The Dark Side Of Fate

26 Faceless Attack

~Tamia-

Sylvester finally asked me to follow him to Lucland to meet his mother. After meeting Dominic at the club, I wasn’t looking forward to the meeting.

I learned the woman was strict and had her sons on a tight leash.

Even though Sylvester had confessed his feelings for me, what if she did not approve of me?

I was scared, but since Sylvester insisted and told me I had nothing to worry about, I decided to take him up on it.

We ate breakfast in our room and prepared to leave.

Linda was the most worried for me because there were only two things that could happen; she could either be unreasonable and ask her son to choose between her and me, or give me a chance. I hoped she would give me a chance.

Leo did not have parents when we got together, so this was new for me. We got dressed to visit his mother.

On our way out, Silvester stopped.

“Marcel needs me for a minute. Do you think you can wait for me? The matter seems urgent; it is about Bane and the East,” he said, and I was a bit worried because of Leo.

“Link me when you are ready to leave,” I told him, and he nodded. I decided to go to Avery’s room. I found Avery in her room, embroidering a piece of fabric. It looked horrible, but it seemed to be her new pastime. I had not seen her that morning because we didn’t eat in the dining room.

“Hey, you guys haven’t left yet?” She said, putting down the hoop that held the scarf she was marring with her needlework.

I noticed a diamond ring on her finger, and she smiled at me.

“He proposed an hour ago. I did not think about it; I just said yes,” She said, smiling with tears in her eyes.

“I can’t get it wrong twice now, can I?” She said, and I could hear the nervousness in her voice. She was afraid.

“Why did you say yes?” I asked her, picking up on her fear.

“Because I love him, and it will be great to have a life with him, but deep down, I am scared fated will show up and mess me up again,” She said, and I went to hug her. She pulled away and nodded, wiping away her tears.

I now understood why she was in her room working on an embroidery hoop instead of socialising in the eastern garden as usual.

“I have to take this leap of faith, or I might keep guessing and live with regrets. Marcel is a great guy and a great catch. He is a step up from that arsehole, Max. This is a good thing,” she said, wiping her tears.

“Feeling afraid and being happy at the same time is a weird mix of emotions,” She confessed, and I smiled.

“Has Sylvester told you what is happening in the east?” She asked, changing the topic, and I shook my head.

“We were heading out when Marcel called him for a meeting about Bane and the east, I told her, and she nodded.

and I wondered

learned he might go to war against Leo to take over the East completely. I just picked bits of Marcel’s conversation. I am sure Sylvester will tell you what is going on in case I heard wrong,” She said, and I was

Alphas allow Bane to use them like this? I was worried. I hoped Leo was getting all the help he needed to push back. It was one thing to willingly join up; it was another to be forced

my room. I wasn’t in the mood to

felt bored. I sat and prayed for Leo’s safety. Eventually, I got tired

LATER THAT DAY.

to a

window, and it was

was happening.

all

my room, and I sat up in bed, worried because they were northern guards. No one

Sylvester but met silence which meant he was not around. To my surprise, Dominic walked in, looking

answer, ” he said, and

might be seen as treason”, he warned me, and I looked at him

asked him, and he

his permission to question a prisoner. Fucking him does not change what you are here. A crime has been

I deserve to know what happened.” I said while the guards dragged me out of the

out during questioning,” Dominic said, and I tried to

had happened to him, and Dominic

speak his name. He is lord of the north, whore!”

attacked in the afternoon, and she was in the company of one of a council elder. Unfortunately, the elder did not make it. The surviving warriors identified the men as a mix of eastern and southern mercenaries. I know you are affiliated with Bane,

sworn to serve the Alpha,” I

for Bane’s crimes?” I asked, and he looked

is carried away. Since our father was murdered, our mother has hidden in Lucland successfully without event. You are the first outsider to know she lives in Lucland, and then this happened. I also won’t forget that Bane had tried to take you from the north. You were supposed to visit her today; they might have as well come to get you and decided to do some damage when they did not find you there,” he said, and my eyes widened at his wicked angle. Putting things

I said, and he turned to look at me

push me,” he said, and I remained silent, knowing this was a difficult situation. As much as I hated Dominic, I could not dispute the fact that he had a point. I was

were thrown into the same cell with me. Linda had a bleeding nose, so I figured she resisted.We

locked up, too; some were bound in silver chains and

swearing to serve the north, they still treat

for Sylvester to return. I am sure he will put Dominic in

she

is that simple. If the council is backing Dominic on this, then Sylvester would have to allow the investigation to run its course,” she said, telling

a council

a war, remember?” She said, and I

gain from that,”

destabilise the lord and the north. If she dies, Sylvester might act irrationally, giving Bane

of operation. I think someone did this

to answer questions. I wished we had something useful to give,” Avery said, knowing what happened to prisoners that were

attended to us. We spent the night