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.

pregnancy differently, 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 alarm here. She will be alright when she wakes up;

Tamia’s eyes close

themselves, and I

person did not bang too hard and wake Tamia up. I knew

me. Not wanting her in my room, I

wrong with her?” She asked, and I knew she must

do you care?” I said, and she sighed and bowed

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

could see it. You called her a whore,

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

both of you. I threatened to disown him if he went for the hearing. That was why he 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 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.

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

supposed to hear, so I opened

to keep it down, and she looked at Tamia, where she was

pale,” She said

will be fine,” I

Tamia would feel about

palm and checked her nails; Tamia stirred in her

blood sample?” She asked,

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

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

I confirmed, and she gasped. A wide grin

softly and looked at

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

Brighton, mother,” I said, and she

bitch

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

was clear that my mother’s selective memory

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,

silver blade through

of finding Maurice, she found Gretchen in his bed naked,

in the dungeon, and one drunken night, he went to her cell and took her

her crime, slave or not. But he acted on impulse, and we swept it under the carpet. No one knew this, but

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,