Eat Me Alive

Euscientist 2 stories

Summary

Asanga loves living the good life. Working as a top executive at one of the biggest mineral water companies in Cameroon, she knows the sky is her limit until her grandmother dies and names her the priestess of the Mukenge, a shrine to an ancient deity. Asanga is devastated and refuses to heed the call, instead, she hires a fake pastor that tells her that once they destroy the shrine all will be well. She and the pastor arrive at the village and realize that the shrine is just a tree infested with ants. On cutting the tree, a cloud of dust is produced from which an old man emerges and tells her that her body will become the home of the ants. Asanga returns to the city and discovers ants in her urine, phlegm, and menstrual flow, but she only realizes she has opened pandora's box when she visits a witch doctor in a bid to get rid of the ants...