The Dark Side of Fate

50 Brighton’s festival

~Tamia~ 1

Avery and I insisted on sharing the same

room. Alpha Jake offered to have his pack

doctor examine me, but I refused. I

planned on managing the condition until I got back to the north.

“That went well; too well, I must say,”

Avery linked me, trying to be cautious,

and I smiled at her.

“He believed Leo when he told him but

still felt insulted until I showed up,” I linked her back, explaining my deduction.

“Alpha Jake Brighton is an old-fashioned man. He expected word to have gone to

Sylvester’s ears of the atrocity in Brighton, and he expected Sylvester to apologise personally even though he had no hand in it. It is an ego thing for the old

man, nothing more.” I linked Avery, and she laughed. 1

“What do you think about Councilwoman Pamela? The woman reeks of treachery,”

Avery said aloud, and I laughed. It would

be unwise for us to remain silent all

through the room.

Being former Lunas of top packs, we understood the politics. Alpha Brighton

wanted to keep an eye on us and our

activities in his territory, so he offered we

stay in his house; I was sure people were listening to our conversation.

We had dinner with Alpha Jake, Mikail, his nephew, Iris, his daughter and Donald, his son. His son and nephew

were about my age, and I figured Donald would succeed his father soon. His

daughter, Iris, kept staring at us during dinner, and I was a bit uncomfortable,

but I let it be.

We ate in silence and returned to our

room.

“Donald did not seem to like us. I do not know what his deal is. Jake’s nephew, Mikail, was worse. He kept staring at us.

Honestly, I can’t wait to be out of this

place,” Avery said, lying next to me, and I

smiled. The feeling was mutual.

“I am missing Marcel,” She said and

sighed.

“He didn’t want me to come, but I

insisted. Right now, I just want to head

back to the north and never leave his side.

It has just been a few hours, and I am

missing him so badly,” She said, and I smiled because I felt the same way.

I wondered what Sylvester was doing. As much as I wanted to place a call, it was

best I didn’t.

I was about to fall asleep when my phone.

rang. I did not need to guess who it was. I

answered in a heartbeat.

“Miss me already, Green eyes?” he said,

and I giggled on the phone.

“More than you can imagine. Would have returned in the morning, but Alpha Jake

invited us to a festival tomorrow evening,

so we will return after the festival,” I

said, and he grumbled on the phone.

We talked about his day, and I handed the phone to Avery to speak with Marcel. Apparently, she did not come with her

phone.

We said good night and fell asleep.

We had breakfast in the morning with our

children, and

uncomfortable one.

you two leaving?”

a very disrespectful

his father cautioned him.

to be silent, but I won’t. They are marrying the men that attacked their people and took them away from their husbands. If it isn’t shameless and a desperate act of social climbing, then I do not know

okay. Mikail doesn’t have a mother because of the Dark Alpha; my mother was taken from me because of the Dark Alpha. Yet we are here. I say these eastern. whores should be ashamed of

was going to speak when I stopped

call people names and judge them when you do not have the full

loyalty and moral values when you have

outside is easy. You call us

call my mate vile and evil, but he

Where

when my ex-husband broke his promises and forced me

rights and standing as

husband abused her

day and night, forced her to

placed the bitch above her? No one was

our faith in

the strength and

away my tears and gave me

did not give me up; I gave myself

your mother and aunt, I

Sylvester

too blind

to look into the

said, picking up my

continue the meal; I could not

No one

gave us a

things that needed improvement, and I

Sylvester when

the income. He is truly a nice man.” Jake said, and

I had always known Leo

I was

didn’t take it

I asked, eager to know how he was doing but reluctant

eagerness.

like he has seen better

he

closure,” He said, and I was hurt to

not give him the

needed.

is finding it hard to forgive himself. I doubt there is anything you can do to help him. Besides, you seem pretty happy. I believe

thanked him.

hope Donald and Mikail

reason I haven’t handed the pack over to Donald yet; he is about twenty-six

to take over, but I am

make a bad decision that

and our people into

I smiled

heal, Alpha. We all

and he nodded.

am sorry about

honoured that he sent you,”

and me.

and are still holding firm. You need all the strength you can manage in that place. The north is a political jungle

wrestling for power.

places as lunas are never secure, so you have to be careful. Too

be affiliated with the

council is only partially loyal to the Lord. He

Maurice knew this,

do not have a grudge against

certain way so there would

kind, but someone has to

and ears to the

father’s time. I

struggle between the six ruling houses of

ask him to elaborate.

telling me about the power struggle?” I asked, and

with Stephanie Volkov,” He said, and my

and her mate, but

countenance. 1

he asked, and I

my head

to be in the

laughed.

is nothing special about her.

That was why

his fated to her,”

was in shock.

mentioned that Maurice

fated or that Stephanie had

him with his fated.

I asked the

nodded.

well-kept secret. Stephanie

of the Belyaev family,

her.

Alissa

a small merchant

Lord was and still is allowed to have more than one Lady. So

of

and Stephanie fought about it often, but when the Belyaevs threatened to divide the north, Maurice had to let

believe the man wanted to

one would be able to

as the Belyaevs did.