The Dark Side Of Fate

~Tamia~

Linda was excited about the Polo match. I doubt she had ever seen a live polo match before, but she seemed happy about this one. I did not want to be in Kyle’s shoes right now; the look of mischieve in Theo’s eyes spoke volumes.

I stood with Sylvester watching him put on his knee guards and boots, and he looked handsome.

“Oh my,” I said, looking at him, and he gave me his boyish grin. He was quickly the most handsome man. I knew others would say the same about their men; to each his own.

I kissed him before he put on his helmet, and he winked at me, getting prepared to mount his horse.

I could feel his excitement, and it was because he knew it would be an easy win while they had fun knocking Kyle and Max about.

They mounted their horses, and the ladies and I returned to our booth to watch the match.

The place was filled up with spectators, journalists and cameras. It was as if that was the only event taking place.

I felt terrible for those playing other sports at the same time as Sylvester’s polo match.

I knew why the place was filled up.

The four most powerful men in our world were playing. Everyone would want to see it.

The crowd cheered as Sylvester, Marcel, Theo, and Dominic rode in. The screen showed them individually, and people cheered every time the camera switched.

“Playing this evening are the Northern Beasts against the Eastern Beasts,” The commentator said. I felt Eastern Beast was too much for a bunch of amateurs.

The name alone would make people that did not know they were amateurs expect so much from them. Sadly, they would be disappointed.

I doubt they thought much about the name before choosing it. I believed they wanted to copy the north. Too bad they would get their arses kicked.

“In position one is Sir Marcel Sidorov playing attack and offence,” The commentator said, and everyone cheered.

“Position two is Sir Theodore Orlov, also on the offence. Position three is Lord Sylvester Volkov on the attacking position,” the commentator said. The crowd cheered louder when Sylvester’s name was mentioned.

Sylvester waved at people, and then he blew me a kiss. I caught it and blew mine.

It was beautiful, and the camera caught the exchange because it was displayed on the screen.

“And last but not least, Sir Dominic Volkov playing position four on the defence,” he said, and people cheered Dominic too. He waved at everyone and even at us.

first time I would hear someone address Dominic adequately as Sir and not Lord,

themselves, and then

He turned to wave in a particular direction, and I saw the heavily pregnant Amanda on the television

Alpha Maxwell Blanch, also playing offence,” I saw Max wave at the crowd, but

either. Theodore must have

attack, and lastly, we have Alpha Gabriel Wright in

and the umpire threw the ball between the

for the ball with the mallet, Sylvester went for Kyle’s horse leg, forcing the horse to bend slightly, making Kyle tilt over and

before they

Kyle was dazed, but his helmet reduced the

counted, and they waited to restart the game, and

the first goal, and they switched posts. Then while heading to score on the other side, Marcel challenged Max by ridding

enough to bump Max’s

fell, but his horse did not stop moving, dragging him

was clear that they were

and they

the first Chukka

started the

Kyle and Max doing all the falling and

foul was called. It didn’t matter because the Northern Beasts were way ahead with more points, so the

and did a good job holding his own. I was sure

off the pitch, there was concentration

and Marcel wanted a piece of him, and they did not want him to be taken away quickly, so they

many times in the fourth Chukka and was dragged along the

head by ‘accident’ a couple of times until he was knocked out, and they had to take him out on a stretcher

I was sure Leo would have figured out what was happening, but it didn’t matter. The crowd found it funny,

them up

course. It was the most entertaining match of the day, and the crowd cheered both teams for the humour they

to celebrate their victory,

her tiny bump. It was amazing to see how

it in for Max and Kyle, and the satisfaction they got from it was amusing. It was

of my nose playfully, and I walked him to where he would unburden himself and take off

make it challenging,” He complained, taking off his knee guard,

trained for just one month. Polo isn’t played in the east. I was honestly surprised that they would want to play polo. Given the circumstances, they tried,” I said,