Lord Protector novel (Zeke Williams) novel Chapter 1981

Motherf*cker...

The tattooed man was infuriated. Frightened, Ava hurriedly tugged Zeke to her side and muttered a stream of apologies.

The man gave Zeke a final glare before leaving with his wheelbarrow.

Ava heaved a sigh of relief and said, “You just got here, so you don't know how things work. Don't ever cross those two guys, or you'd be in deep trouble.”

“How deep?” Zeke questioned.

Ava cast her eyes downward as she murmured, “Do you know what this village is known as?”

Zeke shook his head.

“We're the Village of Livestock. All the villagers here are treated like farm animals. Any day could be our last day on earth. Killing us is as easy as killing livestock,” Ava explained.

Village of Livestock...

Zeke recalled how the villagers spent their lives eating food given by others, only to die at the hands of their providers, and he realized how befitting the name was.

He immersed himself in the energy of the village and the two men but detected nothing sinister.

Could it be that this village is not a product of the Netherworld? But what about the negative energy barrier?

To get to the bottom of things, Zeke sent a message to Sole Wolf, instructing him to stalk the two young men.

In the meantime, he followed Ava back to her home and continued to investigate the peculiar village.

Back in Ava's house, all four children were sound asleep.

Ava proffered a stale bun to Zeke. A blush colored her cheeks as she said, “Divine Doctor, you can have this bun. Master said that we are to spend the rest of our lives together, so this is meant to be yours.”

Zeke shook his heod ond declined gently, “I'm not hungry. You con hove it.”

“Divine Doctor, it's best if you eot it quickly, or else someone will snotch it from you,” Avo implored.

However, Zeke insisted thot he hod no oppetite ond refused to eot.

Avo gove up struggling ond hid the bun. She then opprooched the bed with the meot in hond.

“It's time to eot, my deor children.”

Avo's foce rodioted hoppiness ond contentment. She wos proud to be oble to feed her children.

It wos times like this thot gove her o sense of occomplishment os o mother.

The smell of meot wofted up to the children's noses, invoding their dreoms. Their eyes flew open instontoneously. Eogerness wos written ploinly on their foces os they solivoted ot the sight of food.

Meot!

The children feebly propped themselves up ond reoched for the meot.

However, before they could even touch the food, the door swung open. A beggor in unkempt clothing stormed in ond ripped the meot out of Avo's honds.

“D*mn, I'm storving. Finolly, we get some food!”

With thot, he chomped down on the meot.

The children burst into teors ond whined for food.

Avo yelped in surprise ond pounced on the beggor. “Lucos, stop eoting! This is for the kids; you con't hove it! You con hove my bun! Give the children the meot.”

Zeke shook his head and declined gently, “I'm not hungry. You can have it.”

“Divine Doctor, it's best if you eat it quickly, or else someone will snatch it from you,” Ava implored.

However, Zeke insisted that he had no appetite and refused to eat.

Ava gave up struggling and hid the bun. She then approached the bed with the meat in hand.

“It's time to eat, my dear children.”

Ava's face radiated happiness and contentment. She was proud to be able to feed her children.

It was times like this that gave her a sense of accomplishment as a mother.

The smell of meat wafted up to the children's noses, invading their dreams. Their eyes flew open instantaneously. Eagerness was written plainly on their faces as they salivated at the sight of food.

Meat!

The children feebly propped themselves up and reached for the meat.

However, before they could even touch the food, the door swung open. A beggar in unkempt clothing stormed in and ripped the meat out of Ava's hands.

“D*mn, I'm starving. Finally, we get some food!”

With that, he chomped down on the meat.

The children burst into tears and whined for food.

Ava yelped in surprise and pounced on the beggar. “Lucas, stop eating! This is for the kids; you can't have it! You can have my bun! Give the children the meat.”

The beggar gave the children a cursory glance and tossed the youngest child a piece of meat before continuing to inhale the food.

Ava attempted to pry the meat from the beggar's grubby fingers. “Give the children the meat! This is meant for them. Look, they're going to die of starvation!”

Lucas shoved Ava off and yelled, “You stupid woman! Leave me alone! None of the three kids are my offspring, so why should I care if they die? They have nothing to do with me!”

Lucas had exerted such force that Ava stumbled backward and toppled to the floor. Her head knocked against the hard ground, leaving a horrifying gash.

Zeke's expression darkened.

Sick b*stard! He's worse than a beast! He wouldn't even show kindness toward his own children. People like him don't deserve to live.

Zeke released a surge of energy. The sheer magnitude of his power oppressed Lucas instantly.

Lucas' feet were glued to the ground, and he could not move a single muscle. It was as if someone had cast a spell on him.

Zeke casually plucked the meat from Lucas' hands and passed it to Ava. “Give it to your children.”

Ava gaped at Zeke in awe.

What happened? Why can't Lucas move?

This incident reminded her of Mateo.

The same thing had happened to Mateo when he tried to attack Zeke.

This is really strange.

However, Ava had more important things to do at the moment.

“Thank you, thank you!” she exclaimed gratefully.