanks by the way" l said, " why did you faint " she asked, " l think someone knock me out just now", she gasped at this "who and why would he do that?" " I don't know either but l am just glad that whoever it was didn't kill me" , she nodded head and then her phone buzzed, she looked at it and said " I'm sorry l have to go now", " oh don't worry about me, you can go, l will be fine" , "okay , take care of yourself" she said, and l mouthed a thank you. Wow she is so pretty. Ought, damn that hurts. I better go to the bar first before going to the clinic, my boss there is neither passionate not caring. I wonder who did this to me. Then l remembered what my uncle said to me the other day , he said if don't stop writing god slayer then there will be consequences , could it be him, who did this to me. No, maybe l'm just overthinking it. And with that l shrugged of everything l was thinking about and went to work.
**** Later at night, Micheal watched Charles closing from his night shift. He followed the latter quietly until he reached his house, Micheal had a few rocks in his hands , he planned to use his special ability to kill Charles. He stood at a long distance such that no one will notice himBut again his started to tremble, he finally threw a rock but due to his trembling hands he missed his target, Charles felt something flew pass him and quickly looked around to see where it came from but couldn't find anything . Micheal threw another one but missed again, this was the first time he missed his target, and he was starting to get frustrated. Charles felt another object pass him again, he quickly unlocked his door and rushed into his home. Micheal was beyond frustrated. He tried again and failed again, he just couldn't do it. Disappointed, he went back home , he would have to gather more resolve to do this. When Charles rushed in, his mom was frightened, " is everything okay Charlie?" , " Yes mom , everything is fine" he lied, "you are lying , if everything is fine then why did you rush in like that and look so disturbed?" Said with worriness in her voice, " don't worry, mom, l just felt like l was being followed, but l'm just being silly , who would spy me" he tried to calm her down, but that only made her worry more , because that made her remember when her brother threatened them, "what if it was Chen , what if it was him who hired men to spy on you" she said, "come on mom , you are just overthinking it" , " he said that if you don't stop writing that book then there will be consequences , I know my brother doesn't bluff and l know my instincts are never wrong" she said, she held his hands, " Charlie why don't you just stop writing the book to avoid trouble okay" she pleaded , " Mom , don't worry everything will be fine, I'll try to consider what you just said " he said, that was a lie he is not planning on considering anything. His mom sighed a sigh of relief and lead him to the dinning room.