The Dark Side of Fate

14 The Wolf Lord

~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” 1

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.

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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.

She needed time to mourn and accept her new reality before I made my move, but one thing I was sure to do was to make my intention towards her clear to

everyone.

So I ensured she ate with me and all the

rules that applied to my trophies did not apply to her.

do as she

her at

talked about life.

know the

to understand

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didn’t disappoint

drawn to her like iron to a magnet, and he troubled me to make it official.

cool for her sake. If Leonardo Albert continues to defy me, I will have to end him to take

me. I was tempted to sleep on her bed, but I would wait until she invited

tunic provoked me, and I decided she wouldn’t wear any of the sheer outfits given

away from

had a small business to attend to in

I wondered what

and whether she

on her temperament, I also knew she wouldn’t tell me.

figure out who

Theodore,

he shook his head.

the border of

and I needed to

since my father was killed on

in the town whose borders

I also did not want to lose

she was the only parent I had left.

Alpha,” Theodore said and

was very uncomfortable. I would only be comfortable if the culprit had

always

safer.

to speak to

told me the attackers seemed to

stage such an

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

that was the case, they were stupid because if I had

again, it would be to

the ground. I do

take likely to

change, Marcel, my

called my

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we can know what to do, besides we have their wives, sisters and

do if they refuse to give us information?”

getting attached to the Luna he was fucking.

it out of them,” he said,

you will willingly torture Avery?” I

him, and he smiled.

heartbeat, Alpha. The man was a douchebag. He used to beat Mia, her wolf, ” he told me, and I was

east.

not even want to tell you what that bastard, Kyle, did to his luna because he found his fated,” Theodore said, and whatever

secrets, though. You need to be careful with that one, Alpha,” Marcel warned me, and

duty because of a woman. She fascinates. me quite alright, but if she ends up protecting my enemies, she will become an enemy,” I said, and I meant it. She might have

stupid.

research and

the estate. I wasn’t eager to see

I had discussed with

I had to slow down just in

to give. I want to be able to deal with the matter unclouded.

addressed to Tamia and me. I knew her husband sent it, and I was curious to see what

read both letters. It was the tone of a grieving, broken

last

me relax. If not, I might have

and pain the letter

my soul. It

of true love.

was giving her to

it clearly for me to

his consent for

love

it, but I appreciated

important to him; too bad he was

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

must have

for her to choose the

him. It made me remember

she left me.