The Dark Side Of Fate

Into Action

~Leo~

I wasn't the only person shocked by Joan's words.

The rest of the people in the hall were surprised too.

Had we not caught her, she would have remained silent.She was despicable.

"How do you know this? Do you attend their meetings? Where does it take place? How do you communicate?" I asked her, hoping to get information that would help me rescue Casper and all the people kidnapped in the East.

As things were, the East was vulnerable, and time was going.

Any information would help.

Joan shook her head and looked at me. Her eyes were swollen.

The silver cuffs on her wrist had stopped her from healing.

"So, how did you get the information?" I asked her, and her lips were quivering.

She did not want to say it; the only reason she didn't want to say it was that it could get her into more trouble.

"If you do not give us the source of the information, it won't be seen as credible," I said, and she began to weep.

She looked at Leah and then at the lords.

There was shame in her demeanour, and I braced myself for more shocking revelations.

"This financial issue has been a strain on my family. It was why Leah's father went missing. I believe he ran away so he wouldn't have to pay the debts. I have been trying to find other ways to keep up with our lifestyle," She said, and I did not have time for this.

"The source, Joan," I ordered her, tired of her roundabout approach. She was prevaricating on the matter, and time was of the essence.

"There is a member of the cult named Igor Stepanov. He is Yuri's cousin. He is also in the inner caucus. Many people do not know because he appears to be neutral most of the time, but he is a strong believer in Yuri's values, and Yuri trusts him a lot. He gives me a lot of money to go on a trip with him,"

She confessed, which was a subtle way of revealing her affairs.

"He pays you for a good time?" Devin asked, simplifying her words, and she shook her head.

She was ashamed.

"Not really, we are dating, but we aren't exclusive, and he helps me financially. He was the one I planned to join on Cain's island this evening. The reason I told His Majesty I was travelling. Well, he came to Lucland last yesterday. It was a sudden visit, and I had to go and see him. I am coming from his hotel. I heard him discussing the Brighton attack on the phone this morning when he thought I was sleeping," Joan said, and I was ecstatic about the news.

"Hotel name now!" I asked.

I wanted to pick this bastard up if he was still there.

We needed to question him. I suspect he had a hand in the attack last night. I was glad the broadcast was stopped before this, or he would have discovered he was caught.

"He isn't at the hotel anymore; he is leaving for Cains might have left already. He asked me to join him, but now that he must have seen I have been arrested, he won't be expecting me anymore. He is a cautious man." Joan said.

"Do you know his other addresses?" I asked her, and she shook her head.

of them staying

He shrugged.

party. He is my cousin. We see his Luis Ivanov. Neutral and peaceful. He planned not to take sides; now I know he was

said and

team, so I am surprised he is on

long have you two been fucking?" He asked Joan, and she did not seem to like how

We met at Yuri's house in Grizlo," She said, and I

one lives in Hayland. It is either him or the other one. If it is the Ighor in Hayland, we can catch him, but the other one has been missing for years." Erik asked, and

not like taking photos, but there is one I took of him when we were hugging, so all you will see is his back.

said, and

Kappa searched her handbag

picture she wanted to show us.

one. The son of a bitch. Now I know how Yuri found out about AgK32,"

was so intense that

it all now," I told Erik, and he seemed

he confessed, and I ran my fingers through

was unknowingly the

him?" I asked him,

Stepanovs to join my warriors based on my discussion with you, Leo. I told him that if the King gave us what we wanted, we could

him to help us gather a Stepanov Army to help us push

two-faced

alert Jake, and we need to secure Stepanie because she knows where the children are. It sounded crazy, but the dots connected in my

now dismissed," I

at your Various estates. The North might undergo a brutal, aggressive attack by these people," I warned the nobles, and they began to move faster than they

about the prisoners?" Bryce asked me, and I

both standing, and there was

had connected the dots

unable to think of anything other than the Volkov children and their

to the top of the building to board

and some of us were making phone

urgency, and we all knew

Andrew was utterly speechless.

had no clue of anything we had

to team up with Yuri; we

been able to reach mother?" Sylvester asked

Has anyone called

am waiting for him to

said he went horse riding and will ask him to call me when he returns. I have told his son Donald to start evacuating the people of Brighton. He said they have no bunkers and nowhere to go right now. That is the biggest

and Tamia were

Their children weren't safe.

think they can successfully abduct your mother?" Tamia asked Sylvester, and he could

get the location of our children from

don't,"

will die first before giving out

we catch Ighor and send

the people that were abducted," I argued,

ensues between Yuri and us. I doubt he plans to come to the North. He seems okay with the West, East and South as his territories. Andrew did say it initially, only that he forgot to add the west to