The Dark Side Of Fate by Karima Sa'ad Usman

~Leo~

Protecting what was left of my territory from Bane's invasion was hard, but I had to.

These were times when I would have loved Tamia on my team.

She knew exactly what to do and how to act.

I was leaning on Max and Kyle, and our odds didn't seem great.

When the lesser Alphas joined with Bane, it didn't hurt.

I felt it was their choice.

They wanted to go after the wolf lord and get their daughters back; some wanted revenge for their loved ones. I could understand their pain. However the Wolf Lord tried to justify his attack, his actions were wrong. Attacking the entire East because a pack from the East dared to attack him was wrong.

I knew it was cowardly to accept defeat and urge the East to rebuild and move on, but I did not want us to lose more than we had already.

The northern soldiers were strong, and they had a larger army.

Combining our strength with the south would have evened the playing field, but I did not trust Bane's intentions, and I still don't.

I had called a meeting with the remaining Alphas under me, and they answered.

When the alphas arrived, they were angry and scared at the same time.

Everyone blamed Kyle for our misfortunes because he was the one that brought Bane to us.

What pissed all of us off was Bane wanted us to join up by force.

It was as if the part of the East that willingly went with him was not good enough. He wanted Kyle, Max and me on his team too.

During the meeting, I watched the alphas argue and push blame around, which wasn't why I called the meeting. I called the meeting because I needed to find the best solution for peace. Joining Bane was out of the question.

"We need to call a truce," I said, and the hall went quiet.

"We can't do that, Alpha Leo; the man is mad. I heard something about him calling himself the rightful Wolf lord because he killed Maurice Volkov," Ramsey said. I was surprised about how ambitious Bane was.

"We need to find a way to tell him we do not share in his views and we won't go to war against the North," I told them, and they agreed.

"How will we do that? We have already told him we maintain a neutral stance. How else can we tell that bastard that we are not interested in his promises and helping him further his cause?" Alpha Christian said.

"Since you told us Luna Tamia spoke highly of the Wolf Lord, and that he has been treating our sisters and daughters well, we have made peace. How many more do we have to lose?" Timothy said, sounding as frail as he was.

He was one of the Alphas that did not bother fighting. He just handed his granddaughter over as tribute because his daughter was already mated. I could understand his fear.

"I say we take the war to Bane and let him know he has his limits. What he took from the East isn't the best of the East; we can take him down," Gaston said, and I shook my head.

"Luna Tamia was one of our best strategists, Luna Avery dealt with welfare, and Luna Linda dealt with shelter protection. With those three aspects of our society unattended, we stand no chance. The north crippled us already by taking the three most powerful Lunas of the east. We have to rely on strength, and as my wife always said, smart beats strength any day," I said, remembering Tamia, and we were silent.

with what we have," Gaston said, and I nodded.

we do not want any more bloodshed. I suggest we have

covetous. He won't stop until he gets what he wants," Gaston argued. It seemed

try and have a peaceful meeting with him," I said, and Ramzey refused.

upon us; he should have a peaceful meeting with him. Why

is beyond pettiness. Yes, Kyle brought him, but we all agreed. Even though Tamia warned that the Wolf Lord wasn't bothering us, we still chose to Join forces with the south to protect ourselves. Kyle did not force us to accept the alliance; we did it wholeheartedly; it can't be his cross alone to bear. As the leader of the East, I am to have that peace talk with Bane," I

war with him will cripple the size and strength of his army. We might not win, but we will do damage. I rather hurt the bastard

written several letters to Avery in the north but never got any response. He tried to insinuate that Tamia wrote her letter under duress, but I had to point out the

than breaking my promise to my wife, I never maltreated her for

and I performed my duties as a husband towards

her up and would have laid down my life for her sake; he did the

moving on. She was probably

Lunas among the top officers, she was probably with the Alpha, Beta, Gamma or Delta and having

better than what she and Mia had with him.

our community full moon walks, I saw the silver scars on Mia's white fur several

Max to let go, he didn't want to, and now he wanted to go to war against Bane. All I could

Luna enough to treat her

at Kyle.

for tomorrow evening, to take place on Hill valley land, where it shares a border with Krane. He will feel

phone throughout the meeting, so I decided to rush home to see what the

arrived and found northern warriors

they did not seem like they came to fight me, I had to be on my

away the last time they were at

composed myself and walked

showing, and we had learned we were expecting triplets.

the news was, my joy

the life I wanted

I would be taking this transition

to accept that I was the cause

to keep my promise, and it will stay with me like that.

envoy said to me, and I nodded and sat down on the couch in my living room.

place; I prefered the way Tamia decorated it, but it was Amanda's home now, and she

noticed she had served them some

she wasn't stupid enough to slip them

was for both Bane and the Wolf Lord to come at me.

smiled at me and went to her room.

was still yet to let her move into the master bedroom.

were still there, and her pictures graced the walls. Amanda had come

this visit?" I asked the

Mikhailov. The Northern Council spokesman," he said, and I nodded, he looked more like a warrior to

need to introduce myself; he knew who

taken part of the East, and threatens to force your remaining region to come under his command. We are

upon my people by attacking us and taking our wives, daughters, and sisters. It is the north that has wronged us. They dealt the first blow. If they wanted peace, they would have had peace talks about the alleged attack instigated by Brent pack before wrecking our lives. Most of us will never