31 In the Chiefs House (1/2)

”What's that?!”

The chief who sat by the fire with two guards behind him asked scared.

Pa! Pa

The sound of leg sinking in flesh was heard twice. What followed was the two guards who had turned to check what was happening being thrown onto the other side of the wall. They lay unconsciously on the floor the next minute. The chief rose to his feet, looked at the figure that walked gallantly into his 'manyatta' with fear written on his ugly face.

Chiefs were expected to be very strong warriors. The fact that this fellow would dare walk into his house without fear showed that the man wasn't ordinary. The chief wanted to say something but when he saw two familiar physiques walking in, he nearly keeled over. He was sure these people were here with bad intentions.

”What do you want from me?” He asked horror-stricken.

”You still ask what we want?” Apeleka asked gravely.

The image of this chief lashing her a few years ago started running in her mind. Gritting her teeth tightly, she slapped the chief as hard as she could on his left cheek. The chief saw small stars dancing at his sight before hearing a sharp 'ndiii' sound on his left ear. Before he even processed what was happening, another slap landed on the same cheek. This time it was a little harder. The chief reeled before falling with his arse on his royal stool.

When he came to, he stood up furiously. Since when had he been chagrined that way? Moreover by a woman!

”I will kill you!” He bawled.

”You have to pass through me before you do that.”

The chief almost jumped on Apeleka to make her pay for her sins when he heard a cold emotionless voice beside him. It is then that he remembered the women did not come alone. Without warning, he jumped over the fire with the intention of pouncing on the young man.

While still in air, he found himself stuck in some strong grip by his neck. He was then smacked on the wall. The building trembled a little from the impact and dust rained on the trio. Like a bag of potatoes, the chief fell on the floor, with his belly facing downwards. He licked a little cow dung before struggling to get up, coughing endlessly. He was angry but was there anything he could do?

”I have a lot of cattle, please take them and spare my life.” seeing that force could not work on these people, the chief turned to softer means.

He was punched on the chest by Ochieng' the moment he finished saying. He was sent flying before falling on his beautiful bed, reducing it to pieces. This time he spurted a mouthful of blood. He tried standing up but saw a soma standing before it.