The Dark Side Of Fate

The Dark Side Of Fate By Karima Sa’ad Usman Chapter 12

12 Letting Go

~Leo~

A week passed, and the reality of what had happened to me sank in.

I had sent Amanda home to her father, so I could mourn my wife. Max asked me to release her, but I couldn’t. Releasing her meant I had given up on her and I didn’t want to give up.

I didn’t know if she was well or what they were doing to her there.

“We need to release her, or the Dark

Alpha will see our mark on her as an act of defiance,” Black warned me, but I couldn’t.

I decided I would write a letter to the wolf lord. Pleading with him to give me back my wife and promising never to work or act against him.

I did not care if what I was doing was foolish, but I had to do something. I could not sit on my arse and mope. If he won’t give her back, the least he can do is let me hear her voice and know that she is okay and happy where she is.

“You will be causing more harm than good. What if he sees it as an act of defiance? Did it ever occur to you that

Tamia gave herself so we could live? The situation was terrible, Leo. We would have died; they would have killed all three of us. She chose the best option that kept us alive. Tamia is a smart woman; that is why we fell in love with her. She will take care of herself there, but she isn’t coming back, Leo. Do not deceive yourself. Take the gift of life and peace that she gave us by sacrificing herself and make the most of it,” Black said, and I roared.

“If I find that Devin,” I said aloud, and Black growled.

“Now that bastard has a lot of explaining to do. He touches what is ours and then goes back on our deal with him with a flimsy excuse,” Black said, agreeing with

I walked to my table in the living room. It was the only furniture there. I was yet to fix the place.

I sat with a pen and paper and decided to write a letter to the Wolf Lord. I was taking what my wolf said into consideration. The first letter was to Tamia.

would have willingly tried with you. I would have made an effort. I wanted to have a daughter that looked like you and had your strength. I guess fate really had it in for us when it messed up our happily ever after, and took you to the north. I pray you find peace and Joy there. I know it is crazy, but I hope you

knew that would be suicide for my entire pack and me or the region. I could not let her sacrifice be in vain. I folded the letter and put it in an envelope. Then I started another letter addressed

wife dearly, and I plead with you to go easy on her. I know I dare not ask you to return her, but I

always acts brave, but deep down, she is sweet, innocent and loving. She speaks her mind most of the time and is a great critical thinker. Do not take her defiance as offensive. She is just

with the last words. I did not want to admit to myself that she wasn’t coming back. Even though I dared not try to

and linked Casper, my Beta, to meet me

arrived a few minutes after I had called him, and he was surprised to see the empty living room,

he asked, concerned for

her to spend some time with her father”,

Leo. You look like shit,” Casper said, and

I said, and he

be my Luna,” He told me, speaking

for bringing such cruelty upon us. The Dark Alpha only attacks when he is taunted. Why did Kyle attack a pack in the Western region?” He asked me, and

doing it,” I

then someone did it in

the east was bringing an end to his reign in the west. They claim they were trying to liberate the west from his oppression. The men that were captured

about Devin?”

alliance with the east,” He said, and I growled. I wanted to find his faults so I could go after the bastard, Bane or whatever he called himself; I was sure he bled the same as all of us. I

north,” I said, handing him my letters. Casper looked worried and afraid of the content of

to my wife and a

collected it and

learned Devin was around, and we were all summoned for a meeting. I was eager to

party, and there was an uproar. Everyone was still grieving their loss; even Max was grieving Avery. Sometimes I believed he was

luna well, I wondered why he was grieving her, but it wasn’t my

saw Devin where he was listening to everyone’s complaints, and I walked up to him. He was about to speak when

with my wife,” I said, wanting to do it since the night he danced with her. I sent another

abandoning your duty and making me lose my wife in the process,” I