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.

exchange

but not least,

playing position four on the defence,” he said, and people cheered Dominic too.

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

themselves, and then

Eastern Beasts, we

saw Leo wave at everyone. He turned to wave in a particular direction, and I

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

two 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 was nervous.

the horse either. Theodore must have made sure the handicap

Alpha Kyle Nikson playing attack, and lastly, we have Alpha Gabriel Wright in

and the umpire threw

mallet, Sylvester went for Kyle’s horse leg, forcing the horse to bend slightly, making Kyle tilt over and fall to the ground by the ball.

his head with the mallet before they stopped so Kyle could get

but his helmet reduced the impact slightly. 2

and this time they hit the mallet normally to avert

posts. Then while heading to score on the other

got his horse close enough to bump Max’s horse

secured on the horse, and he fell, but his horse did not

that

blew his whistle, and they had to

for the first Chukka was

they started the second

Kyle and Max doing all the falling and getting hit. It was so bad that

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

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

same if

that after Max was taken off the pitch,

not want him to be taken away quickly, so they took their

in the fourth Chukka and was

by ‘accident’ a couple of times until he was knocked out, and they had to take him out on a

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

for Rugby because beating them up on the field during Rugby would be

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

victory, and I saw Theo and Linda

had given him her big thank you. He kissed her with his hand on her tiny bump. It was amazing to see how much they loved each other. Marcel lifted Avery in

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

touched the tip of my nose playfully, and I walked him to where he would

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