Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor

Author:Nnedi Okorafor
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2017-10-03T04:00:00+00:00

On the way back, she came upon Sasha walking up the road, his hands shoved in the pockets of his jeans. By this time, the air had taken on so much humidity that breathing it was almost like drinking water.

“What are you doing in the rain?” Sunny asked, slapping and grasping hands with him.

“Looking for you.”

“I was playing soccer,” she said, tossing her wet ball up and catching it.

“With the lightning and thunder?”

“You could say that.”

“You’ve been avoiding us all weekend.”

Sunny shrugged. They began to walk.

“How come Orlu didn’t come?”

Sasha shrugged again. “Said you probably needed some time to yourself. Me, I don’t mess around. I came to see what’s up. So, you good?”

“Yeah, I’m fine,” she said.

“Even after . . . after what happened with . . .”

“Yeah. We can go to Leopard Knocks today, if you all want.” She hesitated and then said, “The river beast won’t stop me.” She could feel Anyanwu within her as she said it. And she could feel that her presence was different. Not so locked. And this was verified when she realized she suddenly didn’t feel Anyanwu within her. Anyanwu had gone off again, to wherever she went off to.

Sasha looked at her, narrowing his eyes. “You’re different somehow.”

“Yeah,” she said. Then she laughed, tossing her soccer ball in the air and catching it with her feet. She passed it to Sasha, who caught it and then tapped it back to Sunny. She caught it, brought out her juju knife, and worked a quick juju that rubbed off the mud. It hadn’t been difficult, but she noticed that she did have to concentrate a little harder on mentally aligning her words with her juju knife flourish.

“Jollof rice and goat meat at Mama Put’s Putting Place?” Sasha asked.

Sunny smiled. “Definitely. My treat.”

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