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, which was meant as

and then

saw Leo wave at everyone. He turned to wave in a particular direction, and I saw

also playing offence,” I saw Max wave at the crowd, but he

seem confident on the horse either. Theodore must have made

playing attack, and lastly, we have Alpha Gabriel Wright

whistle was blown for the first Chukka, and the

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

his head with the mallet before they stopped so

because Kyle was dazed, but his

and they waited to restart the game, and

heading to score on the other side,

got his horse close enough to

and he fell, but his horse did

was clear that

blew his whistle, and they had to

for the first Chukka was

they started the

all the falling and getting

It didn’t matter because the Northern Beasts were way ahead

for a first-timer and did a good job holding his own. I was sure Max and Kyle would have done the same if our men

Max was taken off the pitch, there was concentration on

him, and they did not want him to be taken away quickly,

fell off the horse many times in the fourth

by ‘accident’ a couple of times until he was knocked out, and they

out what was happening, but it didn’t matter. The crowd found

in shape for Rugby because beating them up on the field during Rugby would be

with our team winning, of course. It was the most entertaining match of the day, and the crowd cheered both teams

their changing room to celebrate their victory, and I saw Theo and Linda

her big thank you. He kissed her with his hand on her tiny bump. It was

Kyle, and the satisfaction they got from it was amusing.

the tip of my nose playfully, and I walked him

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

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, and Sylvester looked