Dark and Bright
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It's the year 1874 when a British company arrives in the East Africa called the British East African Company. It involves itself with trade but something in the interior catches their attention. The Ajika community has both gold and diamond mines,something the British East African Company wants to control. The only problem is the Ajika community won't give up their mines but soon enough,an opportunity knocks on the door for the company.
The chief of the Ajika community has only one thing worrying his mind,his second son who is to be the heir to the chief's position. Nobody had anticipated the death of his first son and therefore,the second son's behaviour had been given a blind eye. Amo is the boy every parent hates,every girl prays wishing not to see him offering his hand for marriage and every boy is annoyed but can't do a thing about him. His father tries everything but nothing can make him change his ways until...
The stepdaughter of the owner of the British East African Company arrives in East Africa. With the aim of controlling the mines and the aim of controlling Amo's behaviour, the two parents decide to marry off their children as a sign of the treaty signed by the chief and BEAco's owner. Amo and Juliet are forced into an engagement.
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"You know I cannot commit such atrocity my love. I cannot sleep with anothers wife." Tomori stressed, looking away as she moved to untie her once white wrapper. It was now brown and dirty, showing all she had to suffer just to make sure there was no stain of blood on it. Brown and black was allowed, but not red. Not yet. "I would rather die than be called the wife of that animal." She hissed. "Yet you are his wife anyways, and until we leave his territory, you would always be his wife." He replied. "My lord, I'm beginning to think that you don't want me any more." Abebi sniffles and he freezes in discomfort. "My loyalties have been sworn to the king since I became a warrior." "You had better choose one, your loyalties to your king, or your loyalty to me." ... The prophecy was simple, only Abebi could give the aged king a son, only she could bear the heir to the throne. Thrown into a marriage she despised, Abebi runs away with her lover, the head warrior of the village, in search of refuge and another life. But fate has other plans, as the king is not ready to have his only chance of having a son slip through his fingers. Cue bloodshed and war, it's a fight of survival, and a quest for freedom. ... For Tomori to finally get his wife, he must pay the highest bride price. He must pay with his life. For every love story comes with a price. ... Highest Rank Achieved: #325 in Historical Fiction
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