The Dark Side of Fate

138 Meet The Stepanovs

~Sylvester~

I arrived in the small conference room in the mansion, and true to Marcel’s words, the visitors did not look like Stepanovs. They had extremely fair skin, but their dark hair and brown eyes made them look ordinary.

Alexei and Clay were there. They stood up when I entered the room, acknowledging my presence. They all bowed their heads, and the room was utterly silent.

“Please be at ease and sit down. Thank you for coming,” I thanked them and went to sit at the head of the table.

Marcel and Theodore were there. I linked Leo and Devin to join us. I also linked Gezel to come. She was very much a part of this meeting.

Hearing that Erik had already seen them, I didn’t bother to link him to join us.

“To what do I owe this visit?:” I said, and one of them sitting closest to me on my left cleared his throat to speak.

“I am Peter Zelenski,” He said, introducing the nine people he was with. It was surprising that none of them used Stepanov as their last name. I had to ask.

“Why are you not using your last name? I know you all are pure Stepanov family members, direct descendants of Adrian Stepanov, not just part of the clan,” I asked, and Peter sighed.

“With your pronouncement at the King’s hall, we can now publicly bear our names and stop disguising ourselves in public,” he said, and some of them smiled with relief.

“It is good to hear that. I am genuinely sorry for what my great-grandfather and grandfather did,” I said, and he shook his head.

“It is not your cross to bear, your majesty. We are just happy we could find common grounds,” He said, and it seemed he was the leader because no one else was speaking except for him.

“You have done right by Adrik and given him what he fought for,” He said, looking at Alexei and Clay.

“His grandchildren have been given the honour that was rightfully theirs. We are grateful for this.” He said, and I nodded.

“Thank you for showing your gratitude,” I said.

and greeted the Stepanovs. Peter stood up to greet Leo. I could easily tell

are all here, I would like to ask you what you all think of

and

did to the Corrigans?” I asked, and

and looked at the others. They were communicating among themselves.

that he is after Erik. His own cousin. This has made us conclude that Yuri is mad, and we must stop him before he ruins everything. Installing himself as King of the South is outrageous, and we want you to

asked, seeming impatient. I couldn’t blame

for you to command as you wish, after which we will leave them to serve Alex in the West,” Peter said. Based on my calculations, the total number of warriors was Two hundred and fifty. That was a lot of silver-immune fast fighters to have on our team. Even the AgK32 wouldn’t have given us

is, and because of that, we do not know how to mobilise your group,” I told him, and he was

not want to leave room for Yuri to figure out our plan. Six days allowed him to make last-minute

your majesty?” Peter asked, and

those packs and placing your people in charge. Even though Stepanovs do not have Alpha, Beta and Gamma breeds, a Delta Stepanov can rule just as well. We will place Stepanovs there once we have

want the development

people will die. We have to note that most of the pack members are innocent people,” Peter said, and I was

of desperate measures, there will be casualties,” Devin said, helping me

matter. Coming from me would make me seem like a heartless bastard, and it might make them change their minds about helping me if they were interested

would mean he was hurt by what Yuri did to him and want to pay

after hearing what

evil,” he started,

get involved in Yuri’s matter because we did not want bloodshed. Too many people have died for nothing. We would prefer a safer way to end this. Although we are willing to fight if

been wronged, Alpha Corrigan, but you should try to be the bigger man in this. If you avenge what happened in Pridewood, when will it stop?” He said, and

he said, and Peter stood up. He raised his hands to plead with him to calm down. One fact

have mercy. What happened in Pridewood is unforgivable. Wiping out an entire settlement just to gain grounds was cruel. What the others did in the West to the pack’s sharing borders with the South, too, was wrong. Those alphas did not deserve to die like that. But all I am saying is that we can’t continue

so he could be the heir. He robbed the three of them of their parents,” He said, and just then, Gezel

quiet. It was weird that she would walk

wiped away her tears.

and he