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

with her

talked about life.

wanted to know the extent of her

I tried to understand her

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disappoint

Knight, was drawn to her like iron to a

for her sake. If Leonardo Albert continues to defy me, I will have to end him

was tempted to

provoked me, and I decided she wouldn’t wear any of the sheer outfits given to her unless I

spent two days away from the estate.

and I had a small business to attend

what Tamia would

and whether she would

also knew she

out who staged

Theodore, my Gamma,

he shook his head.

attacked the border of a

the north, and I needed to find out

had been on high alert since my father was killed on his

town whose borders

also did not want to lose

the only parent I had

investigating, Alpha,”

be comfortable if

location. It always

safer.

it rest and decided to speak to the

the attack, but he told me the attackers seemed to

for someone to stage

Could it be that they wanted to retaliate? Could it

because if I had to

again, it would be to raze

the

likely

change,

my

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further so we can know what to do, besides we have their wives, sisters and daughters; we can get information out of them if the need

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

I knew he was getting attached to the Luna

it out of them,” he said, and

will willingly torture Avery?” I

and

used to beat Mia, her wolf, ” he told me, and I was shocked at the kind of savagery they practised in the

east.

to tell you what that bastard, Kyle, did to his luna because he found his fated,” Theodore said, and whatever it might have been

husband’s secrets, though. You need to be careful

up protecting

stupid.

did some research and finally headed

the estate. I

I had discussed with my

had to slow down just in

needed information from her. Especially information she might not be willing to give. I want to be able to deal

I knew her husband sent it, and I was curious to see what he had to

and read both letters. It was the tone of a grieving, broken

her last months

not, I might have sent

and pain the letter

my soul.

true love.

her to me. He

for me to see,

consent for me to care

love

need it, but

bad he was too weak to keep her.

now realised why she gave herself up. She did not want to

must have

for her to choose the unknown

It made

why she left