The Dark Side of Fate

14 The Wolf Lord

~Sylvester~

“My darling Sylvester, by the time you read this, I would have moved far away from the north. I know we planned to spend the rest of our lives together, and I looked forward to it. Three months ago, my brother finally found his fated; she isn’t his girlfriend. It left his girlfriend broken. I never want to feel that way. Your eighteenth birthday is coming soon; I am afraid she won’t be me. Where will that leave us? I have decided to follow my uncle to the south; please do not come looking for me there. I hope you find your fated, and I wish you all the best. Love Susan” 1

I lay in bed, reading the letter my girlfriend left me eleven years ago.

We were in love, and everyone saw her as

the next Luna of the north after I

succeeded my father.

I had promised her that I would risk

being weak and reject my fated if I ever found my fated, and it wasn’t her.

Susan had no faith in my promise and panicked. She ran away a few months before my eighteenth birthday. I have never heard from her ever since.

I was heartbroken at first, then I became angry, and then I became numb.

Never wanting to feel that way again, I locked my heart away. I never found my fated, the reason why she left, and I never fell in love again.

No woman ever caught my attention again. When my father was murdered,

and I had to take up the lordship, it

became worse because I now didn’t have

time for romance anymore.

It remained that way until recently, when Tamia came into my life. Something that was supposed to be a trophy soon started giving me sleepless nights.

I was patient, but I didn’t know how long it would last.

When the east decided to insult me by attacking my region, I had to put them in their place.

I had no intention of taking over their region, but I wanted to warn them, and I was glad they got my message.

When the trophies arrived, I thought it

would be as usual, and I would draft them

accordingly, but I was wrong.

Those green eyes burned into my soul; I had to compose myself when I looked

into her eyes.

She was tough, courageous, a true luna,

and she was mine.

She had given herself to save others, unsure of the fate ahead of her. Tamia got me, and her hold was tight and powerful.

After Susan, love stopped having meaning, and relationships lost their value.

I kept a harem of lovers for a while and sent them all away when I turned twenty- six. What I had now was just a collection

of trophies I had never touched.

I kept a harem so no one would have ideas or hope, but Tamia was different.

I knew I would be breaking all my rules with her, and I hoped, for my sake, she would not be my downfall.

When she referred to herself as used

goods, I was annoyed because she was

like wine; the older, the better. Priceless and perfect.

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Who would have thought I would find a woman to bring me to my knees? I wanted her for myself.

I needed to give her time to heal before I buried myself in her and claimed her as mine.

She needed time to mourn and accept her new reality before I made my move, but one thing I was sure to do was to make my intention towards her clear to

everyone.

So I ensured she ate with me and all the

rules that applied to my trophies did not apply to her.

do as she

with her

talked about life.

wanted to know the extent

to understand

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disappoint me,

iron to a magnet, and he

her neck annoyed me, but I kept my cool for her sake. If Leonardo Albert continues to defy

she was a bit more relaxed with me. I was tempted to sleep on her bed, but I

tunic provoked me, and I decided she wouldn’t wear any of the sheer

away from the

a small business

I wondered what

whether she would miss

temperament, I also knew

figure out who staged

I asked Theodore,

he shook his

had attacked the border

the north, and I needed to

my father

in the town whose borders were attacked, so I had

I also did not want to lose

the only parent I had left.

are still investigating, Alpha,” Theodore said and sighed.

was very uncomfortable. I would only be comfortable if the culprit had a

always

safer.

it rest and decided to

attack, but he told me the attackers seemed to be from the east.

far for someone to stage such an attack and not

and taken their loved ones from them. Could it be that they wanted to retaliate?

because if I had to send my men to attack

again, it would be to raze

to the ground.

take likely to threats.

my mood change, Marcel, my

my attention.

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of one Alpha’s mistake. I doubt they will do this. Let us investigate further so we can know what to do, besides we

what would we do if they refuse to give us information?”

knew he was getting attached

of them,” he said, and I laughed.

you will willingly torture

and he

to beat Mia, her

east.

what that bastard, Kyle, did to his luna because he found his fated,” Theodore said,

give up her husband’s secrets, though. You need to be careful with that one, Alpha,” Marcel warned me, and

my duty because of a woman. She fascinates. me quite alright, but if she ends up protecting my enemies, she will become an enemy,” I said, and I meant it. She might

stupid.

some research and finally headed

estate. I wasn’t eager to see

had discussed with

I realised I had to slow

information she might not be willing to give.

beta, brought a letter addressed to Tamia and me. I knew her husband sent it, and

letters. It was the tone of a grieving, broken man.

last months with him

made me relax. If not, I might have sent her

and pain

touched, my soul.

true love.

her to me. He might not

clearly for me to see, but

for

and love

did not need it, but I appreciated

important to him; too bad he was too weak to keep her.

her from him. I now

have

her to choose the

him. It made me remember

she