The Dark Side Of Fate

83 A Clearer Picture

~Leo~

My mouth was dry, so I drank the water and composed myself, ready to listen to the rest. I dared not interrupt.

"Because of this progress, there was a law that we would only mate with Alphas to have strong alphas in our bloodline like the Volkovs.Although Patrick died before his grandchildren from Rudolph got their wolves Sophia lived long and tried to ensure they married Alphas.Sophia passed away, and Rudolph he focused on his son and his grandchildren and ensured they continued doing so as his parents wanted.That was why everyone in our lineage mated with an alpha.All except you, Leo." He said, and I remained fixed in my chair.

I was glad that Sophia was a distant cousin of Amelia's ancestor, or else it would have been weird.I held my tongue and listened.

My father told me about Gregory and Adrian's agreement, how Gregory had broken that agreement, and everything that Dimitri did to wipe out the Volkovs.He said the story the exact way everyone that knew it narrated it.

"When the Stepanovs had to flee from the North, our family and the Sullivan Family helped them escape,"He said.

I was surprised by how the Sullivans got into the story.

"Are the Sullivans the same Sullivans that moved to the North and had an issue with Maurice?" I asked my father, and he nodded.

' Yes, they are the same Sullivans.They were the descendants of the beta son the Stepanov abandoned.The boy and his mother moved to the South to settle down, and that was when they adopted that last name just like we adopted Albert.The Sullivans are Stepanov descendants, while we are Volkov descendants with Stepanov genes," My father explained.

That made a lot of sense why Susan recovered from silver so quickly.

Things had just gotten complicated.

Susan was a distant relative of mine.But Sylvester was a closer relative because Patrick was his ancestor.

"My father and Grey Sullivan's father ensured the Stepanovs could settle and find homes in the East and South.My father had many businesses then, but he spent all his money making sure Dimitri did not win, even though Dimitri was more of our relative than the Stepanovs.The Sullivans did the same in the South.Before my father passed away, he told me to work with the Stepanovs and always ensure they were fine.I was to keep their secret and ensure they were protected.Grey Sullivan and I worked with the Stepanovs, Erik, Yuri, Ilya and Mikhail to ensure they were fine.Yuri then had a bright idea of starting a family group of all the Stepanovs to help revive the bloodline and start our lives instead of hiding in the dark.

Grey and I refused to join because we didn't think it was a wise idea, and we saw it as corruptible because Yuri wasn't a nice guy.Yuri also had reservations about me because I was a Volkov.By then, they had money and did not need us anymore.

The only reason they remained dependent on us was that they could not mix thoroughly because of their apparent features, so they often asked us for help with certain things, and we would help when we could.

Maurice found some transfers and investigated Grey and Nicolas Sullivan.

He had suspected an underground network like a cult was after his Lordship but could never prove it.I did not know that was what Yuri was doing then.I honestly thought Maurice was paranoid.

Gavin were hot on Yuri and Erik's trail because of the

it, but he did not know they were Stepanovs because they always dyed

thing that exposed true Stepanovs is that you wouldn't feel your wolf when you try to shift beside them." My father said, and I remembered what Casper said about his inability to feel his wolf when he was with my

when he was with the two of you?" I asked, and my mother

on, everyone would lose connection to their wolves except the

his throat to get us back to the discussion, and

Stepanov family group.The problem with the group was that once you were in, you had to seize communication with the outside world.The wave of the uprising hit us, and Ramsey sacrificed the Riverstorms for it because they ratted him out.Martha and I knew the cause of the problem, but we had to hold our peace because Maurice was a madman.So when you liked their daughter, we did not kick

need to understand.Had we spoken up on their behalf, we would have had to expose our family, and Maurice would not have pardoned any of us.He

was nothing

and became strong.Grey told us of Yuri's plans to take over.Yuri had become so powerful that it was now a join-up-or-die thing.We knew they would come to Mountain, and we wanted you to be safe, so Martha and I agreed to join so they would leave you alone.Yuri and Erik agreed, and we handed the pack over to you and left." He said and bowed his

the East.Yuri tried to convince me a few times to ask you to join, but I refused.I let him know a deal was a deal.He would often drop it.Something happened two years ago, and then he and Erik split up.They both had different agendas.Erik wanted to avenge what was done to the Stepanovs and restore his family's name and freedom; Yuri wanted to be Lord.They

side were you on?" I asked him, and

risen high by then, and the system the Volkovs were running was favouring you.There was no point working against them.We were also Volkovs, so it would be wrong to work against them.That was where Grey and I shared different opinions.Grey wanted revenge because, unlike me, that had no trouble; Maurice forced him to flee his home and join up over something he had no hand in.He never forgave the man for it.Erik and Yuri went about their businesses with none disturbing each other.They teamed up with a council member to help bring down Sylvester.I later discovered The councilman was the person they teamed up with to help destroy Maurice in the past.The very uprising that claimed innocent lives.I did not witness the outcome of the second uprising, but I learned it failed.Anyway, Yuri accused me of telling the outside world of their plans because I tried to send you a

them about Andrew because he made me nervous.He was in my settlement and knew my friends

know Andrew Petrov?" I asked, and he frowned at

know that name?" He asked, and I

on the run," I said,

son. He was working against the cult.He was feeding someone outside the cult information about their activities, and I heard he worked against Erik by preventing him

and I

I shouldn't trust anyone?" I asked him, still holding

with Stepanov's silver genes.He said Erik had run several silver tests on you, and you had passed where I had failed, so he wants to capture

shot me and left her.I could not believe it was me they wanted.It also meant the people who tried to abduct me were

not seem the slightest surprised about all your father has told you," My mother said, observing

but the other things were expected due to what has been happening lately in this place."

that refuse to leave their land or submit. Erik sent his men to the North to attack me and the Lords on our way back

were you doing in that bitch's house?" my father asked with rage, and I wondered why

people. I doubt Erik was the one that attacked you." My father said,

and glory restored.He disagrees with Yuri's madness.Clayman works for Yuri, so if you and the Lords were attacked on your way

to demand is for Lordship for Louis's children and their family's name to be

just a greedy