Zoe heaved a sigh in the loneliness of her house.
Two hours had passed since Shirley had left for her house. Her complexion had gradually began to change when she had been with Zoe , Zoe also noticed an increase in her breathing rate.
It didn't take a doctor to figure out she was not feeling well , but even then Shirley stayed with Zoe to keep her company.
It was only after Zoe asked her about it repeatedly that she finally admitted to not feeling well , even then it took a lot of persuasion to get her to visit the local doctor.
Shirley had always been a stubborn and naive person , so it didn't amaze Zoe that she had kept quiet about not feeling well.
It didn't stop Zoe from loving her nonetheless. However her absence had left an awkward silence with Zoe.
She couldn't continue to live in the darkness.
Zoe found herself opening the curtains fo her home , letting the sunlight in as it permeated the room.
It was in lonely times like the one she was experiencing that she thought of 𝘩𝘪𝘮.
He had promised her to be with her till eternity, if only she new the eternity he promised her wouldn't last that long.
His soft words and tender touches had made her attached to him.
Zoe who was sold off to a place she did not know to people she had never seen before had thought she would never attain true happiness , it was only when he showed her a side she had not expected to receive that she finally opened her heart , it was only after the man she was practically forced to marry treated her like a delicate egg contrary to her expectations of being treated like a possession that she thought to herself it wouldn't be so bad being sold off.
She even remembered some of the words he had used to rope her in then and only to discard her like used bubblegum ;
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' 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲 , 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀. '
He had said , you could imagine the disbelief and feeling of betrayal Zoe had when she was easily replaced by three wives he took after half a year with her.
It was bad enough that he had took three wives instead of just one , even though Zoe knew she had no right to complain as she had been sold off , it felt like torture when those three wives he had took soon started to ridicule and emotionally abuse her.
Unlike her , those wives had actually come from wealthy families and clans which had a stronghold in the politics of Kristia , how could Zoe who was brought from a poor clan ever compare to three ladies which had powerful families backing her.
Her heart had sank when she saw the grand weddings they had , Zoe who had hoped and dreamed of weddings like those in her childhood had not even experienced a shred of one.
She was no different from a birth canal and those three ladies with jade skin and unmatched beauty the true wives in the polygamous relationship.
She simply couldn't take the hurt and embarrassment but also couldn't bring herself to kill herself , so she chose one way out - to escape.
She picked the night when the three wives with 𝘩𝘪𝘮 would have been in their conjoined honeymoon as she made a run for it.
She left with her possessions , not wanting to leave a peace of her left behind.
She had enough money to help her buy a small and broken down house , food for a few months and atleast a few clothes.
It was only three months after her escape that she noticed a growth in her stomach and started experiencing the symptoms , that she realized she had not only left with her possessions but also with a seed planted in her.
It had took a full 12 months for the baby to mature before its birth which was a complete year.
Staring outside the windows , Zoe realized just how long it has been since she last saw him and just how long it had took for just one baby alone to develop.
It was no wonder he was able to see after his birth day , however it was weird how he had remained calm and had not sobbed contrary to how most babies did after being born , infact Zoe didn't remember hearing about a baby which grew in a mother's stomach longer than nine months and even remained undisturbed even after the birth.
She couldn't help but think of the prophecy, a prophecy she heard people in the streets mutter in hushed voices;
' 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗜𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 , 𝗛𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱'𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
𝗛𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗘𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻
𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗢𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗲 𝗜𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗻. '