The Dark Side Of Fate

{Book 2} Chapter 27 – Determined ~Leo~

I found it hard to sleep. There were so many questions and issues going on in my mind. As things were, I knew telling people what was going on was the right thing to do.

I might not trust the people in my region, but I needed to discuss this with my friends in the north.

Alexie was a big issue.

I did not appreciate that he wanted to start challenging everyone around him just because he could. His hearing on Max’s allegations against him was next month, but I could not wait until then.

How many packs will I suddenly have to take over to protect my people? Timothy was desperate, but Alexie’s actions were insidious. I needed to draw a line quickly.

I thought of the objects I found in the woods and concluded that I would need to protect Amelia. If these people were taking pictures and hiding in the woods, she was important and needed protection.

I doubted they wanted to grab her because they would have before she arrived. I wondered what they wanted and who the ‘she’ was in the sentence written at the back of the photograph.

After tossing and turning, I decided I would return to the north first thing in the morning.

I knew my eagerness to return had other personal reasons, but I held on to the fact that I needed to cry for help because this Alexie guy and the people in my woods were beyond my control.

Something terrible was going on, and these takeovers might have had something to do with what was also happening in the west, causing us to have a large inflow of displaced persons crowding our communities and economic system.

I eventually fell asleep. By the time I woke up, it was nine in the morning. I linked Max to dress up and prepare to return to the north, then dressed up quickly and left my room.

I wanted to make a sandwich before leaving.

Thinking of the sandwich, I knew I had missed Amelia. It had just been a day, and it felt like weeks already.

Whatever I needed to do will be from the north. Once we have decided on her lineage, I will bring her home. I had a firm resolve about her, and I decided to go with my guts, not to doubt her and put in the best effort I could to make it work.

Stepping out, I smelled breakfast and wondered what was cooking in my kitchen.

Max was on the couch looking in the direction of the kitchen. He seemed indifferent about it while Timothy was reading the newspaper on another sofa.

Finally, someone decided to read the news from the papers, not the internet.

Timothy looked up and stood up to greet me.

“Good morning Alpha Leo,” He said with a smile. He looked more relaxed than he did last night.

“Good morning Timothy,” I said, looking at the kitchen section.

greeted me, smiling. She was cooking, and it instantly got on my

house wasn’t a general property where people could come and do whatever they wanted.

you are relaxed. Max and I will be returning to the north this morning. I am sure you can

and stay here,” He said, and

her in this house, Alpha Timothy,”

to buy you time and ensure you won’t be challenged this morning. Alexie would get a summon by the north to

at his granddaughter where she was cooking, and it seemed like

and Mirabel greeted me again; she

She said, and

mind. You shouldn’t have bothered, really. Only one person cooks my food, and she isn’t here,” I said, and her smile

eat what you have cooked and return home,” I said and took out the bread that I wanted to use.

me for my kindness. I linked Gabriel to join Timothy and take over his pack on

waited for Gabriel to come

the satchel containing those items with me

presence, Leo. Why are you going back so soon?” Max teased me when we got to the airport, and I knew where he was heading with our conversation. I did not want to give him the satisfaction

to be put in check, and I cannot do it from the east. Only Sylvester can deal

reasons because I could have easily called Sylvester on the phone this morning to inform him of my fears. But I wanted to do it in person because I couldn’t stand being away from Amelia. I did not elaborate on my reasons; I

boarded the plane, and we used the First class this time. I could catch up on my sleep on the plane without disturbance. When we landed in

that I had not felt in a while. I knew it was because of Amelia. She was slowly taking it all, and I was

I composed myself before heading to

with the pending issue before going to my room. I knew I won’t have the time to attend to the matter when I

Albert,” I told the Kappa stationed at the entrance

nodded with his eyes glazed over, so I

aside, allowing me to enter the wing. I went to Sylvester’s office, where he was dealing with documents at his

was surprised that I had come there too. I guess none of us expected me to return immediately. Amelia had a hold on

from Amelia,” Sylvester teased me and offered me a seat. I sat on the chair in front of his desk and sighed,

I confessed, and I had his attention because

marry his granddaughter and take over his pack simply because Alexie challenged the old man. I called Alexie, and he said he needed the land to build a mega City. I need you to halt his activities because he is getting out of line. We are yet to decide whether he cheated or

you want me to ban him from taking over other packs by prohibiting him from challenging other alphas?” Sylvester asked, and I nodded in response, knowing it

his right, Leo,”

that two of the three Alphas involved have been rumoured to be immune to silver. I also

easy it was to look away and tell ourselves it was no big deal, especially after

everything I knew about the men in my woods and showed him the objects in the satchel. I was glad I did because

I

it was on the surface because I did not have

knew why he would ask

there for a while and might not have ended up in my woods in my lifetime.

about Alexie while we look into the issue with the trackers in your woods.