Novels by Stephen Tsamba

After the gore fest, there was a banquet.As the Governors and their children left the Trial Quad, Ilonah let her body move for her but her mind was far from the current situation.They crossed the grassy plains by a gold paved path bejeweled with red and green rubies that spelt out the prophecies and the Laws from the Artkium. When they entered the Castles reception area, Ilonah caught sight of something she had forgotten she needed to take a copy off. It was nailed to the extreme right wall behind a pane of glass. She reduced her stride, forcing the servants to also fall behind in a light trot. I dont feel any Twanfe laced to it…i just need to make sure no one sees me.After falling away from the rest of the group, she decided to stop in her tracks. She watched the group disappear behind the corner that led to the Kings Banquet hall. She realized that she was holding her breath this entire time.She turned her head,“Take this thing off of me.”The servants looked at eachother.“D

She didn't look at him directly, but she could feel her father's signature piercing gaze of disapproval forcing itself into the side of her head.From the extreme left of the platform rose Tarrus Gent, the Governor of Aguaron.He was a small man with a full head of shiny grey hair. He approached the podium and whispered projection before he made the introductory proceedings.“Welcome, my fellow Ozmathians.” he began,Ilonah never liked Governor Gent. He was as small and as slimy as a swamp Slimikus. He had this permanent smile and a lazy gaze that made it feel like he was constantly thinking about how much better he was than everyone else. She was certain that he was up to no good; she didn't doubt the rumours. It was one of the few things that she actually agreed on with her father. She cast a glance towards the King. Even Fenn didn’t seem interested in Gent’s company. But that observation was nullified by the fact that Tarrus was basically the most powerful Ozamthian after the king.

The carriage rolled to a stop as it arrived at the capital's southeastern gate.Ilonah was woken up by the sound of salutations from the Holy Guard soldiers posted at both flanks of the giant golden entrance. The statues of Trenax and Yog shimmered in the mid-morning sunlight as it reached the packed streets of Aguaron.Usually, and ironically, the largest city in Ozmath wasn't this busy. But nationwide announcements that covered the entire Ozmath made sure that even the fifth Inka in Fii knew that all the important Ozmath were going to be present in the capital on the third sun cycle of the eigth full cycle of the 2025th completion.Merchants held up their goods energetically as they noticed the governor’s sigil on Ilonah’s carriage. They probably think its father in here right now…She cracked open the window to just give a teaser of her face. This was something she regretted instantly because when they noticed that it was a woman, the perfume, textile, and jewellery merchants snat

When she woke up, the first thing that Ilonah decided to take care of was the odour radiating off of her. She rose from the green-stained carpet and pushed past the double doors of the closet. As expected, Afina was already going to work on her somewhat messy bedroom. “Morning, Priestess,” said the petite slave while bowing slightly.Ilonah had stopped responding to Afina and the other domestics at the estate years ago. She had tried to tell them several times that they didn't have to greet her every single time they ran into each other (which was nearly every 30 ticks). It made her feel awkward to be greeted and borderline revered by Ozmathians that looked exactly like she did.“I spilt some juice in the closet,” said Ilonah as she remembered the stain from the liquified crystal.She reached for her towels and made her way to the bath.“Let me take care of that, my esteemed priestess.”She rolled her eyes as she entered the crystalline room and shut the door behind her.I wonder wh

Ilonah’s father scanned her from top to bottom.“Hmmmm, coming from somewhere?”She cleared her throat as she walked over to her partially open closet and threw in the dirty boots. She shut the mirrored doors, looking at her father’s amused yet angry expression through the former.“I had gone for a walk in the vineyard Father,” she said while looking more at herself than at her father.He bent down, breathing heavily from effort as he did so. He pinched a piece of dirt from her carpet.“Hmmm,” he said as he brought the dirt closer to his eyes and analysed it.“This doesn’t look like the sandy soils that belong to my vineyard…”Shit…Ilonah shut her eyes and looked down.“I'm sorry, Father,” she said.“Sorry for being caught or sorry for going to Gen and mixing with the lower Inka?”She pondered on that question longer than necessary. She knew it was coming. Since she was a kid, her father always used to ask her what she was truly sorry for every time she apologised. He never laid his

When she approached the wall at the estate, Ilonah scrambled to the rock where she always hid her cloak. After tucking it under the pink and blue striped mass, she ran to the blind spot. It was a cosy little corner that was not within either of the patrolling guards’ visual reach.She caught sight of the blue glow that dimly laced the ground around her. She looked back and realised that the portal she’d used to get from Gen was still open. On the other side she saw a stray dog sniffing about in the alleyway she had cast from.“Shit…” she hissed.She successfully shut the portal.Unfortunately for the dog, its body remained in Gen while its snout was cut off and left in Aguaron.Ilonah reached down for the mutilated bone and cartilage.This will get a lot of unnecessary questions being asked if it's found…Just as she made contact with it, the hairs on the back of her neck stood stiff.She whispered Invisibility and extended it to the snout.To both her flanks, Harodi and Kanuma appeare