The Dark Side of Fate

53 In The Mix Of Things

~Sylvester~

When Theodore interrupted my speech at the northern council conference, I knew something serious had happened.

I politely excused myself. I went to him.

I could hear people murmuring, but soon, Marcel took over, and they were silent.

That was why it was best I wrote my speeches. He just picked up from where I left off.

Theodore stood when I approached him.

“They are back,” He said, and I smiled, glad that Tamia had returned.

I was worried she might see Leo or Devin, and they would convince her to leave with them.

The painful part of that fear was that I

wouldn’t have gone after her if she had

willingly followed. Otherwise, I would have given my mother, Dominic and the entire council the war they had longed for

and burned the south or east to the

ground. 1

“Tamia is ill. Linda asked that I send a

doctor, which I did, but then she insisted I tell you. I think it is serious,” He said, and images of her being poisoned by Jake Brighton just to get at me flooded my

mind.

I was out the door before Theodore could

finish the sentence.

People were looking at me weirdly.

The moment I stepped out, I hopped into the first car I saw. It wasn’t mine, but I was lord, and the driver was already behind the wheel.

“Volkov estate now!” I ordered him, and

he started his vehicle.

I did not know who he worked for; I will

have to apologise later.

We arrived at the estate, and I rushed into the building and went straight to my

room.

Avery and Linda were with her. She

looked pale and sweaty but seemed a bit calm. The doctor was examining her, and I went to hold her hands. Knight was afraid, so I had to try and control myself.

When the doctor congratulated me that she was pregnant, I was shocked.

Knowing that Linda did not feel the same way made me still worried that Jake did. something.

“Linda is pregnant, and she isn’t ill?” I asked the doctor.

“People experience pregnancy

differently, but I will still take her blood sample to test for other things. If there is anything, she is already recovering from it. I will give her a mild sedative to help. her relax and sleep it off, but there is no cause for alarm here. She will be alright when she wakes up; she just needs to rest, ” he said, administered the sedative, and packed his things to leave. 1

I watched Tamia’s eyes close gradually until she fell asleep.

Linda and Avery excused themselves, and I stayed with her.

There was a knock on my door thirty minutes later, and I rushed to open it so the person did not bang too hard and wake Tamia up. I knew it was my mother. She was the only one that dared to do that.

I opened the door, and she frowned at me.

Not wanting her in my room, I stepped

outside.

“What is wrong with her?” She asked,

and I knew she must have heard.

do you care?”

bowed

I misbehaved the last time, and

sorry. It was just that treason is

crime, and I knew

Dominic.

Dominic if he caused

are a fool for her.

don’t hate her. I just went

home to

She said, and I

honest, but

was a

alone. 1

and actions hurt

it, I could see it. You called her a whore, among other things; words like that don’t get forgotten,”

urged me to dig instead of passing judgment. Dominic has been a problem for me, so it was easy to think he would pull off that stunt. It was Tamia that made me question the enforcer.

the one that made me look

outside would say you didn’t birth me with how you acted. You

that, Sylvester. I

has nothing, no position, no charge and respect. Things like that get to people. You have it all, Sylvester; he has nothing. He has to live in your shadow for the rest of his life. It is

to both of you. Do not ever think otherwise,”

am really concerned for her. I knew she went to

of you. It was a brave thing to do on her part, and I commend her, but I am concerned. Jake isn’t vindictive,

say the same for Donald Brighton. He is the next alpha, and he has a grudge against this family. Just like Devin, his mother

she wanted to tell me

I

her in.

down, and she

is pale,” She said with concern, and I

I said,

you mind if

I did not know how Tamia would feel about

wouldn’t be any

nails;

doctor take a blood

poison, and I also think she is pregnant,” she said, and I was panicked because she could be

was introduced into

I confirmed, and she gasped. A wide grin spread

face.

she said softly and looked at Tamia lovingly.

she will

said, and I doubted Tamia

nice again, but I kept it to

to tell me something about Donald Brighton, mother,” I said, and she nodded. We

Ava Brighton. A bitch…” she

Jake’s younger sister. She was stunning and a looker. Your father eagerly drafted her to join his harem and reluctantly drafted Ava. He favoured Gretchen of all his bedmates, and Ava got jealous. Gretchen thought she was being nice when she pleaded with Maurice to send her sister In-law back to her husband, and Maurice considered it. I hated that bitch because she almost

bitch thought Maurice liked her too, and Gretchen was only trying to get

So she pleaded with Maurice

in his service and continue

his bed,” She said and wiped

my mother’s selective memory was her

had to

was admitting that

driving a silver blade through her heart in this room,” she said,

had come to plead with Maurice to let her say, and instead of

found Gretchen

and she snapped. You see, Maurice had

and it bothered

and bowed her

locked

went to her cell and took

and I was stunned.

stand trial for her crime, slave or not. But he acted on impulse, and

brought here as a slave and killed unjustly. I doubt Jake knows the truth,” She said,

why the rest of the Volkov bloodline are quiet and not bearing our last

just didn’t ingest enough,” she said, and I hoped for Jake’s sake there

Tamia’s blood or I

Brighton.

there a record of this?”

and she nodded.

recordkeeper kept

I nodded, hoping