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.

to help her relax and sleep it off, but there is no cause for alarm here. She will be alright when she wakes up; she

eyes close gradually until she

excused themselves, and I stayed with

so the person did not bang too hard and wake Tamia up. I knew it was my mother. She was

and she frowned at me. Not wanting her in

her?” She asked, and I

and she

and I am sorry. It was 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 calm down and think things through.” She said, and I knew she was being honest, but Tamia wasn’t comfortable with her anymore, and that was a relationship she would

hurt her, mother. Even though she didn’t say it, I could see it. You called her a whore, among other things; words like that don’t get forgotten,”

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 looking from the outside would say you didn’t birth me with

stayed. 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

on her part, and I commend her, but I am concerned. Jake isn’t vindictive,

weren’t supposed to hear, so I opened the

keep it down, and she

She said with concern,

be fine,” I said,

not know how Tamia would feel about it, but since I was

forehead and palm and checked her nails; Tamia stirred in her sleep but did

doctor take a blood sample?” She asked, and

she is pregnant,” she said, and

whatever was introduced into it,”

she gasped. A wide

and looked at

She said, and I doubted Tamia would be that nice again, but I kept

something about Donald Brighton, mother,” I said, and she nodded. We moved to the couch area, and she

Ava Brighton. A bitch …”

Maurice considered it. I hated that bitch because she almost

mother’s selective memory was

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

cold blood, driving a silver blade through her

Maurice, she found Gretchen in his bed naked, looking freshly fucked,

dungeon, and one drunken night, he went

But he acted on impulse, and we swept it under the carpet. No one knew this,

It was wrong to send her to Brighton. I am sure they wanted to kill her. She just didn’t ingest enough,”