Daily Stories

©️ Opeyemi AkintundeAs Inspired by the DEEP ONE For three days, the words of that strange man in my room haunted me.“Don’t struggle with it. It is ordained.” Ordained what? To marry Father? To be Eve 2.0? To drink dirty water from a well like in my vision? I was drowning in questions, and Cordelia…

©️ Opeyemi AkintundeAs Inspired by the DEEP ONE I went back to my room. The looks that followed me? Those looks could have escorted a person straight to the afterlife.Everywhere I turned, eyes. MS Laura didn’t even bother to hide her disdain…her face carried it like a billboard. Even Saint Oluchi, the extremely quiet one…

©️ Opeyemi AkintundeAs Inspired by the DEEP ONE “Should I run and risk being punished for walking out on Father? Should I tell him I’ll pray about it, and then actually hear God say it’s true?” No way! Both options looked like death traps. So I sat there frozen. “Do I take your silence as…

©️ Opeyemi AkintundeAs Inspired by the DEEP ONE “What’s the difference between Soji and Father?” I didn’t know when I voiced it out.It was supposed to be my brain talking to my brain. He smiled.“Soji is mortal, while Father is immortal.” Gbish gbish gbish!Somebody help me before I fall into hell. What?! Immortality? “I… I…

©️ Opeyemi AkintundeAs Inspired by the DEEP ONE The day felt like it had thirty-six hours instead of twenty-four because the next one hour felt like seven hours.I was told Father wanted to meet me in the Garden of Eden at 8 p.m. Why so late? Why the mystery? Why me? Couldn’t it wait till…

©️ Opeyemi Akintunde  As Inspired by the DEEP ONE After Cordelia came out of Father’s quarters, I knew one thing for sure…I couldn’t wait any longer. If there was a test to write, if there was a way out, I was ready to risk it. Two days later, I walked boldly up to my Mentor…

©️ Opeyemi AkintundeAs Inspired by the DEEP ONE Cordelia didn’t come out for days. And when I say days, I mean days…three long nights that stretched like three years. After She had been summoned to Father’s quarters just vanished. And Guess What? No one spoke about her.No one even flinched.It was as if the entire…

©️ Opeyemi AkintundeAs Inspired by the DEEP ONE “Is it a written test?” I asked as we walked towards the dining hall. MS Laura didn’t even blink.“We are not allowed to discuss it.” That reply was as cold as soaked garri left out overnight. “So… does that mean you haven’t passed the test either?” I…

©️ Opeyemi AkintundeAs Inspired by the DEEP ONE As I stood fixated to the spot, ruminating over the words “Expecting you” in my head, I suddenly felt him walking back toward me. His presence was overwhelming, so even if you couldn’t see him , you could feel him. This time, he spoke very loudly, almost…

©️ Opeyemi AkintundeAs Inspired by the DEEP ONE I had heard about him.I kept hearing about him… silently.In the dining hall. In the bathroom.Although, only as whispers. I had seen him.Well, sort of. Not physically….online. I’m talking about no other person than Father. The General Overseer.The voice behind the veil.The god behind the doctrine. Before…