IMP
Chapter 32: Eejilelogbon
"Motherfucker, let me free."
The fellow cried but all he could hear was the echo of his voice. He was weak and could feel the veins remonstrating. His eyes were blacking out and his strength was waning.
He was tied to a large tree. He couldn't say since when he had been tied but he was sure that it'd been hours.
The Imp had tied him after taking him into the forest and had left him for the wild.
He looked around hastily if anything was coming. He was glad that no wild cat had plied that route.
Twas hard to tell why. Twas unusual. Probably the Imp had devoured all the wild life. That probably was why there was nothing left.
"Motherfucker!!!!"
He cried again. Then he had a growl from behind. He was shook.
"Who are you?"
His voice broke to the quaking of his courage. He had no eyes in the back.
Shame that he had nursed the wrong thought. He had thought that he was safe until then.
A deep growl succeeded the first. He closed his eyes for some seconds. He flipped open again.
himself free but he was way too weak. The Imp had dug gores in the space between the chest and
He had bled until the sore became sticky. The growl came again then he began to
was sure that that wasn't the monster. He was familiar with his growl. The growl of the monster would
There was a rhythmic shift to the growl. Like the fall of pitch and then a smothered
He could feel the weight on his head
a grown ass lion with heavy jaw and blinking eyes.
front as though
idea what to do. He wished
on the side then halted. It looked at him. Twas standing opposite, though few metres away from him.
already on him. He was beginning to pee in his pants. What
lion blinked again and roared. As it roared, the fellow saw the way the jaw was
from it would end him. Even a throw, would crush
heavy. If he was told that there was such a lion in that forest, he
to charge at him. He closed his eyes. There was nothing
Then at once, he had a
his eyes, he saw the Imp
He sighed in relief. A borrowed relief.
than the Imp,
threw the Imp away. The Imp