The Dark Side Of Fate by Karima Sa'ad Usman novel Chapter 23

~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.

"I was Luna of the north, wife of the wolf lord, and now I live in a duplex because of Bane. Instead of you hunting him down, you are busy fooling around with the whores you took from the east," She said, and I balled my fist.

"When did you lose your way, Sylvester? Did I not raise you right? What happened to your sense of duty and leadership? What happened to your morals?" She asked, and I was silent.

"Mother, why do you always take his side?" I asked her, and tears welled up in her eyes.

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

"Don't speak like this; you have Dominic and me," I said, and she shook her head.

"I have no one," She said, and I sighed.

"Mother, father did this, and you know it. You say you feel alone? What about all the Alphas he stripped of their lunas for no reason? Children that grew up without their mothers? What about all the Alphas he killed and 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 them? Father got what he deserved," I said, and she slapped me.

"How dare you? If I didn't give birth to you, I would have called you a bastard," she said, and I stood up.

"Where do you think you are going?" She asked me, and I controlled my temper.

"Home. I can't do this," I said, and she held me, digging her claws into my skin.

"You dare not walk out on me," She said through gritted teeth.

"What have you achieved for the north since you became lord?" She asked me.

"You have not expanded our land or increased our wealth. The north depends on old glory, and you are proud of yourself?" She said, and I balled my fist.

"Why haven't you taken over the east? Instead, you and 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." She said, and I started laughing.

"He didn't have to screw them to further his cause. He was just a sick man," I said, and she tried to slap me again, but I caught her hand this time around.

"Don't do that again," I told her, and she dropped her hand.

"I want you to step down as lord for your brother. You can be Alpha but not the wolf lord," She said calmly, and I started to laugh.

"You have no power or right to ask that of me. Do not push my patience, mother," I told her, and just then, Dominic walked in.

"Or else what, Sylvester?" he said, picking up an apple from the kitchen Island and biting into it. He was dressed to go out.

"You have turned the family name into a joke. Bane sent his soldiers to get his bitch from you, yet you haven't retaliated," he said and wondered how he got that information.

"You are weak," he said, and I laughed.

"Says the man that went to war and lost," I said, and he became mad.