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.

you care?” I said, and

bowed

I misbehaved the last time,

sorry. It was just

I knew they

to kill Dominic. Tamia

with Dominic if he caused

fool

but I don’t hate

to calm down and

She said, and

honest, but Tamia

was a

alone. 1

and

her a whore, among other things; words like that don’t get forgotten,” I

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.

that made me

I am disappointed in you, mother. Anyone looking from the outside would say you didn’t birth me with how you acted. You always side with him over me; you never have

that, Sylvester.

if he went for the hearing. That was why he stayed. I also say hurtful things to Dominic, but I have to feel sorry for him. He is the older of you two, yet he 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 not your fault,

used them. I was happy you locked the douchebag up. I gave birth to both of you. Do not

I am really concerned

a brave thing to do on her part, and I

a grudge against this family. Just like Devin,

she wanted

people weren’t supposed to hear, so I opened the door to my room and

her in.

to keep it down, and she looked at Tamia,

pale,” She said

said she will be fine,” I said, and she

mind if

I did not know how Tamia would feel about

it wouldn’t be any

Tamia’s forehead and palm and checked her nails; Tamia stirred in

blood sample?”

small amount of poison, and I also think she is pregnant,” she

system is fighting whatever was introduced

is pregnant,” I confirmed, and she gasped.

face.

softly and looked at Tamia

will give me another

I doubted Tamia would

but I

I said, and she nodded. We

A bitch…”

was being nice when she pleaded with Maurice

too, and Gretchen was

pleaded with Maurice

service and continue

She said and wiped away

was clear that my mother’s selective memory

she would say he had to sleep with those women to

and be ahead of them, but here she was admitting that his method was fucked up, but I

in cold blood, driving a silver blade through her heart in

Maurice to

found Gretchen

she snapped. You see,

it bothered her,”

bowed

had her locked

one drunken night, he went to

and I was stunned.

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

it. He thinks his mother was brought here as a slave and killed unjustly. I doubt

and not bearing our last name. It was wrong to send her to Brighton.

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

or I would

Brighton.

record of this?” I asked

and she nodded.

recordkeeper kept

nodded,