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.

was beautiful, and the camera caught the exchange because

not least, Sir

the defence,” he said, and people cheered

first time I would hear someone address Dominic adequately as

and then the

opposing team, Eastern Beasts, we have Alpha Leo Albert

and I saw Leo wave at everyone. He turned to wave

him smiling. It was good

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

seem confident on the horse either. Theodore must have made sure the handicap

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

for the first Chukka, and the umpire threw the

the mallet, Sylvester went for Kyle’s horse leg, forcing the horse to bend

head with the mallet before they stopped so Kyle could get

was dazed, but his helmet

to restart the game, and this time

scored the first goal, and they switched posts. Then while heading to score on the other side,

got his horse close enough to bump Max’s

he fell, but his horse did not stop moving,

was clear that they were outmatched.

they had to

the first

they started the

lot of falling and hitting, with Kyle and Max doing all the falling and getting hit. It was so bad that Max was taken out

foul was called. It didn’t matter because the Northern Beasts were way ahead with more points, so the goal Leo scored

impressive for a first-timer and did a good job holding his own. I was sure

Kyle would have done the same if our men

noticed that after Max was taken off the

a piece of him, and they did not want him to be taken away quickly, so they took their

many times in the fourth Chukka and was dragged along the

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

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

beating them up on the field during Rugby would be easier

course. It was the most entertaining match of the day, and the crowd cheered both

room to celebrate their victory, and I saw Theo and Linda kiss

kissed her with his hand on her tiny bump. It was amazing to see how much they loved each other.

really had it in for Max and Kyle, and the satisfaction they got from it was amusing. It was more fun

playfully, and I walked him to

men did not make it challenging, “He complained, taking off his knee guard, laughing.