The Dark Side of Fate

The Dark Side Of Fate By Karima Sa’ad Usman Chapter 81

81 The Game

~Tamia~

Linda was excited about the Polo match. I doubt she had ever seen a live polo match before, but she seemed happy about this one. I did not want to be in Kyle’s shoes right now; the look of mischieve in

Theo’s eyes spoke volumes. 1

I stood with Sylvester watching him put on his knee guards and boots, and he looked handsome.

“Oh my,” I said, looking at him, and he gave me his boyish grin. He was quickly the most handsome man. I knew others would say the same about their men; to each his own.

I kissed him before he put on his helmet, and he winked at me, getting prepared to mount his horse.

I could feel his excitement, and it was because he knew it would be an easy win while they had fun knocking Kyle and

Max about.

They mounted their horses, and the ladies and I returned to our booth to watch the match.

The place was filled up with spectators, journalists and cameras. It was as if that was the only event taking place.

I felt terrible for those playing other sports at the same time as Sylvester’s polo match.

I knew why the place was filled up.

The four most powerful men in our world were playing. Everyone would want to see it.

The crowd cheered as Sylvester, Marcel, Theo, and Dominic rode in. The screen showed them individually, and people cheered every time the camera switched.

“Playing this evening are the Northern Beasts against the Eastern Beasts,” The commentator said. I felt Eastern Beast was too much for a bunch of amateurs.

The name alone would make people that did not know they were amateurs expect so much from them. Sadly, they would be disappointed.

I doubt they thought much about the name before choosing it. I believed they wanted to copy the north. Too bad they would get their arses kicked.

“In position one is Sir Marcel Sidorov playing attack and offence,” The commentator said, and everyone cheered.

“Position two is Sir Theodore Orlov, also on the offence. Position three is Lord Sylvester Volkov on the attacking position,” the commentator said. The crowd cheered louder when Sylvester’s name was mentioned.

Sylvester waved at people, and then he blew me a kiss. I caught it and blew mine.

the exchange because it was

last but not least, Sir

position four on the defence,” he said, and people cheered Dominic too. He waved at everyone and even

hear someone address Dominic adequately as Sir and not Lord, which was meant

arrange themselves, and then the

team, Eastern Beasts, we have Alpha Leo Albert playing

wave at everyone. He turned to

She waved at him smiling. It was good to see they were still

is Alpha Maxwell Blanch, also playing offence,” I saw Max wave at the crowd, but he wasn’t so happy, and I could swear he

did not seem confident on the horse either. Theodore must have made sure the

Kyle Nikson playing attack, and lastly, we have Alpha Gabriel Wright in position four,” The commentator said, and Leo’s

whistle was blown for the first Chukka, and the umpire threw the ball between the

horse leg, forcing the horse to bend slightly, making Kyle tilt over and fall

stopped so Kyle

hit was brutal because Kyle was dazed, but his helmet reduced the impact slightly. 2

the game, and this time they hit the mallet normally to avert suspicion.

Then while heading to score on the other side,

enough

fell, but his horse did not stop moving, dragging

clear that they

his whistle, and they had to make Max’s

the

the second Chukka.

Chukka had a lot of falling and hitting, with Kyle and Max doing all the falling

done a number on him, and a foul was called. It didn’t matter because the Northern Beasts were way ahead with more points, so the goal Leo scored for the foul did not

impressive for a first-timer and did a good job holding his

done the same

taken off the pitch, there was concentration on

Theo and Marcel wanted a piece of him, and they did not want him to be taken away quickly, so

fell off the horse many times in the fourth Chukka and

mallet met his head by ‘accident’ a couple of times until he was knocked out, and

Leo would have figured out what was happening, but it didn’t matter. The crowd found it funny,

for Rugby because beating them up on the

was the most entertaining match of the day, and the crowd cheered both teams for the humour they

went to their changing room to celebrate their victory, and I saw

was amazing to see how much they

it in for Max and Kyle, and the satisfaction they got

my nose playfully, and I walked him to where he would unburden himself and take off his gears.

men did not make it challenging, “He complained, taking