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?

though Leo did not want to go after Sylvester,

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

and Tamia were together,

sure she was only doing what she

would do the same in her

must have hurt her so deeply that her captivity would

South to grant

was actively making efforts to

write to me? Why didn’t she tell me her plans the day we danced and

did not know what to do and felt I was

continue like this,” Rex, my wolf,

on the grass at the

I lived alone.

had lived alone since

anyone seriously, and I never brought a woman

the person I was dating know that I

let Sylvester keep her, Devin,” Rex said, growling in my head.

strike, we have to get it right,” I told my wolf, and

was attacked

mental state, but I had

glad that I

and got ready to head to my office and wait for my

arrived at the office and

long night because he

offered him a drink, and

for helping us. The north speaks poorly of you, but it is them that are savages,” he said, gulping his

and his appearance was messy and unkempt. His shirt wasn’t tucked

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.

you say, Tamia Albert?” I asked him,

for a captive. I could not tell if it were pretence or that it was

fast, and my hands were shaking. I was filled with anger and fear and battling tears from

in my head. How would she be able to sense our bond

lying when he

her before he claimed her. I needed her to