The Dark Side of Fate

54 Awake

~Tamia~

Everyone was elated by the news except for Sylvester. I could see he was happy, but he squeezed my hand gently.

“Thank you, doctor, but why is she ill? Linda is pregnant, and she isn’t ill,” He said, and I could understand his reaction

to the news.

“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.

“I will administer a mild sedative to help

her rest”, he added.

The doctor administered the medication

and left. Leaving Sylvester, Avery and me

in the bedroom.

My eyes became heavy, and I fell asleep.

I woke up to see Sylvester lying beside me in bed and working on his computer. I groaned, and he looked at me and smiled.

He put his computer on the nightstand

and kissed my forehead.

“If you were a child, I would have said you were grounded,” He said with a tinge of anger, and I understood.

His eyes were teary, and he was fighting

his emotions.

“Anything could have happened to you out there, Tamia. Anything. Why would you keep something so significant from me?” He asked, and I gradually sat up.

“Had I told you I was throwing up and feeling feverish, you would not have

allowed me to go, and I did not trust the council to do your bidding in the west,” I

said, and he bowed his head and then

looked at me.

“How are you feeling now?” He asked and placed his hand gently on my belly.

His touch felt good against my skin, and I wanted his hand to linger.

Kaira was silent because she was

ashamed of what we did and what she

almost allowed to happen. I understood

her shame.

“Don’t do this again. Always tell me what you are going through, Tamia. We will get through it together no matter how terrible it is,” He said, and I nodded.

“So we will be parents soon,” he said with a broad grin, and I smiled at him.

I felt like shit.

How would I tell him I saw Devin and we made out? How would I tell him he was

my fated, but I rejected him? How?

“Please don’t,” Kaira pleaded with me, afraid.

I understood her fear because making out with Devin and almost allowing him to claim us felt like a great betrayal.

“How were things over there?” he asked, and I told him everything Alpha Jake told me about the attack.

He took off his shirt and snuggled into bed beside me to hold me.

I felt at peace when he wrapped his arms around me and enveloped me with his scent. I held him resting my head on his chest, and looked up at him.

“I love you, Sylvester. Please don’t break my heart,” I said in tears, and he frowned. He was surprised at my sudden mood.

Tamia,” He said and

his heartbeat.

cannot live without you.”

do?” I asked, and he sat up gently. I gently sat up, too, and

have given everything to you, Tamia; I have nothing to give her,” he said, and

was a gentleman, unlike

was persistent.

what if his fated

persistent?

if the pull is so strong and you can’t say no?” I asked him, tears streaming down my

love is stronger than the legendary pull of the mate bond.

we will be married and welcome our baby into the world. My fated has no room in

he said with conviction.

if she

head.

can never make me do anything I do

do,” He said and lifted

and kissed it.

is it,” he said, pulling me

kiss him.

and I opened up to receive the goodness he was giving. Erasing

feel every bit of him, knowing this was

heart was beating fast. A mixture of joy and

his lips to my neck

sucked.

to sink

the deal.

disregard tradition and just go for it. I held his head tightly, and

and I

for my breasts with his lips, and I looked up,

access.

felt his bulge, and I wanted him

got off the bed, leaving

Tamia. I want

go ahead now, I will claim you,” He confessed, and

care, Sylvester. I

I said, and his

had entered a battle he would lose because Knight charged back to the bed and kissed me hungrily; he

he growled his famous

me back

helped me keep my

words and

to be sure I was seeing what he was doing. He sucked gently, and I

He told me, and I

said, and he

my legs and drove

growled and began to

hard.

a part of me said

wrong.

He should know…

should know, and just like that, my body went cold,

and lifted my face to

is the matter, green eyes?” He said with

am afraid you will hate me for it,” I

did you do, Tamia?”

I knew he was controlling

bed, and I looked at him,

He said, and my tears fell

said, stuttering between

the festival,” I said. He clenched his fists, and his hands began to shake. His eyes darkened instantly, and I could see

and Knight began to growl. I could

Sylvester. I swear. I did not know.

mark,”

the words, but

became louder.

pull was strong and intoxicating, and we made out,” I confessed, and he roared. I

me, but I rejected him. I rejected him. It took a lot of effort, but I rejected

him.

that my heart belonged to you. It was hard, but he accepted it.” I

my heart was pounding from fear. I thought he would do something crazy, but he

anything wrong. You did not betray me. You did something most people are incapable of; you honoured me and kept your promise,” He said and sucked

be ashamed of. You and Kaira have nothing to be ashamed of, ” he said, looking at me with