The Dark Side Of Fate by Karima Sa'ad Usman

~Sylvester~

"My darling Sylvester, by the time you read this, I would have moved far away from the north. I know we planned to spend the rest of our lives together, and I looked forward to it. Three months ago, my brother finally found his fated; she isn't his girlfriend. It left his girlfriend broken. I never want to feel that way. Your eighteenth birthday is coming soon; I am afraid she won't be me. Where will that leave us? I have decided to follow my uncle to the south; please do not come looking for me there. I hope you find your fated, and I wish you all the best. Love Susan"

I lay in bed, reading the letter my girlfriend left me eleven years ago.

We were in love, and everyone saw her as the next Luna of the north after I succeeded my father.

I had promised her that I would risk being weak and reject my fated if I ever found my fated, and it wasn't her.

Susan had no faith in my promise and panicked. She ran away a few months before my eighteenth birthday. I have never heard from her ever since.

I was heartbroken at first, then I became angry, and then I became numb.

Never wanting to feel that way again, I locked my heart away. I never found my fated, the reason why she left, and I never fell in love again.

No woman ever caught my attention again. When my father was murdered, and I had to take up the lordship, it became worse because I now didn't have time for romance anymore.

It remained that way until recently, when Tamia came into my life. Something that was supposed to be a trophy soon started giving me sleepless nights.

I was patient, but I didn't know how long it would last.

When the east decided to insult me by attacking my region, I had to put them in their place.

I had no intention of taking over their region, but I wanted to warn them, and I was glad they got my message.

When the trophies arrived, I thought it would be as usual, and I would draft them accordingly, but I was wrong.

Those green eyes burned into my soul; I had to compose myself when I looked into her eyes.

She was tough, courageous, a true luna, and she was mine.

She had given herself to save others, unsure of the fate ahead of her. Tamia got me, and her hold was tight and powerful.

After Susan, love stopped having meaning, and relationships lost their value.

I kept a harem of lovers for a while and sent them all away when I turned twenty-six. What I had now was just a collection of trophies I had never touched.

I kept a harem so no one would have ideas or hope, but Tamia was different.

I knew I would be breaking all my rules with her, and I hoped, for my sake, she would not be my downfall.

When she referred to herself as used goods, I was annoyed because she was like wine; the older, the better. Priceless and perfect.

Who would have thought I would find a woman to bring me to my knees? I wanted her for myself.

I needed to give her time to heal before I buried myself in her and claimed her as mine.

her new reality before I made my move, but one

all the rules that applied to my trophies did not apply to

do as she

at night, and we talked

know the extent of her knowledge. I tried to understand her mind. She

drawn to her like iron to a magnet, and

her neck annoyed me, but I kept my cool for her sake. If Leonardo Albert continues to defy me,

I was tempted to sleep on her

me, and I decided she wouldn't wear any of the sheer outfits given to

days away from the estate. Marcel, Theodore and I had a small business to attend to in the neighbouring town. I wondered what Tamia

her temperament, I also knew she wouldn't

out who staged the attack?" I asked Theodore, my Gamma, and he shook his

the north, and I needed to

had been on high alert since my father

the town whose borders were attacked, so I had to be extra careful. I also did not want to

are still investigating, Alpha," Theodore said and sighed.

was very uncomfortable. I would only be comfortable if the culprit had a name, face and location. It always made me feel safer.

let it rest and decided to

told me the attackers seemed to be

east was too far for someone to stage such an attack and

and taken their loved ones from them. Could it be that they wanted to retaliate? Could it be that they wanted

that was the case, they were stupid because if I had to send my men to attack them again, it would be to raze their territory and structure

my mood change, Marcel, my Beta,

what to do, besides we have their

us information?" I asked him because I knew he was getting attached

of them," he

willingly torture Avery?" I asked

heartbeat, Alpha. The man was a douchebag. He used to beat Mia, her

to his luna because he found his fated," Theodore said, and whatever it might have

need to be careful with that one, Alpha,"

up protecting my enemies, she will become an enemy,"

realised I had to slow down just in case I needed information from her. Especially information she might not

a letter addressed to Tamia and me. I knew her husband sent it, and I was curious to see what he had to say.

it and read both letters. It was the tone

last months with him weren't great made me relax. If not, I might have sent her

represented touched, my soul. It was a letter of true love.

it clearly for me to see, but he was giving his consent for me to care for her and love

not need it, but I appreciated it.

too bad he was too weak to keep

the letters, he had lost her long before I took her from him. I now realised why she gave herself up.

to choose the unknown over him. It made me remember Susan and why she left me.

evening, so I took Tamia's letter to her. I was glad for all the tips Leo gave me, but I had no plan of