Peter slowly tapped his fingers on the table in front of him. No one except him knew how long he had been waiting; a small frown was pulling his facial muscles together and his brows together. A glance at his wristwatch told him he might have wasted his time after all.

Loud voices rang in the hall and his fingers passed instinctively as a small smile wore it's way to his face and he chuckled, his trip wasn't a waste after all.

His eyes flickered to the entrance to see more than ten different guys walking into the eatery, the other students had shrunken in fear. The guy quickly made space for one of them and Peter watched as the guy sat down.

His face was blank, unable to allow anyone to decipher what he was thinking. He watched one of the guys bend towards his ear and whisper something to him. The seated guy merely waved his hand and resumed scrolling through his phone.

Using his hands as a stand; Peter pushed himself to his feet and walked towards the group. He had barely taken five steps when the guys blocked his path, menacing looks on their faces.

"I think you are lost, go somewhere else" one of them snarled and Peter chuckled.

"Do I look lost?" He asked; slipping his agenda into his pockets, "I want to see Roman," Peter added and the faces of all the guys changed.

The guy scrolling through his phone paused and slowly raised his head to meet Peter's unflinching gaze.

"Let him through" his tenor voice rang in the eatery.

"Boss!" The one who had spoken first called in fright. All he got as a reply was a blank face. Peter chuckled as the guys made way for him. Peter walked through them stopping and sitting in front of the guy who had now dropped his phone and was staring at him with his usual blank face but Peter didn't miss the hint of curiosity hanging at the corners of his eyes.

"You are a first year student" the guy stated and Peter raised his eyebrow in surprise.

"I didn't think that would be your first question" he replied and the guy chuckled, "Tell me what you know about me" he started scrolling up his phone again. His curiosity towards Peter had died like that making Peter burst into laughter.

"Ajayi Oluwatunmise Samuel, fourth year student of Architecture. Otherwise known as Koa, the current leader of the Ravens" Peter replied and Koa nodded his head.

"Do you know how many people call me Roman?" He asked and Peter furrowed his brow, "Not many" he replied and Koa raised his head to meet his eyes smiling, "5, plus you makes it 6" Koa replied and a look of shock flashed through Peter's face.

"Aren't you guys asking how I know?" He asked and Koa chuckled.

"You don't know much, do you?" He asked and Peter swallowed, "I want to join the Ravens" he replied and Koa shrugged.

"Up to you" he replied with a smile.

"Do you know who I am?" Peter asked; the corners of his mouth lifted in a smile. Koa chuckled, shaking his head "I have no idea yet" he replied and Peter laughed.

"Unless I permit it, the only thing you'll find out is my name and you would still be wrong" he replied and Koa nodded his head.

"You overestimate your abilities, if I want to find you, I will find out, unless I'm uninterested then I will not" Koa replied and Peter laughed again rising to his feet.

"See you on initiation day" he said before turning and walking away.

"Koa" one of the guys called and Koa smiled, "You still don't recognize him?" He asked, turning to the guy that called his name.

"They look so much alike," he added softly while shaking his head.

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"That doesn't sound very good to me" Paul replied, folding his arms and Peter sighed.

"Progress anyway" he replied and Paul nodded.

"I got some information from the mole in Titans and I'm starting to doubt if that's a cult at all. They do nothing at all" Paul exclaimed and Peter chuckled.

"What if there's a secret faction that does the actual work?" He asked and Paul sighed, rubbing his forehead.

"That would make the whole story coborate. But how do we find this secret faction, if he didn't know about it, there's no way we are going to find out" he revealed his concerns and Peter nodded his head.

"It doesn't matter; secret faction or not. Titans and Ravens will have to crumble" He said resolutely and Paul stared outside the window silently agreeing.

The lots of them; they were going to pay.

"What about finding out who ButterFly Fairy is?" Peter asked and Paul raised his eyebrow.

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Black gulped hard while watching King, the latter had smoked three cigarettes in a go since one of the shadows dropped the information. He glanced at the girl also seated a few meters away from him and she made faces at him making him gulp again.

"King, what are we going to do?" He asked, his voice apprehensive.

"No one would have thought they would have come to CUA with changed names at that" he continued while King continued smoking without a word, a cloud of white mist had completely hidden his face so no one could see or guess what he was thinking.

"Looking at everything they have done, it's obvious what they came for" Queen started swallowing as well.

"And why is everyone around her so full of scheming? What in the coincidences is that?" Black asked no one in particular, irritated.

"Does V know?" Queen asked Black and he frowned immediately, "I doubt" he replied shaking his head.

"V harbored some suspicions, bah?" Queen asked again and Black nodded his head.

"Mentioned it in passing, was barely serious about the suspicions" he replied and Queen chuckled; "That definitely her style" she replied hissing in between her teeth.

"King" Black called again and watched as he dropped the already finished cigarette into the ashtray.

"What...." Black hadn't gotten a sentence out when Micah interrupted him.

"Changing names isn't a big deal, they couldn't change faces" Micah replied slowly and Black's face changed.

"King, you knew?" He asked in shock and Queen chuckled, shaking her head.

"Since when?" He asked again and Micah turned to face him allowing the wisps of smoke to dissipate.

"Changing names is not that easy, shouldn't you find out how they did that in the first place?" He asked and Black swallowed.

"Understood" Black replied and Micah stared at the ceiling slipping into his thoughts.

He had recognized them the first time he saw them, they looked alike so much. They way they smiled, their noses too. He had been confused for a while before he had time to piece the clues and information together and everything started to make sense.

He was just curious a bit about what their plan was. They knew nothing yet they dared to ruin his plans. But he was going to indulge them and show them who exactly they were trying to mess with.

"Clowns"

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Hello my loves, happy new month and who missed mee?? I got all  f your texts and emails and Instagram dms and thank you all for checking up on me. I have started my It which means no school for the next six months and that also means many updatesssss.

We are starting to reach the climax of Holding You Tight and I hope that you will enjoy this book with  me. Get your popcorns and plantain chips or like me, your garri and kulikuli ready.

By the time you are done with this chapter; i want to believe that some f you have cooked some conspiracy theories, share them under this chapter and let's see if someone goes home with a price or a book, who knows. But what do you think is going on in this chapter, I'm hella curious too. Both King and Koa seem to know whoever this anonymous person is and why am I just noticing that Koa and King have rhyming names or am I cooking something?

Hehehe.

It's so exciting to be back. Meanwhile, please recommend some interesting Nigerian books for me. Thank you!