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.

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

eyes close

themselves, and I

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

frowned at me. Not wanting her

She asked, and I knew she

and she

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 calm down and think things through.” She said, and I knew she

see it. You called her a whore, among other things; words like

me question the enforcer. She was the one that made me look at other factors, yet you were busy antagonising her and

I also say hurtful things to Dominic, but I have to feel sorry for him. He is the older of you two, yet he has nothing, no position, no charge and respect. Things like that get to people. You have it all, Sylvester; he has nothing. He has to live in your shadow for the rest of his life. It is not your fault, but I know it gets to him, so he is always eager to prove that you are flawed so he can feel better. Larry has worked on his insecurities

do on her part, and I commend her, but I am concerned. Jake isn’t vindictive, but I can’t say the same for Donald Brighton. He is the next alpha, and he has a grudge against

tell me other things people weren’t supposed to hear, so I opened the door to my room

it down, and she looked at Tamia, where she

pale,” She said with concern, and

said she will be fine,” I

mind if I examine her?” She asked, and I did not know how Tamia would feel about it, but since I was

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

the doctor take a blood sample?”

of poison, and I also think she is pregnant,” she said, and I was panicked because she could be

need for alarm; her system is fighting whatever was introduced into it,” She said and patted her hair

is pregnant,” I confirmed, and she gasped. A wide grin spread

softly and

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

I said, and she nodded. We moved to the couch

A bitch

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 get rid of her. So she pleaded with Maurice to remain in his service and continue to warm

clear that my mother’s selective memory was her coping

learn their husband’s secrets and be ahead of them, but here she was admitting that his method was fucked up, but

murdered Gretchen in cold blood, driving a silver blade through her

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

the dungeon, and one drunken night, he went to her cell and took her life,” she

supposed to stand trial for her crime, slave or not. But he acted on impulse, and we swept it under the carpet. No one knew this, but Donald hates the Volkovs because

enemies, hence why the rest of the Volkov bloodline are quiet and not bearing our last name. It was wrong to 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 was nothing in Tamia’s blood