The Dark Side Of Fate

138 Meet The Stepanovs

~Sylvester~

I arrived in the small conference room in the mansion, and true to Marcel’s words, the visitors did not look like Stepanovs. They had extremely fair skin, but their dark hair and brown eyes made them look ordinary.

Alexei and Clay were there. They stood up when I entered the room, acknowledging my presence. They all bowed their heads, and the room was utterly silent.

“Please be at ease and sit down. Thank you for coming,” I thanked them and went to sit at the head of the table.

Marcel and Theodore were there. I linked Leo and Devin to join us. I also linked Gezel to come. She was very much a part of this meeting.

Hearing that Erik had already seen them, I didn’t bother to link him to join us.

“To what do I owe this visit?:” I said, and one of them sitting closest to me on my left cleared his throat to speak.

“I am Peter Zelenski,” He said, introducing the nine people he was with. It was surprising that none of them used Stepanov as their last name. I had to ask.

“Why are you not using your last name? I know you all are pure Stepanov family members, direct descendants of Adrian Stepanov, not just part of the clan,” I asked, and Peter sighed.

“With your pronouncement at the King’s hall, we can now publicly bear our names and stop disguising ourselves in public,” he said, and some of them smiled with relief.

“It is good to hear that. I am genuinely sorry for what my great-grandfather and grandfather did,” I said, and he shook his head.

“It is not your cross to bear, your majesty. We are just happy we could find common grounds,” He said, and it seemed he was the leader because no one else was speaking except for him.

“You have done right by Adrik and given him what he fought for,” He said, looking at Alexei and Clay.

“His grandchildren have been given the honour that was rightfully theirs. We are grateful for this.” He said, and I nodded.

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Peter stood up to greet Leo. I could easily tell it was because of

are all here, I would like to ask you

Stepanovs, too?” I asked, and Peter shook his head with a very

you know what Yuri did to the Corrigans?” I asked, and Peter

looked at the others. They were communicating among themselves. It took a bit, and

behind significant Stepanov deaths. We even learned that he is after Erik. His own cousin. This has made us conclude that Yuri is mad, and we must stop him before he ruins everything. Installing himself as King of the South is outrageous, and we want you to know that we do not

asked, seeming impatient. I couldn’t blame him, really. We were

told us you will need our help. We have brought Twenty-five able-bodied pure Stepanov warriors each for you to command as you wish, after which we will leave them to serve Alex in the West,” Peter said. Based on my calculations, the total number of warriors was Two hundred and fifty. That was a lot of silver-immune fast fighters to have on our team. Even the AgK32 wouldn’t have given us this much

the kind gesture. This is indeed great news, but unfortunately, we do not know where Yuri is, and because of that, we do not know how to mobilise your

was willing to involve them, I did not want to leave room for Yuri to figure out our plan. Six days allowed him to make last-minute changes; I could not

suggest, your majesty?” Peter

know the condition of the West. Most of the packs have been taken over by Yuri’s men. I would like to start by taking back those packs and placing your people in charge. Even though Stepanovs do not have Alpha, Beta and Gamma breeds, a Delta Stepanov can rule just as well. We will place Stepanovs there once we

Stepanovs, that love peace and want the development of our world,”

members are innocent people,” Peter said, and I was glad he went there because it meant

be casualties,” Devin said, helping

make me seem like a heartless bastard, and it

says it would mean he was hurt by what Yuri did to him and want to

looked at me after hearing what Devin said and shook his

evil,” he started, and his peers

Although we are willing to fight if necessary, we will feel better if our men fight stubborn, heartless Stepanovs who

wronged, Alpha Corrigan, but you should try to be the bigger man in this. If you avenge what happened in

up. He raised his hands to plead with him to calm down. One fact remained certain: Stepanovs were still mainly Deltas, and Devin was an alpha; his

but I will plead with you to have mercy. What happened in Pridewood is unforgivable. Wiping out an entire settlement just to gain grounds was cruel. What the others did in the West to the pack’s sharing borders with the South, too,

Luis, his first cousin, so he could be the heir. He robbed the

was weird that she would walk

and Gezel wiped away her

low tone, and he left his seat and went to

indeed alive,” he said and