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.

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; she just needs to rest,” he said,

Tamia’s eyes close

excused themselves, and I stayed

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

at me.

wrong with her?” She asked,

care?” I said, and she

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

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,” I said, and

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

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

It was a brave thing to 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 this family.

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

it down, and she looked at Tamia, where

She said with

she will be fine,” I said, and she

know how Tamia would

forehead and palm and checked her nails; Tamia stirred

take a blood

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

is fighting whatever was introduced into it,” She said and patted

I confirmed, and she gasped. A wide grin spread

said softly and looked at

I doubted Tamia would be that nice again,

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

Ava Brighton. A bitch …”

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

that my mother’s selective memory was her coping

to learn their husband’s secrets and be ahead of them,

cold blood, driving a silver blade through her heart

in his bed naked, looking freshly fucked, and she snapped. You see, Maurice had stopped touching

night, he went to her cell and

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

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