The Dark Side of Fate

37. Down South.

~Devin~

Since the dinner party where I found Tamia, I haven’t been able to sleep. I stayed awake most nights, wondering what to do.

I had just agreed to an alliance with the east; it would be wrong to ask the leader to part with his wife because she was my fated. 4

I knew she wasn’t an Alpha breed when she couldn’t sense me and convincing her she was mine was going to be

complicated.

The situation between her and Leo made

me hopeful, but I wanted to wait a bit.

I knew Leo wouldn’t hold on to her for too long, and I hoped to claim her when

they decided to call it quits. Little did I know Volkov would come calling,

bullying his way through.

As much as I had tried to ignore the Volkovs, they always had a way of messing with me.

First, it was my parents and my youth. Because of Maurice, my father died early, and I could not be a normal teenager because I had to take over. Now Sylvester

has taken my fated.

Attacking the estate in the north was stupid, and many lives were lost in the process, but I was desperate.

I couldn’t take it anymore.

My wolf, Rex, was in pain, and I was hurting every day, knowing that, just like my mother, I might never see my fated

again.

When Leo asked me if I had told Sylvester

that Tamia was my fated, I could not help

but chuckle.

The Volkovs never let go of what they

have taken. They are called trophies for a reason. They are keepsakes, living proof that they have conquered a place.

I did not know what to do, and as time

passed, I became more desperate.

I had to respect Leo for calling a meeting because just as he had heard that I was going to attack the east to take over the rest of the east, I had heard that he would

attack me to take back the part of the east

that joined the South.

The man did not like trouble, which was one of his strengths. I decided I would be more careful before acting because someone or some people were clearly

trying to knock our heads together.

It still hurt that Kyle thought I would orchestrate the attack against the western borders.

Honestly, I believed Kyle did it, and when it went south, he denied it, but as the days passed, I began to suspect that Sylvester might have orchestrated the entire thing so he could have a reason to attack the east and subdue them. 2

If only Leo could see that it would be wrong to keep allowing the mad lord to rule us.

How many more do we have to give? 3

want to go after Sylvester, I will. For Tamia’s

universe made her for me, fate gave her to me, and I wasn’t willing to let

and Tamia were together, and it repulsed me.

was only doing what

the same in

Leo and sharing him. with Amanda must have hurt her

her captivity would

later learned that she had written

her permission to own land and property in

their territories.

was actively making

Leo.

tell me her plans the day we danced and I held her in my arms?

to do

out of time.

continue like

said, and

was lying on the grass at the back of my house in the

I lived alone.

had lived alone since

away.

and I never brought a

to wait for my fated, and I always let the person I was dating

keep her, Devin,” Rex said, growling in my head. He

fast as I can. When we strike, we have to get it right,” I told my wolf, and he was silent. It wasn’t because he was happy

I was

attacked for taxes, was on his way to

of my mental state, but I had

nice.

glad that I

dragged my feet and got ready to head to my

Brighton.

office

eventually arrived, apologising that he had a long night because he had to

offered him a drink, and

you so much, Alpha Devin, for

north speaks poorly

it is them that are savages,” he said, gulping his drink.

was messy and unkempt. His shirt

our dead. He pretended he did not

party. I

to marry the bastard. I

luna

his trophies. Beautiful, too, I must say. Tamia Albert..” He said, ranting,

lost me with

say, Tamia Albert?” I

woman. Too bad

captive. I could not tell if it were pretence or that it was her actual state of mind,” The man said, and

my hands were shaking. I was filled with anger and fear and battling tears from falling. There was just so much I could

take.

able to sense our bond wearing Sylvester’s mark?

lying when he said they had

to find a way

her. I needed her to know that

belonged to me.

you

asked me, and I tried to

myself and smiled at

am,” I said, and