The Dark Side Of Fate

~Sylvester~

When Theodore interrupted my speech at the northern council conference, I knew something serious had happened.

I politely excused myself. I went to him.

I could hear people murmuring, but soon, Marcel took over, and they were silent.

That was why it was best I wrote my speeches. He just picked up from where I left off.

Theodore stood when I approached him.

“They are back,” He said, and I smiled, glad that Tamia had returned.

I was worried she might see Leo or Devin, and they would convince her to leave with them.

The painful part of that fear was that I wouldn’t have gone after her if she had willingly followed. Otherwise, I would have given my mother, Dominic and the entire council the war they had longed for and burned the south or east to the ground.

“Tamia is ill. Linda asked that I send a doctor, which I did, but then she insisted I tell you. I think it is serious,” He said, and images of her being poisoned by Jake Brighton just to get at me flooded my mind.

I was out the door before Theodore could finish the sentence.

People were looking at me weirdly.

The moment I stepped out, I hopped into the first car I saw. It wasn’t mine, but I was lord, and the driver was already behind the wheel.

“Volkov estate now!” I ordered him, and he started his vehicle.

I did not know who he worked for; I will have to apologise later.

We arrived at the estate, and I rushed into the building and went straight to my room.

Avery and Linda were with her. She looked pale and sweaty but seemed a bit calm. The doctor was examining her, and I went to hold her hands. Knight was afraid, so I had to try and control myself.

When the doctor congratulated me that she was pregnant, I was shocked. Knowing that Linda did not feel the same way made me still worried that Jake did something.

“Linda is pregnant, and she isn’t ill?” I asked the doctor.

but I will still take her blood sample to test for other things. If there is anything, she is already recovering from it. I will give her a mild sedative to help her relax and sleep it off, but there is no cause for

Tamia’s eyes close gradually until she fell

themselves,

and I rushed to open it so the person did not bang too hard and

opened the door, and she frowned at me. Not wanting her

She asked, and I knew she

you care?” I said, and she sighed

just that treason is a serious crime, and I knew they would want to kill Dominic. Tamia threatened to deal with Dominic if he caused you trouble. You are a fool for her. I was angry, but I don’t hate her. I just went to my family home to

I could see it. You called her a whore, among other things;

you know she was the only one that believed Dominic didn’t do it? She was the one that urged me to dig instead of passing judgment. Dominic has been a problem for me, so it was easy to think he would pull off that stunt. It was Tamia that made me question the enforcer. She was the one that made me look at other factors, yet you were busy antagonising her and making her feel inadequate. I am disappointed in you, mother. Anyone

get to people. You have it all, Sylvester; he has nothing. He has to

for her. I knew she went to the west because of you. It was a brave thing to do on her part, and I commend her, but I am concerned. Jake

she wanted to tell me other things people weren’t supposed to hear, so I

keep it down, and she looked at Tamia, where

said with concern,

she will be fine,” I

how Tamia would feel about it, but since I was there, I decided it wouldn’t be any

her nails; Tamia stirred in her sleep but did not wake

take a blood sample?” She

think she ingested a small amount of poison, and I also think she is pregnant,” she said, and I

alarm; her system is fighting whatever was introduced into

confirmed, and she gasped. A wide grin spread

she said softly and

give me another chance.” She said, and I doubted Tamia

were going to tell me something about Donald Brighton, mother,” I said, and she nodded. We moved to the couch

Brighton. A bitch …” she said

was stunning and a looker. Your father eagerly drafted her to join his harem and reluctantly drafted Ava. He favoured Gretchen of all his bedmates, and Ava got jealous. Gretchen thought she was being nice when she pleaded with Maurice to send her sister In-law back to her husband, and Maurice considered it. I hated that bitch because she almost took my husband from me. Ava did not see it as an act of kindness on her part. She saw it as a way of reducing her competition. The bitch thought Maurice liked her too, and Gretchen was only trying to

mother’s selective memory was

sleep with those women to learn their husband’s secrets and be ahead of them, but here she was admitting that his method was fucked up, but I

blood, driving a silver blade through her heart

had come to plead with Maurice to let her say, and instead of finding Maurice, she found Gretchen in his bed naked, looking freshly fucked, and she snapped. You see, Maurice had stopped touching Ava, and it bothered her,” she said and

night, he went to her

swept it under the carpet. No one knew this, but Donald hates the Volkovs because of it. He thinks his mother was

send her to Brighton. I am sure they wanted to kill her. She just didn’t ingest enough,” she said, and I hoped for Jake’s sake there