The Dark Side Of Fate

~Tamia~

Avery and I insisted on sharing the same room. Alpha Jake offered to have his pack doctor examine me, but I refused. I planned on managing the condition until I got back to the north.

“That went well; too well, I must say,” Avery linked me, trying to be cautious, and I smiled at her.

“He believed Leo when he told him but still felt insulted until I showed up,” I linked her back, explaining my deduction.

“Alpha Jake Brighton is an old-fashioned man. He expected word to have gone to Sylvester’s ears of the atrocity in Brighton, and he expected Sylvester to apologise personally even though he had no hand in it. It is an ego thing for the old man, nothing more.” I linked Avery, and she laughed.

“What do you think about Councilwoman Pamela? The woman reeks of treachery,” Avery said aloud, and I laughed. It would be unwise for us to remain silent all through the room.

Being former Lunas of top packs, we understood the politics. Alpha Brighton wanted to keep an eye on us and our activities in his territory, so he offered we stay in his house; I was sure people were listening to our conversation.

We had dinner with Alpha Jake, Mikail, his nephew, Iris, his daughter and Donald, his son. His son and nephew were about my age, and I figured Donald would succeed his father soon. His daughter, Iris, kept staring at us during dinner, and I was a bit uncomfortable, but I let it be.

We ate in silence and returned to our room.

“Donald did not seem to like us. I do not know what his deal is. Jake’s nephew, Mikail, was worse. He kept staring at us. Honestly, I can’t wait to be out of this place,” Avery said, lying next to me, and I smiled. The feeling was mutual.

“I am missing Marcel,” She said and sighed.

“He didn’t want me to come, but I insisted. Right now, I just want to head back to the north and never leave his side. It has just been a few hours, and I am missing him so badly,” She said, and I smiled because I felt the same way.

I wondered what Sylvester was doing. As much as I wanted to place a call, it was best I didn’t.

I was about to fall asleep when my phone rang. I did not need to guess who it was. I answered in a heartbeat.

“Miss me already, Green eyes?” he said, and I giggled on the phone.

“More than you can imagine. Would have returned in the morning, but Alpha Jake invited us to a festival tomorrow evening, so we will return after the festival,” I said, and he grumbled on the phone.

We talked about his day, and I handed the phone to Avery to speak with Marcel. Apparently, she did not come with her phone.

We said good night and fell asleep.

and

two leaving?” Donald asked with a very disrespectful tone, and

They are marrying the men that attacked their people and took them away from their husbands. If it isn’t shameless and a desperate act of social climbing, then I do not know what is. Yet we welcome them to our home, allow them to eat at our table and pretend everything is okay. Mikail doesn’t have a mother because of the Dark Alpha; my mother was taken from me because of the Dark Alpha. Yet we are here. I say these eastern whores should be ashamed of themselves,” He said, and I put

to speak when I

luna? Where was your moral compass when Avery’s husband abused her and her wolf day and night, forced her to live with his mistress and placed the bitch above her? No one

many things that needed improvement, and I made mental notes to relay to Sylvester when I

is truly a nice man.” Jake said, and I smiled at him.

is he?” I asked, eager to know how he was doing but reluctant to

better days; Alpha Corrigan said he is still hurting over you. I guess he needs closure,” He said, and I was hurt to learn that my letter

hard to forgive himself. I doubt there is anything you can do to

to Donald yet; he is about twenty-six and ready to take over, but I am afraid he would make a bad decision that would get him and our people into

will heal, Alpha. We all do,”

his eminence that I truly feel honoured that he sent you,” he said, and I smiled. He sighed

a lot and are still holding firm. You need all the strength you can manage in

With all that has happened, the council is only partially loyal to the Lord. He needs to be careful. Maurice knew

spillover of something from his father’s time. I am not sure, but some of us old Alphas know of the power struggle between the six ruling houses of the north,” He said, and I absorbed every word and then used that

me about the power struggle?” I

He said, and my stomach

treated well by her family and her mate, but she can be

asked, and I shook my

but I would like to know more about her, and you seem to be in the best position to tell me since you experienced when she was in

nothing special about her. She wasn’t so bright. That was why Maurice

Maurice had a fated or that Stephanie

asked the man, and

so no one would dethrone her. His fated’s name was Lady Alissa

was and still is allowed to have more

the north, Maurice had to let comply.

believe the man wanted to be so strong that no one would be able

which were the Babanins and the part of the Lawrence family, leaving Stephanie powerless and defenceless. Unfortunately, Alissa had passed away before he completed his mission, so he decided to keep Stephanie as his Lady and the only Lady of

sure no one ever spoke of Alissa or remembered her. I doubt Lord Sylvester and Dominic even know her,” he said, and I could not believe how

in mind and planned to start my

us some history lessons that we wouldn’t have been privy to had