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?

want to go after Sylvester, I will. For

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

me Sylvester and Tamia were

was only doing what

the same

with Leo and sharing him with Amanda must have hurt

several alphas in the South to grant

making

me her plans the day we danced and I held

know what to do and felt I was running

continue like this,” Rex, my wolf, said,

the grass at the back of

I lived alone.

lived alone since

dated anyone seriously, and I

my fated, and I always let the person I was dating know that

Devin,” Rex said, growling

my wolf, and he was

western pack, whose territory was attacked for taxes, was on his way to visit

ready for the visit because of my mental state, but I had no choice but to be

was only glad that I was able to

to head to my office and wait for my guest, Alpha

the office and waited

night because he had to go to a dinner party at

him a drink, and he

you, but it is them that are savages,” he said, gulping his drink. The man

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

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

I

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

and my hands were shaking. I was filled with anger and fear and battling tears from falling. There

my head. How would she be able to sense our bond wearing Sylvester’s mark? I was

when he said they had fallen in

claimed her.