The Dark Side of Fate

23 Mother and Son

-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.

“I thought you wouldn’t come,” She said, and I kissed the top of her head, but her

countenance made me sense she was angry.

I sat beside her and served my food, bracing

myself for the coming argument.

“Look at where I live.” She finally spoke,

and I frowned at her.

the north, wife of the wolf lord, and now I live in a duplex because of

you hunting him down, you are busy fooling around with the whores you took from the east,” She said, and I

Did I not raise you right? What happened to your sense of duty and leadership? What happened to your morales?” She

do you always take his side?” I asked her, and tears welled

responsible. Because he knows and understands my pain. I am alone, Sylvester, because of Bane,” She said, and I shook my

speak like this; you have Dominic and me,” I said, and she shook her

no one,” She said, and

say you feel alone? What about all the Alphas he stripped of

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

to you, I would have

are going?” She asked me, and I controlled my temper.

this,” I said, and she held

digging her claws into

not walk out on me,”

through gritted teeth.

have you achieved for the north since

She asked me.

not expanded

wealth. The

glory, and you are proud of

I balled my fist.

your officers 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 to further his cause.”

started laughing.

didn’t have to screw them to further his cause. He was just a sick man,”

this time around.

I told her, and

your brother. You can be Alpha but not the wolf lord,” She said calmly, and I

power or right to ask that of

told her, and just then, Dominic

up an apple from

was dressed to go out.

name into a joke. Bane sent his soldiers to get his bitch. from

how he

information.

said, and

man that went to

he became

me, Dominic. I

see fit,” I said, and my

at me.

woman is in your care?” She

a wicked

not have Bane’s woman in

told her.

seems this person was important enough for him

to attack and retrieve

say,” He said, and my

My mother said, and I pulled away

was getting to my

my life. She fought and killed her own people 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 her life,” I told my mother, and she looked at

while, studying me.

have never cared about anyone the way

about her, and the feeling is mutual. Do

make me choose because

I said, and her eyes widened.

Used goods. Trash that was given up as a

and I smiled.

up to save his life. He would have died trying to protect her. It took a lot for

hot, and her slut meter is high,” he said, biting his

looked at my mother, getting

this why you asked me to come?”

her, getting ready

am asking you to step down as lord, and save

family from any more embarrassment,”

and

comes to that, know that

and I won’t be fighting

his war, “I warned her.

if I

My mother

fiddled with his

mother led me to the living and

sit

be trusted; he will come after

brave face she tried to

I

be worse than your father. Your father will be an angel compared to that sick bastard,” She said, and

she isn’t his spy? “She asked me with

a party and danced, and that

shook her head.

need to dig deeper, Sylvester.

meet someone once and risk a war

not being

to be careful

She might be lying to

to cause your downfall,” She said and gently