No one was pursuing her but she was not going to wait until they did. They were sure to find her hut empty early in the morning and and the whole of Afudo would start searching for her. The moon shine with a temper and the birds flew in silence, perching from nest to nest like they were passing to one another the news of Ada flight from Afudo.
The gods had give her a chance to take her future into her hands and for that she was grateful. It was no coincidence that she had been allowed to spend the previous night alone in her bedroom
If anyone had seen her creep through the lone window in the room she would never had made it past the mud wall which encircled her father's compound
Her bead's were tucked away safely; she had carefully removed and hidden them for this particular journey. Nothing feels as good as waking up beautiful every morning with your beads hanging on your neck, dancing around ur feet and resting on your waist and hands; Oniyinye would usually sinng at the stream. That song did not matter to Ada now, she would sell the beads off to whoever was willing to buy and she had saved up enough cowries to come in handy later on.
The beads were safely hidden in her skin bag with one wrapper, papa had spent a week worth of cowries in purchasing the stin bag for her. It was meant to accompany her to Ikenna house today, the long awaited day of her marriage.
So what if ikenna was the handsome prince?
Who care if he was the most skill archer in Afudo and the neighbouring villages.