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.

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 alarm here. She will be alright when

Tamia’s eyes close

themselves,

did not bang too hard and

me. Not wanting

with her?” She asked,

I said, and she sighed

time, 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

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

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

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

I commend her, but I am concerned. Jake isn’t vindictive, but I can’t say the

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

down, and she

She said

be fine,” I

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

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

doctor take a blood sample?”

a small amount of poison, and I also think she

for alarm; her system is fighting whatever was introduced into

confirmed, and she gasped. A wide grin spread across

she said softly and looked at

another chance.” She said, and I doubted

about Donald Brighton, mother,” I said,

bitch …” she said

Maurice considered it. I hated that bitch because she almost took my husband from me. Ava did not see it as

mother’s selective memory was her

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

in cold blood, driving a silver blade through her heart in this room,”

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

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

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 of it. He thinks his mother was brought here as a slave and killed unjustly. I doubt Jake knows the truth,” She said, and

to send her to Brighton. I am sure they wanted to