The Dark Side Of Fate by Karima Sa'ad Usman

~Sylvester~

The altercation at the club got to me.

I was worried that Tamia would believe Dominic.

She had just come out of a serious heartbreak, so it was normal that she would be guarded.

I wanted the evening to be fun and an experience for Tamia, but they ruined it.

I respected how Tamia took it, but Dominic was wrong, and I was determined to put him in his place.

When Tamia wrapped her arms around me and told me she trusted me, I was relieved and determined never to break that trust.

I might not have confessed my feelings, but I wasn't confused about them.

I was sure, and I could see it in her eyes too. Loving her will be easy.

I woke up very early to go and see my mother in Lucland. I could not disregard the summon.

Although I was not enthusiastic about it because I would see Dominic, I had to see my mother.

I got out of bed, and looked at Tamia sleeping peacefully in my t-shirt.

I was tempted to wake her up and make love to her before leaving, but I decided against it last minute.

I knew she might be tired and needed her energy. So I kissed her gently and went to get ready to leave.

I needed to arrive at Lucland for breakfast. I hoped I wouldn't have to spend the night there so I could come home to Tamia.

Our relationship was new and young; distance and time apart won't help it blossom.

I dressed quietly and headed out of the house. I linked Marcel on my way out.

"Hey, I am on my way to visit my mother. I didn't tell Tamia I was going out; please apologise on my behalf and tell her where I went," I linked him.

"Alright, she is in good hands," he assured me, and I thanked him.

I left the estate feeling giddy.

I haven't been in a serious relationship since Susan, but what I had with Tamia, however short, was mature and real.

She understood me. Knew when to act, how to act and speak. She was strong and determined. She was resilient and wise. She was perfect.

I drove with a smile, remembering all we did yesterday. Her moans, her response, her grinding against me in the club, and even her responses to Dominic.

I arrived at our house in Lucland, and I was in time for breakfast.

I entered the room and greeted my mother. She did not respond, and I knew Dominic must have told her shit because she was mad.

Dominic wasn't with her.

"Mother?" I said and went to sit next to her. I served myself a glass of juice, and she looked at me.

thought you wouldn't come," She said, and I kissed the top of her head, but her countenance made me

and served my food, bracing myself for the

at where I live." She finally spoke, and I frowned at

I live in a duplex because of Bane. Instead of you hunting him down, you are busy fooling around with the whores you took from the east," She said, and I balled my fist.

your way, Sylvester? Did I not raise you right? What happened to your sense of duty and leadership? What happened to your morals?" She asked, and

do you always take his side?" I asked her, and tears welled up in

my pain. I am alone, Sylvester, because of Bane," She

have Dominic and me," I said, and she shook her head.

no one," She said,

father did this, and you know it. You say you feel alone? What about all the Alphas he stripped of their lunas for no reason? Children that grew up without their mothers? What about all the Alphas he killed and left their Lunas without companions because he felt he deserved to rule the world? What about them? Does their happiness not matter? Who got justice for them?

didn't give birth to you, I would have called you a

going?" She asked me, and I

do this," I said, and she held me,

not walk out on me," She said through gritted

have you achieved for the north since you became lord?"

on old glory, and you are proud of yourself?" She said, and

are bedding their whores and taking them to nightclubs. Where is your head? No one is saying you shouldn't screw your prisoners, but getting emotionally involved is out of the question. Your father screwed a lot of prisoners, and he did it

have to screw them to further his cause. He was just a sick man," I said, and she

that again," I told her,

step down as lord for your brother. You can be Alpha but not the wolf lord," She said calmly,

of me. Do not push my patience, mother," I told her, and just then, Dominic walked

he said, picking up an apple from the kitchen Island and biting into it. He

into a joke. Bane sent his soldiers to get his bitch from you, yet you haven't retaliated," he said and wondered how he got

he said,

that went to war and lost," I said, and

be me, Dominic. I will go after Bane when I see fit," I said,

is in your care?" She said with a wicked

in my

say, but it seems this person was important enough for him to send kappas to attack and

said, and I pulled

getting to my limits.

to save my life. She could have gone with them, and I wouldn't have been able to stop her, but she fought on my side. Risking

feeling is mutual. Do not

alpha's left over. Used goods. Trash that was given up as a tribute," Dominic said, and I smiled.

your information is wrong. Her husband did not give her up. She gave herself up to save his life. He would have died trying to protect her. It took a lot for him to release her. She has that effect," I said, and Dominic laughed.

her slut meter is

my mother, getting

me to come?" I asked her, getting ready to leave.

asking you to step down as

fighting for Dominic. He will have to get his team and lead his war," I warned her. I wasn't planning on stepping down, but I wanted her to know what

My mother said sternly, and my brother fiddled with his car keys and left the house.

me to the living and asked me to sit

after you," She said, looking

lose you like I

than your father. Your

sure she isn't his spy?" She asked

and danced, and