The Dark Side Of Fate by Karima Sa'ad Usman novel Chapter 224

~Leo~

I sat still for a bit, trying to process what Andrew had just told me. I did not want to believe him, but my parents weren't around to defend themselves. Judging by their call, they did sound like they were in trouble and on the run from something. If what Andrew had just told us was true, then this shit was bigger than us.

Devin, white as a sheet, leaned forward to speak to Andrew.

"Are you telling us the truth?" he asked, and Andrew nodded.

"I have no reason to lie." Andrew defended.

" Study their pattern, and you will see. Erik plans to wipe out the royals and their entire clan, starting with the lords, their children, and the King, his mate and children. He believes that once they are out, the rest of the families will be easy to kill. Then he would install himself as the new King. Yuri plans to take over the south and east and install himself as King. He isn't interested in killing the Volkovs. Once Mountain and Greenville falls, he would control the two regions.

As for Amelia, Erik plans to mate her with his son, Maksim, for the stronger pup.

The bastard experimented on his mate a lot, and his son is the closest he could get to Adrik's genes, so he hunted Luis until he killed him.

Erik had always wanted Luis dead because, with Luis out of the way, Erik had a chance of being the heir," Andrew said that was a flawed reason because Yuri was Luis's first cousin.

" Wouldn't the burden fall on Yuri after Luis's death?" I asked, and Andrew nodded.

"Following the natural order, Erik did not plan on doing that. Yuri would have been killed if Sylvester Volkov did not install himself as King." Andrew said.

"So you mean Erik would murder the only person that would give him claim to the throne? The only person that is working with him for his ambition?" Devin asked, and Andrew sighed.

"What drives the two of them is different. Whereas Yuri wants to avenge his family and restore their glory, Erik wants to rule the world. He wanted to attain a height he would have never reached under normal circumstances. On the surface, they seem to both aim for the same thing, but they aren't.

Yuri is still pained by the death of his father and uncle. What Dimitri did was unforgivable. Setting Adik up just to kill him was wrong," Andrew said, and I wanted him to tell me more. I was in the middle of it, so I needed to know everything.

"What did Dimitri claim that Adrik did?" I asked, hoping they could tell me their side of the story. So far, we had only known Volkov's side.

Andrew took a deep breath.

"Did you not wonder why Dimitri took everything that happened and buried it, forbidding people from speaking of it or passing the history to their children?" He asked, and I nodded. I always wondered why.

"It was because the Volkovs were in the wrong. Gregory deceived Adrain to help him take over the council as lord. They agreed on a rotation of power, and there was a document of which we still have a copy with both their stamps and signatures attesting to that agreement.

After they had succeeded, Gregory wanted to go first. Being patient and peaceful, Adrian was okay with it because it would automatically fall on his son, Adrik, when the time came.

Adrian was killed a few years later, and we suspected it was Gregory's doing.

The Volkovs hated the Stepanovs and saw them as an abomination because of the inbreeding and the modifications that we did to ourselves. Where we chose alchemy to strengthen our lineage, the Volkovs isolated and concentrated the alpha genes hence why only the Alpha heirs of the ruling line are allowed to bear Volkov.

Until Maurice, no heir was allowed to mate with other breeds less than Alpha. Maurice broke that law by mating with Stephanie Balyeave, and Sylvester broke that law with his delta queen, Tamia Riverstorm.

That was how the Volkovs increased their strength. So both clans did something to ensure they never get disgraced again.

Gregory still had that sentiment about the Stepanovs and decided we would never rule.

He killed Adrian; I believe this because the Volkovs are evil, and he had everything to gain from it. Then went on to include his law in the copy of the agreement stating requirements that he knew a Stepanov would never attain.

He said the heir must be of Alpha genes and have the command knowing that the Stepanovs do not have Alphas in their bloodline.

The Stepanovs did not know of this modification, and he kept it secret in cohorts with the corrupt council, indirectly qualifying Dimitri for the position when it should have been given to Adrik.

When he died, they read the law and named Dimitri heir. This angered Adrik, and he chose to challenge Dimitri for the lordship.

Adrik would have won if it was a fair fight, but they put three people in the box with him, claiming his silver immunity puts Dimitri at a handicap.

A Sidorov and an Orlov were put in the ring with him, and Dimitri won.

Not wanting to take defeat, Adrik pulled up our agreement to argue that the modification was not made with the knowledge of his father.

He also sought retribution for his father's murder and Gregory's illegal modification of the agreement.