Bride Price of Blood: The Mountain’s Secret

Midnight rain pounds the zinc as my wife guards her bride price like gold, refusing to save her own mother in the hospital. One IOU, one broken phone, and curses fly as family turns enemy, and tradition becomes a weapon. Tonight, I must choose: betray my marriage vows or let blood spill—because in this house, money is thicker than love.

Trapped by a mother's deadly greed, a young man faces the haunting of his beloved sister, sacrificed for money and status. As family secrets turn into curses, he must survive a night where tradition, betrayal, and the supernatural collide. Will he escape his mother’s sins, or will the ghost bride drag him into the grave?

After paying ₦2.8 million bride price, Chijioke travels home for Christmas to seal his engagement—only to face a greedy in-law council demanding millions more, plus a house for his fiancée’s brother. Humiliated, abandoned by Ngozi, and driven to the brink as his father lands in hospital from the stress, Chijioke must choose: lose everything for love, or fight a family ready to sell their daughter like cattle. In a world where tradition becomes extortion, how much can one man sacrifice before he breaks?

Princess Adaugo returns home with a secret that could destroy her royal family’s honour. Forced to choose between her love for Musa Bello and her duty to the kingdom, she faces betrayal, gossip, and the heavy price of peace. In a world where a woman’s worth is traded for war, will Adaugo’s heart survive the storm?

On New Year’s Day, my cousin slammed his BMW key on the table, daring anyone to match his pride in a high-stakes card game. With my fiancée’s wedding gold and our future apartment on the line, I risked everything to defend my family’s dignity after he disgraced my father in front of everyone. As the stakes soared—money, houses, even bride price—one wrong move could destroy my love, my home, and my father’s honour forever.

Tunde faces shocking betrayal on his wedding day when his girlfriend’s parents demand an outrageous ₦50 million security deposit, threatening to shatter his dreams and disgrace his family. As tensions rise and hidden resentments erupt, Tunde must choose between family honor and the woman he loves. With every moment, the risk of losing everything grows, and what should be a celebration turns into a battle for dignity and true love.

When hunger drives Lilian from her aunty’s house, she’s dumped with the proud Okoli family—forced to fill an impossible clay jar before they’ll call her wife. Every kobo is earned with blood, sweat, and public shame, but just as the jar fills, her engagement is switched to an even poorer rival family. With her pride and savings in hand, Lilian must choose: suffer for a loveless marriage, or ride away in a battered keke, dignity ringing louder than any wedding bell.

Ifedike, a fallen chief of Umuola, wakes from death to find his kingdom in ruins, his family divided, and betrayal everywhere. With war closing in and his own people broken by greed and fear, he must rally lost loyalties and face enemies within and without—before hope itself dies. In this battle for legacy, love, and survival, every choice carries the weight of the ancestors.

On her wedding day, her drunk husband loses ₦380,000 at a rigged family card game. The crowd demands payment, shame threatens to bury her parents, and her new marriage hangs by a thread. But when she sits at the table and reveals a secret no one in the village knows, the real game begins—because this bride is ready to gamble everything to save her family’s pride.

I betrayed Musa for money, broke his heart, and hid the child we made—now, six years later, I’m begging at his wedding while our sick son fights for his life. His new fiancée wants me ruined, and my shame is public, but Musa still doesn’t know he’s a father. If the truth bursts out under the Ibadan sky, whose heart will break first—his, or mine?

Yusuf’s dream wedding turns to disaster when his wife’s so-called childhood friend, Kunle, disrupts every tradition and exposes a shocking secret that threatens to tear their marriage apart. As Morenike struggles between loyalty, shame, and love, Yusuf must decide if his pride and trust can survive the ultimate betrayal. With family honor and millions at stake, every move could spark a fresh wahala.

Professor Obinna sacrificed everything for his daughter Ifeoma, showering her with gifts as bride price to secure her future. But betrayal from Ifeoma and her greedy in-laws shatter the family, leading to heartbreak, public disgrace, and a fight for dignity. Now, with shame hanging over their heads, Obinna must decide how far a father’s love should go—before it destroys everyone.