The Dark Side Of Fate

Chapter 225

The Dark Side Of Fate 63 The Best Thing To Do (Book 2)

~Susan~

Devin did not return to the bedroom until one in the morning. I wondered what he stayed up discussing with Leo. He also did not seem too happy when he entered the room, so I was concerned too.

I did not know if it were safe for me to ask him, so I remained silent.

He sat down on the bed and sighed heavily.

“Is everything all right?” I asked him, and he sighed and then looked back at me.

“I hope you have been honest with me, Susan,” he stated, and my heart began to beat fast from confusion. That was a very odd question to ask me. His words made me sit up immediately.

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

“What you told me about your parents being missing and not knowing where they are: Is it true?” he asked. I did not understand why he would think I would lie about something that serious.

“I swear to you, Devin, I do not know where they are. I don’t,” I said, not knowing if I needed to convince him.

“Where were you when we broke up?” he asked.

“I was hiding in Pridewood,” I told him, and he sighed.

“Who were you staying with in Pridewood? I know your uncle’s home was in Pridewood, the very Pridewood where the massacre occurred, the very night you came to Greenville,” he said, and I became worried. Had someone set me up?

“Why are you asking this?” I asked him, and he looked at me. His eyes were teary.

“Because I feel it was odd you returned the very night Pridewood was destroyed. I then learn that your parents aren’t missing but members of a cult that wants to help its leaders take over the south and east. I am not a fool, Susan. What is your real mission here?” he asked me, and I was utterly shocked.

I had just heard that my parents, who I believed were dead, were alive somewhere and did not bother to contact me. Then, at the same time, he was accusing me of treason.

“Are you accusing me of treason?” I asked him quietly, and he was silent.

“I know it is easy to believe that I am a bad person because of what my uncle and cousin did and maybe what you heard about my parents, but I swear to you, Devin, I am hearing of them for the first time.

happened in Pridewood

like I came here to save myself from annihilation and maybe keep your

was attacked and its residents killed by a cult my missing parents are now rumoured to be a

Will I be tried for treason like Glenda and uncle Nickolas?

not know what

there was an issue and my loyalty was questioned, and Devin did not trust me, I was genuinely fucked because he

Devin, I have no hand in the death of the people in Pridewood,” I

terrified. I did not

and he was silent. His hands were shaking, and I knew he was

I asked quietly

and to think you left

made love when we got to the east and promised each other so much. His words cut me deep. His inability to take my word for it broke

not believe me?” I asked

I can prove. I am the head Alpha of the south, and that massacre happened under my watch. Your parent’s involvement with the cult that perpetrated the crime casts a huge shadow of doubt on your person. The fact that you were there and left the place to

a hand in it….” I completed it for

leaves little to

pending the investigation?” I asked him with a breathy voice, and he

I won’t let that happen, Susan, but I need you

against everyone for your sake, but I need you to be honest with me,” he said, and I believed that was too much to ask of him. Going against everyone meant him losing his

I shook my head.

Devin. I can’t ask that

do not know anything

he should trust

before the council. I was a Sullivan;

spot. I thought I had returned to his life permanently with bliss, but as things are, I might have to run away and

was destined to be alone because something kept happening that would force me to run away. This will be the second time I would have to run away from

morning, And then we will figure out what to

the Pridewood incident, your name will come up, and

it in, and there is a cult member who can attest that your parents were involved and they had an informant in Pridewood, ” He said, and I understood his plight and what

and he looked at me

deceived him. I do not want to be in that situation.

I said, fighting my tears because I knew I would be gone from the place in the morning. I needed to go into hiding. I wouldn’t take much with me to avert

weird to do, judging by what we had discussed, but I had to say goodbye properly because there

he said were true,