The Dark Side Of Fate

Since the dinner party where I found Tamia, I haven’t been able to sleep. I stayed awake most nights, wondering what to do.

I had just agreed to an alliance with the east; it would be wrong to ask the leader to part with his wife because she was my fated.

I knew she wasn’t an Alpha breed when she couldn’t sense me and convincing her she was mine was going to be complicated.

The situation between her and Leo made me hopeful, but I wanted to wait a bit.

I knew Leo wouldn’t hold on to her for too long, and I hoped to claim her when they decided to call it quits. Little did I know Volkov would come calling, bullying his way through.

As much as I had tried to ignore the Volkovs, they always had a way of messing with me.

First, it was my parents and my youth. Because of Maurice, my father died early, and I could not be a normal teenager because I had to take over. Now Sylvester has taken my fated.

Attacking the estate in the north was stupid, and many lives were lost in the process, but I was desperate.

I couldn’t take it anymore.

My wolf, Rex, was in pain, and I was hurting every day, knowing that, just like my mother, I might never see my fated again.

When Leo asked me if I had told Sylvester that Tamia was my fated, I could not help but chuckle.

The Volkovs never let go of what they have taken. They are called trophies for a reason. They are keepsakes, living proof that they have conquered a place.

I did not know what to do, and as time passed, I became more desperate.

I had to respect Leo for calling a meeting because just as he had heard that I was going to attack the east to take over the rest of the east, I had heard that he would attack me to take back the part of the east that joined the South.

The man did not like trouble, which was one of his strengths. I decided I would be more careful before acting because someone or some people were clearly trying to knock our heads together.

It still hurt that Kyle thought I would orchestrate the attack against the western borders.

Honestly, I believed Kyle did it, and when it went south, he denied it, but as the days passed, I began to suspect that Sylvester might have orchestrated the entire thing so he could have a reason to attack the east and subdue them.

If only Leo could see that it would be wrong to keep allowing the mad lord to rule us.

How many more do we have to give?

Leo did not want to go after Sylvester,

me, fate gave her to me, and I wasn’t willing to let

me Sylvester and Tamia were together, and it

sure she was only

the same in

must have hurt her so deeply

had written to several alphas in the South to grant her permission to own

was actively making efforts to leave

me? Why didn’t she tell me her plans the day we danced and I held her

what to do and felt I was

Rex, my wolf, said, and

the

I lived alone.

alone since my father passed

and I never brought a

wanted to wait for my fated, and I always let the person I was

Devin,” Rex said, growling in my head. He was in pain

my wolf, and he was silent.

territory was attacked for taxes, was on his way

mental

that I was

feet and got ready to head to my office and

office and waited

that he had a long night because he had to go to a dinner party at the Volkov

him a

Devin, for helping us. The north speaks poorly of you, but it

not look like he got much rest, and his appearance was messy and unkempt. His shirt wasn’t

overprivileged bastard did not have the decency to allow us to mourn our dead. He pretended he did not attack my pack and decided to invite us to his engagement party. I can’t believe someone agreed to marry the bastard. I learned she was a luna from the east. One of his trophies. Beautiful, too, I must say.

Tamia Albert?” I asked

not tell if it were pretence or

began to beat fast, and my hands were shaking. I was filled with anger

my head. How would she be

guessed Leo wasn’t lying when he said they had

before he claimed her. I needed her to know that she