Chapter 138 – ~Tamia~

The moment we stepped outside, I exhaled.

“What would you like to speak to me about, Tamia?” he asked gently, and I looked at him.

“First of all, I want to congratulate you. I heard of you and Susan, and I am happy for both of you,” I said; he nodded and looked away.

“I heard a rumour that I want to confirm with you, Devin, and I need you to be honest with me.

To start with, I know you did not face Sylvester during the legendary war. I know it was Dominic, but I have kept your secret. I am telling you this so you know you can trust me,” I said, and he chuckled.

“I knew you figured it out. There was no way you would be close to Volkov and not know that fact,” he said, and I smiled.

“What do you want to ask me?” He asked, and I sighed.

“It is about your encounter with Lord Maurice Volkov,” I said, and his expression became serious.

“Nothing serious, Devin. Nothing bad; I just want to clarify, please,” I said, and he nodded reluctantly.

“I do not want trouble. The Volkovs and I have buried the hatchet. Do not resurrect an old issue, Tamia,” he warned me, and I nodded.

“I do not intend on doing that, Devin. I just want to know the truth about something. Please, I hope it is not too much to ask,” I said to him, and he sighed.

“Very well, I am listening, Tamia,” He said, and I nodded.

“I heard you got a tip from an anonymous person in the form of a letter telling you where Maurice Volkov would be and his reasons in Pridewood,” I started.

“According to this rumour, the person gave details of his Alias and his purpose there,” I said, and he frowned at me.

“Where did you hear that from?” he asked me, and I nodded.

“Late Jenny,” I said, and he balled his fist.

“What was her gain with that magnitude of lies? I did receive a letter like that, but I ignored it. I did not attack Maurice because of the letter. Jenny is full of shit. I have kept what happened that day in my heart, and I do not want to speak of it,” he said, and I frowned at him.

“What do you mean by that?” I asked, and he shrugged.

“Nothing, Tamia, just ignore those rumours. It is a lie,” he said, wanting to walk away, but I held his hand and stopped him.

“Please, Devin, I need to know what happened that night,” I said with desperation, and he frowned at me.

“What is it to you? How does this affect you?” He said defensively, and I did not know what to say.

“You need to tell me why you want to know what happened badly, or else my lips are sealed, Tamia; you do not expect me to divulge anything to you while you hold back.

These are things on which my reputation was built. You do not expect me to just let tell you. At least tell me why you want to know,” he said, and I looked at him.

“Will you tell me if I tell you?” I asked him, wanting a genuine answer.

“If you promise to keep my secret, I will,” He said, and that wasn’t good enough, especially if I needed him to come forward for Stephanie’s sake.

someone’s life is on the line for it? Would you speak up?” I asked, and he shook his

and I pleaded with him. I did not know tears were streaming down my cheeks until I

to be in a situation where he would have to

suddenly worried because

because of it?” he asked me gently, and

other

in my life; everyone knows I have been an orphan for a long time. I do not want anything bad to happen

forever indebted to you. Please, Devin, I am begging you,” I said, beginning to

mate know about this?” He asked

lot to deal with already,” I lied, and he

this reputation for years,” he said, and

things. With all that is happening now, you will

your help

prove otherwise, she

will try her for treason and sentence

man, Devin, and you will not want something like

hurting anyone, but if a life is hanging in the balance, then you know the right thing to do.

she the one that wrote the letter?” He asked, and there

she wrote the

I knew I had to

gift it to his son. The abuse was intense, and she just wanted to breathe,” I said,

He asked, and

that is all I can

with him made me realise I was wrong. He isn’t over-privileged. If anything, he

his back and constantly being in a battle to maintain power and peace is a shitty

that he is

thinking I had all the time in the world. My procrastination gave birth to the love between you two. I will never want to come between that, let alone destroy the joy the goddess has put in your life. Because of that, I will tell you everything that happened

to speak up, I will do it for your sake, for the sake of the happiness I was meant to give you that day at the

dumped it. I do not know how it got around that I got a letter; I guess a mole might have picked it up back then. Which means this uprising bullshit is a spillover from

on the letter with her so-called investigator. Why

had thought it was a way of keeping an eye on

Jenny’s son had been planning this all

people. It was really messy, and I did not know what to think, so I shut down my mind to ponder on the

arrived at Danes Inn in Pridewood secretly with his officers. They had cleared out the Inn

family was on

it in any longer, I decided

When I got

at the entrance. It was nothing like what

there. A hefty guard was lying dead on the floor at the entrance. He reeked of alcohol and northern cocktail,

no one. Not a soul, but

to excuse him. He had lots of money anyway, so it was

that was when I

Maurice had come to commit a crime in my territory, I followed the scent, and it

wounds to his heart. He had deep claw marks all over his body. There was no

and moved through the living section to the room. I saw Lucas Sidorov on top of Maurice’s dead body, stabbing him continually with a silver blade, he

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