The Dark Side Of Fate

128 After Treatment

~Leo~

I was the first to wake up in the infirmary. Everyone was still asleep. Erik was there, and it seemed he had sat there all through. We really did not need his attention to be divided. We just had nine more days to go.

” You are up,” Erik said with a smile, and I nodded.

“Shouldn’t you be in your lab?” I asked him, and he smiled.

“I have set up the production of the old formula. I do not need to be there. My assistants and Nelson can handle the rest. I will return there to attempt the upgraded version,” He said, and I nodded.

“It took you an hour and thirty minutes to recover, Leo,” he said, and I frowned at him because I did not see how important that was.

“It took Devin three hours. The minimum recovery time for alphas is three hours. Your body recovered in half the minimum time required, nor was your rash as severe as the others even though you and David have concentrated Alpha genes,” He said, standing up and walking towards me.

“You are also a Stepanov, Leo. You are also a part of my clan,” He said. Honestly, I did not care about things like that.

“Your DNA has adapted the best of both bloodlines well. Albert’s bloodline is perfection,* he said, and he was creeping me out. There was a glint in his eyes that screamed mad scientist, but I kept my shit together. Somehow I was used to Erik already.

“How is my mate? Did she come here?” I asked him to change the topic, and he shook his head.

“Tamia did, though. She came to check on the King and then checked on you. I haven’t seen Amelia, and I doubt there will be any need for that, seeing that you are okay,” He said. Just then, Amelia walked into the infirmary. I wondered if our minds were in sync.

She had a broad grin on her face when she saw me. She came with clothes that looked like mine.

up,’ she said, smiling, and I opened my arms. She

would have come earlier, but Tamia told me you were still

Gezel alone with Alexei and Clay, knowing she is here to see me,” she said, and that was when I remembered the

asked, and she broke the hug to look at

seems like my father married her for her money. She had to send funds to Alexei and Clay until she could no more. She is an Alpha, you know,” she said, and I held her to my

through her words, but there was hurt she was trying to disguise. I did not plan to discuss it with her in

of her money, Amelia,”

with Steponov genes; Gezel was a unique case. That

why Yuri did not snatch you all these years? He kept an eye on you, hoping Gezel would reach out to you, and then he would take both of you. He tried to recruit you, so Gezel would reach out to you. She has come out of hiding now; she isn’t safe anymore,” Erik said, and I felt stupid that I did not ask Erik about Gezel.

and Gezel were fated. Ingrid Kuznetsov divorced him when she found out the cult was after him. She felt she and Alexei would be safer that way. He left Emma Newton because she was pressuring him to join up for peace. The only woman that stood by Luis’s side was Gezel. She was with him through thick and thin until the bitter end. I tried to help her when Luis died, but even I knew I needed to watch my back. So I did not actively search for her, so Yuri won’t find her. I hoped she could forgive

if you see her, you will

I could not bring myself to be reminded of my failure,” he said with misty eyes, and that was the confirmation

and put them on. Amelia and

and she shook her head. Erik’s words had softened her a bit. She led me to the common lounge, where Alexei and

said, laughing at me, and Alexei turned and laughed

towards me, and Amelia looked nothing like her at first glance, but if Amelia dyed her hair black and wore blue contacts, there would be no mistaking that she was her mother because Amelia had her nose and

it was believable that Amelia

She said, and I frowned at her. Did she know my

her to greet her, and she stood up. She pulled me into an embrace that shocked me a bit, but

you so much, Alpha Albert. Your family have always been there for

times. Luis couldn’t have escaped Hayland when he was with Emma if it weren’t for Richardo. Emma

Clay, almost pleading

why she did it. That was why Luis ran away from the East to the West. We met while he tried hiding and blending in the West. His oud wood scent was strong and enthralling,* She said, reminiscing