The Dark Side Of Fate

Novel {Book 2} Chapter 18 – ~Leo~

The doctor cleaned out the silver in my wound and put me on a drip to help my system expel the silver. All the while I was undergoing treatment, I was thinking of Amelia.

I saw how her wolf had defended me and the fear she drove into one of the men that made him run away.

Thinking of it, I chuckled a few times and was grateful, but I wondered what they were doing in my woods because those men had come intending to capture me.

That means someone told them I would be hunting in the woods.

It had to be one of the men Casper asked to see if the woods were clear. Or they might have told someone that told another person, and word got out.

I remembered what Amelia told me about the gossip in my pack, and I knew I needed to address the issue. Nonetheless, this was a serious matter. It was clear that someone or some people were after me. Why now? After a year plus, why now and why me?

Casper entered where I was and was surprised to see me sitting.

“You gave us a scare there, Alpha,” Casper said, and I gave him a half smile.

“How did you know to come?” I asked him.

“Amelia linked Gabriel, and Gabriel linked all of us. He was on his way when he linked us. I have told him to look elsewhere because he seems interested in the girl,” Casper said, and I nodded.

“She has been outside for an hour. I did not know if you were okay that she came in,” He said, referring to Amelia, and I nodded it was okay. I actually wanted to see her and thank her.

“Let her in,” I said. Casper nodded and smiled.

“She was lucky she didn’t get hit by the arrows. They aren’t only laced with silver dust; the tips were made of silver. I believe they planned on capturing one of you because the chain was only meant for one person,” Casper said, but I already knew that. What I needed to know was the reason behind the attack.

“Our woods had been safe all this while. Amelia is the newcomer in this pack. What if she pissed someone off, and they came looking for her here?” Casper said, and I chuckled.

“Then how did they know she would be hunting in the woods with me? I do not remember telling anyone that she would be hunting with me. Not even you, Beta. I just requested you ensure the forest is clear,” I reminded him, and he nodded, looking stupid.

“Well, maybe they had eyes on her,” He said, and I shook my head a bit irritated because he seemed to want to pin the attack on Amelia. After all, she was the newcomer in our pack.

“Or maybe they were after me, and I was lucky she was there with me,” I said the one thing he was reluctant to say, and Casper was silent.

‘I want that man interrogated. He mustn’t die. I need to know what he and his friend were doing in my woods,” I said, and Casper frowned.

“Friend?” He said, and I nodded.

“Yes, there were two of them,” I told Casper, and he was surprised.

“The other one ran away after Amelia’s wolf got his partner,” I said, and Casper frowned.

“I have been meaning to ask you something. How did the man get the chain around his neck? That thing is pure silver.” He said I knew I had to lie to cover for Amelia.

“How do you think I got the arrow on my side?” I said, claiming I had done it before the arrow hit me. He did not seem like he believed me, but he was quiet.

Casper left me alone, and Amelia entered my room. She was smiling at me. I could see she was worried and only smiling to brighten my mood.

here, Moonlight,” I said, and she rushed to hold

was afraid for me. It felt

her

and she rested on my chest and sat

a while, but they won’t let me in. How are you feeling now?” She asked me. I held her tighter with my

alright,

an awkward silence between us, and I decided

amazing ability,” I said, and she got off my lap

my head. She beamed at me, and I saw her relax. Showing me her ability must have

think I am a freak,” she said, and I

safe with me,”

She asked, and I shook my

now, I just want to finish this drip and

my permission and let Max in without my permission. I did not need to guess why, but they should have applied the same protocol to

looking worried. I knew what he was thinking,

thinks it is you, Max. You need to

suspect him. Maybe he wants to stop us from going to the north since you have already said the King has taken an interest in the matter,” he said. His explanation was plausible, but how did Alexie

he know to get me in the woods?”

can’t explain that. Maybe that was their way in, and they hit the jackpot when they saw Black there. They might have been planning to break into

credit. Someone told them I was in the woods, and they waited,” I said, and

sorry for both of us and knowing there was no way

Amelia decided to excuse us. She left before I could even speak. I wanted her

walk away, and Max followed. I felt a bit possessive of her. I didn’t want her home alone with

had a long discussion about the possibilities of why anyone would attack me in my woods, and none made sense. The

to the north. I put Casper in

done receiving the drip, it was past

my house, and the

knew I should not trouble Amelia’s Sleep, but

Knowing she was uneducated and untrained,

more,” Black said, speaking of

told my wolf, and

her as if she was nobody by refusing to let her into the infirmary to see us. Had it been possible, she would have been seen as the suspect. They know you are seeing her,

driving at?” I asked my

wondered why my wolf would use that choice of words when he knew my intentions towards

your actions and what people may believe. You should have reprimanded Casper for denying her access to see us,” He said, and he

I did not feel worthy of lying beside her in her bed. I contemplated leaving her room and was about to go when I heard her call my name in her

knew she was

my shorts on,

moved close to me and

arms around her and caressed her back until sleep came for

her up. It took a while before she

Amelia. We have a plane to catch

my private jet, but I decided we

to waste money paying for a hangar in Lucland because I did not know how long

left her room and went to shower