The Wrath Of The Shadow Wolf

It is the burial ceremony of Evolette, and the graveyard was filled with friends and loved ones who had come from far and near to pay their last respect for Evolette and also show their support to the bereaved family.

With the countenance of everyone present, it was so obvious that they would miss Evolette so much as she had been a dear friend to them during her lifetime.

Riona watched on absentmindedly as the priest prayed over the remains of her late mum, Evolette. All through the duration of the whole event, she was lost and was absent minded on all the happenings around her. The death of her mum had hit her so badly and it had turned her into a shadow of her formal self.

Riona had not known when the priest was done with the intercession and even when he had said ‘We pray oh Lord’, she was still aware.

It was everyone present had chorused ‘Amen’ that her mind was drawn back to them.

Haven been absent minded all through the final rites, and brought her back to the present by the sound of amen from the crowd; she focused her gaze at the coffin in front of the priest.

Riona wondered how such a little piece of wood would be able to hold her mum captive for a very long time. She reminisced on how she would be able to go on all alone without her own mother to lead, guide and love her and within her, she cursed the coffin and death. Of course her dad, Wright is great; there was no denying that fact. But there was Maeve, clung all over him, like she has been waiting for this very moment her whole life.

Thinking of her dad, she turned to his direction. She saw him in grief, and she could see Maeve all glued to him, pretending to console him.

The sight of Maeve beside Wright disgusted Riona. And no matter what happens, she will never trust Maeve’s sudden friendliness and sympathy over the death of her mum. To her, Maeve should be the enemy.

Riona cannot remember where Maeve emanated from and how or why she all of a sudden decided to become a part of their lives.

Even in her grief, Riona was able to access Maeve for the untempt time. To her, there was no doubt that Maeve was beautiful and she also appears to be lovely. But then, her beauty was nothing to Riona who believes that Maeve beauty goes to no issue when compared to her mum, Evolette. As for been nice, Riona overlooked that fact as she believes that she was only acting that role in order to gain her and her father’s trust. An agenda that Riona has already vowed to make impossible.

She cannot fathom ever seeing Maeve around her family. She only sprung out after the demise of her mother, Evolette and Riona had never hesitated to show Maeve that even though her presence brought her father some consolation, she will never be accepted as part of them no matter how hard she tries.

It is not as if Riona had never knew Maeve before now, on the contrary she had knew Maeve ever since she was little. But then, she was never this close to her family and Riona had never seen her close to her dad before now. So what changed after the death of her mum? This is a mystery that Riona is bent on unraveling.

“Hey Riona, I am so sorry that you have to go through this” a voice said beside Riona.

Riona turned to see that Riley was standing next to her. Seeing Riley by her side, Riona can’t tell if she was just coming to stand beside her or if she has been there the whole time. However, Riona was not in any mood to accommodate Riley at this moment and was ready to out rightly discharge her if she persisted.

She takes a look at Riley, and she noticed that her eyes were red. Riona concluded that that might be as a result of crying at this occasion but nevertheless, the realization did not bring any relief to Riona, but only further disgusted her.

Why the hell was she crying? Riona thought. Was she the one that had lost her mum? Riona does not seem to understand the excess show of care and concern on the part of Riley. She could only conclude that she was just like her mum, a person that Riona has already termed as an opportunists.

“Accept my condolence dear” Riley added.

her as an intruder. She knows what Riona was going through right now and how much she would need a friend to talk to and she

The truth is that, as a classmate, Riley was a girl that Riona has a little respect for, but these past weeks has revealed a whole

along has been occupied by Maeve. Her main concern was to go get Maeve far

whose face had been bowed to the ground all along, suddenly looked up and saw Riona approaching. He

“Hey Riona”

soon as she was standing in front

to bring him back to how he used to be before the demise of her mum. Riona vowed that she would do anything, absolutely anything to achieve this but would not let Maeve in even if she

“Daddy” she replied.

standing and she intentionally stood between him

behind her and was now right where they were,

is strongly of the opinion that Riley and Maeve have all along been waiting for an opportunity to take over her family and Riona is as much ready to forestall this attempt. Riona sees them as been

as she detests their presence. So she held Wright by the

Wright through the mist of those that have come to sympathise with them, and away from Riley and Maeve, her eyes wandered through

Kyra standing beside her husband, Phillip with his right hand on her shoulders. Kyra and Philip had flown

gown and even in her grief, she still looked pretty. She has not been able to bring herself to alter much word ever since her elder sister, Evolette passed

parties at Riley’s place as a little girl. The ones that her dad had made her go as he claims it would make her appreciate everyone even those beneath her class. Her mum was not

she attended Riley’s parties at their house. She wondered why there should have such a large expanse of land at the outskirts of town all to themselves and how much

her dad does not have such a large expanse of property. Because of this, Riona suspects that the Johnsons

confirmed Riona’s fear and when she had gone home to narrate her experience to her mum, her mum had used that opportunity to stop her

day, in disregard to Mr. Johnson’s instructions, Riona had wandered to the back of the house and for a moment she could swear that she had seen about three huge wolves right in the middle of the big field. What further alarmed Riona was the fact that she could swear that she had heard one of the wolves speak and they had all ran

not known when Maeve had come to the back door. It was when she heard Maeve call out her name that

had witnessed to Maeve and her mum, Mrs. Johnson but they instantly brushed it aside as an

but her dad had scolded her for disobeying Mr. Johnson’s order and her mum had

Maeve stopped inviting her to any of their occasions after her encounter at the back of their house so she took the task of knowing what lies beyond the estate of the Johnsons. Her search only revealed that the Johnsons resides at the borders of the city and her search did

girls are not best of friends, they have always

team from Rennet Aid, the Non-Governmental organization that is owned by her mum. Cindy was in their midst. She has been a dutiful and diligent staff all these years and Riona knows that with Cindy by her side, she would not have any difficulty in running the affairs of

they were almost close to where the

at the remains of her mum buried to come out no more. She wanted to scream and wail, perhaps that would make her mum come back to her but as much as

voice from crying for the past month since the demise of Evolette, and now she has

watched the remains of his late wife been finally laid into the

held his little girl to himself, he could not imagine how much she must

he saw how traumatised she was and how she could not bring herself to accept that her mum

few days that followed after that was hell to both Wright and Riona. Riona would not stop wailing as she refused to eat anything and asking that her mum be brought back to