.. it didn’t matter. If he wanted it, all he had to do was take it. Very few would argue his right to it; but, if they did, they didn’t argue for ...long. One solid blow from his fist was all it took to leave a corpse behind. No one told him ‘no,’ and lived.Okeke was the Lion of Kootu. Having grown up in the village of Kootu, he had been given that nickname after having killed a lion with his bare hands. It had put up a good fight and he had scars to prove it. He was the only one who knew how sick. The phone rang on Sunday afternoon and Jenny passed me the handset after answering it."Peter?" Andrea asked quizzically. My eldest sister was calling to remind me that the christening was the following Saturday."You've forgotten, haven't you?" I'm sure I have it written down somewhere," I lied."I'm surprised Vanessa hasn't got you all organised."I bit my lip and remained quiet."Our house is full up so I've booked you in to stay at Mum and Dad's together with Philip and Sarah if that's okay with. The next morning the zit was almost gone, thank God. I showered, scrubbed my face twice and then reapplied a dab of zit goop. You could tell it was still there, but it least it wasn't the most prominent feature on my face. School was a breeze that Friday, we had a huge pep rally for the football team and the teachers were in the spirit of things so we coasted all day. I experimented with Amanda's theory some too, asserting myself on a couple of occasions where I would normally have just kept my. Even weakened by the urge to fall asleep, Kate had the upper hand. She raked across Leanne’s face with her nails.Jake leaped on Kate adding his weight to the scrum. Jake put his hands to her head and reinstalled the negatively charged rings around her amygdalas the same way Harris had done. The anger disappeared in the space of a moment and was replaced by the same exquisite fear. Kate shook all three of them off of her and bolted back to the bed where she pressed herself against the headboard,.