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.

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

to ask you what you

Stepanovs, too?” I asked, and Peter shook his head with a very

did to the Corrigans?” I asked,

why we are here.” He said and looked at the others. They

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

I couldn’t blame him, really. We were

we will leave them to serve Alex in the West,” Peter said. Based

This is indeed great news, but unfortunately, we do not know where Yuri is, and because of that, we do not know how to mobilise your group,” I

leave room for Yuri to figure out our plan.

do you suggest, your majesty?”

like to start by taking back 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

prefer Stepanovs, that love peace and want the development of our

the pack members are innocent people,” Peter said,

there will be casualties,” Devin

the 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 in

hurt by what Yuri did to him and want to

looked at me after hearing what Devin said and shook his

can’t pay evil back with evil,”

prefer a safer way to end this. Although we are willing to fight if necessary, we will feel better if our men fight stubborn, heartless Stepanovs who refuse to embrace forgiveness and peace. I would not send my family warriors to kill innocent pack members,” He said and looked at

try to be the bigger man in this. If you avenge what happened in Pridewood, when

he said, and Peter stood up. He raised his hands to plead with him to calm down. One fact remained certain: Stepanovs were still mainly

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

Mikhail, his cousin, to murder Luis, his first cousin, so he could be the heir. He robbed the

was weird that she would walk in when

wiped away her tears. She was surprised to

in a low tone, and he left his seat and went to