The Dark Side of Fate

103 Too Little Too Late

~Tamia~

I spent thirty minutes more in Stephanie’s room until she fell asleep. Then I asked a maid to remove the green drink from the room and returned to mine.

I was surprised that Sylvester hadn’t returned, and I wondered what was keeping him. I decided to link him.

“How is it going?” I asked him.

“I am on my way,” he replied, and I did not like the answer.

If it were something good, he would have said ‘great’ or ‘we caught them’ or ‘ he was cooperative’, but his response implied he wanted to discuss something serious with me.

Had he learned about Jenny’s computer too?

I sat up in bed and waited.

Sylvester walked in ten minutes later.

He did not say anything. Instead, he went to the bathroom, showered and slipped into something comfortable before coming to bed. I sat up, waiting for him.

He leaned close and kissed me passionately, then rested his forehead against mine and sighed. Breaking away, he buried his nose in my neck and held me to his body.

“Tamia,” he breathed, and I knew he was troubled.

I touched his head and ran my fingers through his hair to calm him down. He must have learned something horrible. We honestly deserved a break.

“Tell me,” I said, and he squeezed me tightly.

“He talked. Liam spilt everything, and it isn’t good,” he said and broke away so we could keep eye contact.

“I wasn’t going to tell you any of it so you won’t get upset, but I can’t keep secrets from you, Tamia, you are my better half, and I do not want to lose your trust. So I will go against my better judgement and tell you. Please do not get upset,” he said, and I smiled at him.

“As long as it does not involve you being with another woman, I can deal,” I said, giggling, and he smiled at me.

“Far from it,” he said, and I already knew it.

He told me everything Liam had split, and I was in shock. I tried to hide it, but I couldn’t. I saw the implications of what they were doing. I was mad. Getting a Sidorov and an Orlov involved meant big trouble for Marcel and Theodore.

“I am trying to seek Devin’s help. So far, they have been unable to get into his territory,” He said, and I wondered if Devin would want to help him out. Knowing how much Devin hated Sylvester and his family.

“He is very tight with his alphas and ruthless too. Leo is lenient, so I can understand them corrupting some of his people.

Devin’s family has led the south for many years. Power shifted to Leo recently; before then, Ramsey’s family was in charge,” I said, and he looked at me wide-eyed. It seemed like a light bulb had turned on in his head. It was cute.

“Why didn’t I see it from that angle?” He said, asking himself and not me.

“Of course, Ramsey has a reason to work against Leo. Now I see everything,” he said, and I did not know what to think.

looked like he was reasoning

He said, counting, using his fingers,

then, Tamia. Fate only worked in his favour where Amanda was concerned. I am sure he did not expect to be lucky. His daughter’s fated was

problem. You were a problem. The reason Leo refused to accept and honour the bond. The obstacle preventing him from getting close enough to do damage. You were a problem, his problem,” He said,

knew the bond would wither since Leo decided to shun Amanda. The shunning was a subtle rejection but a rejection nonetheless, and

us to be together; our

was why Ramsey lied and forced his daughter into your home. Our wolves are primal hence why we

her. Just like Knight let go of Susan

to gain in enforcing the union unless he wanted to

daughter as a spy to help him cause things that would make people doubt Leo’s leadership and destabilise

daughter might have been willingly or unwillingly helping him by feeding

too frequently. I often thought she went to report us or tried to force her father to act in her favour, but I was

played vividly

was quiet when Leo took over, and

was scorned by it, but he had no avenue of which to act on his emotions

He did not mind his daughter being a mistress. He said

words were a bit off,

would want their only child to be a mistress? With how Leo treated Amanda, he should have taken

the whole Bane issue, fearing the Dark Alpha of the Dark Wolf pack and the threat of

discussing uniting with Bane against

midnight. What I needed to find out could

to call Leo’s cell,” I told Sylvester, and he frowned at me but handed me

by heart, so I just dialled and hoped he would

while before he finally

with a sleepy

said, and he

I could

realising Ramsey had ruined our marriage deliberately

had it any other way because Sylvester is my destiny,

held my pain and

help,” I

want..” he said, and I heard

there?” I said, and he

What do you need?” he said, and I

with Bane because Sylvester might come

He said,

that much, but I need to know who put that in his head. Kyle isn’t our leader; he must have had a discussion with someone, and they sort of put it in his head. Can you find out how he came up with the idea?” I asked him, and

You wouldn’t call to ask for such a favour if you did not already have

I think Ramsey put it in his head,” I said, and he

and trust me; I am not trying to get at

that day. You could have waited for them to kill her and me before surrendering to go to the north. You ensured both of us survived, so I can never think that. I need you to tell me why you think Ramsey put it in Kyle’s head,” He said, and I relaxed a

if she would be a third wheel or miserable. He

his only child, Leo. He shouldn’t do that, but then again, he was the leader of the east before we