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A Girl, Charming Eyes and Dark Paths

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 She hated this path and wondered why he would want or even let her walk them this time of the night. It was eerie now, probably owing to the stories granny Odo had told about it, stories she heard while growing up. They had made such a mark on her that she had avoided it for the past seventeen years of her life. 

So, it was either the stories were getting to her now or she was just being paranoid. Pufff, it wasn't like some spirit was actually going to take her away or something, right? She thought rolling her eyes.

She pushed the thought away and tried to cheer herself up by thinking about Kalu, the fine man she was meeting up with. She gripped the handle of the burning lamp tighter and smiled. 

Although she didn't quite know why the path got quieter and quieter as she walked on, nor why it seemed to get broader and broader, she kept walking, all the while filling her mind with thoughts of Kalu and his charming, hazel eyes.

She hastened when she saw the Mango tree where they were going to meet. She walked faster and almost ran when she spotted him squatting under the tree.

"My love" she whispered when she was close enough to him, "I'm here" she said and watched him turn quickly.

"My love" Kalu whispered back, but the charm was gone from his eyes. A chill ran down her spines and she made to go back, but two other men were standing on either side of her. 

A quiet breeze began to blow and she shivered, avoiding the stare of the man before her. "Who are you?" she asked, feeling the nails cutting through her skin.

"Kalu" he said ominously, snatching the lamp from her, and putting it to his mouth, "No, don't put out my fire!" She screamed and awakened from her sleep. Still trying to catch her breath, she heard a slight rasp on her wooden window, she tied her wrapper tighter around her waist and tiptoed gently to the window, still shaken. 

"Who's there?" She whispered and unlocks the window. "It's me, my love" Kalu said, his eyes as charming as ever.


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