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.

had breakfast in the morning with our host and his children, and it

asked with a very disrespectful tone, and his

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

father was going to

point fingers, call people names and judge them when you do not have the full picture. It is easy to speak about loyalty and moral values when you have not experienced certain things, and judging people looking from the outside is easy. You call us whores and wicked. You call my mate vile and evil, but he was our saviour. Where was your moral compass when my ex-husband broke his promises and forced me to live with his fated, and I lost my rights and standing as 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 was willing to help, knowing what she was going through. These monsters revived our faith in love and gave us the strength and courage to try again. Sylvester wiped away my tears and gave me hope when I thought all was lost. My husband did not give me up; I gave myself up to get away from him. As for your mother and aunt, I sympathise with you, but Sylvester is nothing like Maurice. If you are too blind to see

Brighton gave us a tour of the village. I saw many things that needed improvement, and I made mental notes

Jake said, and I smiled at him. I had always known Leo to have a

how he

he is still hurting over you. I guess he needs closure,” He said, and I was hurt to learn

I think he is finding it hard to forgive himself. I doubt there is anything you can do to help him. Besides, you seem pretty happy. I believe you love Volkov, or you would have used this opportunity to run away. He is a lucky man,”

about twenty-six and ready to take over, but I am afraid he

We all

that he sent you,” he said, and I smiled. He sighed

strength you can manage in

partially loyal to the Lord. He needs to be careful. Maurice knew this,

open, and ears to the ground. He might be suffering a 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

you mind telling me about the power struggle?” I asked, and

He

woman, wasn’t treated well by her family and her mate,

he asked, and

the best position to

nothing special about her. She wasn’t so bright. That was why Maurice preferred his fated to her,” he said, and

mentioned that Maurice had a fated or that Stephanie had to

asked the man, and

family, so no one would dethrone her. His fated’s name was Lady Alissa Pavlishchev. She was from a

was and still is allowed to have more than one Lady. So she always ensured the woman was presented as one of his

the Belyaevs threatened to divide the north, Maurice had to let comply. Hence, why Maurice became power-hungry

wanted to be so strong that no one would be able to

and subdue them by wiping out the Belyaevs and their supporters, 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 the

made 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 rotten the north

those names in mind and planned to start my investigation

to show us around and give us some