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,

busy fooling around with the whores you took from the east,” She

your way, Sylvester? Did I not raise you right? What happened to your sense of duty and

I asked her, and

knows and understands my pain. I am alone, Sylvester, because of

you have Dominic and me,” I said, and she shook

have no one,” She said, and

you feel alone? What about all the Alphas

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? Father

birth to you, I would have called you

are going?” She asked me, and

this,” I said, and she

her claws

not walk out on me,” She said

through gritted teeth.

have you achieved for the

became lord?” She

not expanded our land or

our wealth. The

are proud

I

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

started laughing.

sick man,” I said, and she tried

this time around.

told her,

as lord for your brother. You can be Alpha but not the wolf lord,” She

no power or right

mother,” I told her, and just then, Dominic

said, picking up an apple from the kitchen Island and

was dressed to go

turned the family name into a joke. Bane sent his soldiers to get

wondered how

information.

said,

the man that went to

and he

be me, Dominic.

see fit,” I said,

at me.

in your care?” She said

a wicked smile.

not have Bane’s woman in my care,”

told her.

but it seems this person was important enough for him to

to attack and retrieve her.

said, and

My mother said, and

was getting to my limits.

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

while, studying me.

cared about

her, and the feeling is

me choose because I

and her eyes

over. Used goods. Trash that was given up as a tribute,” Dominic

and I smiled.

herself up to save his life. He would have died trying to protect her. It took

is hot, and her slut meter

looked at my mother, getting impatient.

this why you asked me to come?” I

her, getting ready to

am asking you to step down as lord,

any more embarrassment,”

and I laughed.

comes to that, know that

and I won’t be fighting

“I warned her. I wasn’t planning on stepping down, but

happen if I had to. 1

My

brother fiddled with his car keys

mother led me to the living and

to sit down.

will come after you,” She said,

face she tried to

can’t lose you like I lost

have to beat him to it, Sylvester, or he will be worse than your father. Your father will be an angel compared to

sure she isn’t his spy? “She asked me with

a party and danced, and that was all,”

shook her head.

dig

meet someone once and risk a

She is not being totally honest with

be

might be lying to you out of fear or

to cause your downfall,” She said and gently touched my cheeks.