The Dark Side Of Fate by Karima Sa'ad Usman novel Chapter 249

~Leo~

I walked and stood in front of the line.

I did not want Sylvester in front. I wanted to know if the informant was from Brentwood or Mountain.

If the informant were from Brentwood, then the heat would be for me, but if it were from Mountain, then the heat would be for Sylvester and the lords.

I walked to the front, and Sylvester let me lead. Standing astride with my hands on my side, my claws grew out.

I watched the people we were facing, and they parted the way for their leader.

He had long white hair. I could make out that much, and his eyes shined in the dark.

He was my height and brawny. He was also partially shifted like me with his claws out. As he moved closer, I saw the smirk on his face. He was too confident for his good.

"All this heat to steal from an old man," I called out to engage the man just to know his mind.

"You aren't so wise, Leonardo, because if you were, you would know you stand no chance. The old man was a fool to reach out to you. I would have done him a huge favour and married his useless grandchild to take over the pack, but he had to go this route," he said with so much arrogance and confidence.

"One thing I would thank him for is that he made my work easier. Now I won't just get to take Brentwood, but Mountain would fall too, and the entire east will be ours.

This is what happens when you put a Volkov in charge. They fuck things up," He said, and I did not like the last part because I had yet told Sylvester we were related through Patrick Volkov.

Everyone was quiet on my side, but I knew they wondered what Inkabod was saying.

"The era of the Volkov line has ended, and it is our time to rule, Leo. I will advise you to surrender quietly because Yuri has no qualms with you. You might be a Volkov, but you aren't important. A descendant of a bastard can never be a contender," He said, and I wished he would stop stressing about my lineage. It was apparent he had no clue Sylvester and the lords were with me.

"One thing you fail to know about Volkovs is that they have survived your kinds severally, and we will survive you again. An Alpha would always be an alpha, which your Stepanov line seems to lack. Let's see how you fare when we have access to our wolves," I said, and he laughed.

"All is fair in war, Leo. And you know fighting a Stepanov means you won't have access to your wolves. Your genes are inferior, and what breaks a wolf can never break us," He boasted, and I knew their ability got to their heads.

"I will give you one last chance, or just like Pridewood, your corpses will be what we will leave behind. I know you have Alice, by the way. You can keep her. I was going to eliminate her, but it is pointless now since we will be taking the east and the south," He said.

I was glad we did not go to the location Alice had given us as their rendezvous. It was supposed to be the place where she would have been killed. She was a lucky bitch, but I doubted she would be fortunate in the care of our mates.

"I want you all to kneel and bare your necks. Yuri will let you live if you denounce the northern King and choose to serve him," he said, and that was the confirmation I needed. It meant the informant was from Brentwood.

It couldn't have been Timothy because he left his granddaughter with us, and if it were him, he would have called to inform them that Sylvester was with us. It must have been someone in his ranks or a pack member. I just hope our plan worked and we were successful, or else this would be it.

"Why should I submit easily? Sylvester conquered Mountain and the East; he earned my respect and Loyalty," I said, and he laughed.

"Yes, he did. He also took your Luna and fucked her brains out. He is still fucking her, by the way. I guess you weren't man enough for her..." he said, laughing, and it did not get to me.

"That is to show you that he has balls," I said, and he stopped laughing.

"Hope you know the Stepanov bitch you are with is ours, and when we are done, we will take her to where she should be. With her people. She should be with her clan." Inkabod said.

"She is with her family now," I said, and he nodded.

"Very well, you seem a bit cocky, Leo, so I believe you have a death wish," he said, looking at everyone there.

"I will say this one last time," He said, and I linked the people with Nitric Gas to prepare to spray the acid in the air.

"I will count to ten for all of you to surrender and swear your loyalty to Yuri Stepanov," he said, and I laughed.

"Ten is two long how about counting from one," I said, prepared to fight, and he smiled at me, and I stepped back.

A sting on my face told me they had spayed the silver.

"You will have to take off your mask and defend yourselves," he said, laughing, believing he had backed us into a corner. They all partially shifted and advanced toward us.

The nitric acid was sprayed, and we fell back.

I watched some of the wolves coming at us fall.

The darts had worked.

We waited for the ones the darts missed to reach us.

They stopped when their comrades fell, trying to understand what was happening, but then they advanced again.

Once they reach us, Tamia's team won't be able to use the darts again, so they don't hit us with them by mistake.

We braced ourselves for the impact. Ready to fight.

"Attack!" Sylvester said, taking the lead, and we began to fight.

Clay and Amelia went forward, and I was shocked to see Aurora's speed. She was faster than Clay.

Where Clay was partially shifted, Amelia was fully shifted. I understood the difference between them and Amelia's superiority now.

Sylvester punched the wolf that came for him, and I could see his strong punch. He twisted the partially shifted attacker's arm and kicked it, breaking the bone with a force that it protruded. The attacker growled and fell to his knees to manage the pain. Sylvester twisted his neck and moved to the next one.

He could fight effectively without his wolf. Likewise, Marcel and Theodore. They were breaking bones and twisting necks.

The silver did not get into our system, so we were okay, but we were yet to have access to our wolves.

"Let's do this," Vino said, and we teamed up.

I forcefully kicked the leg of the half-shifted wolf approaching me and ensured I broke the tibia and fibula.

The bones broke through his skin, and he fell to contain the pain.

Vino twisted his neck, and he fell face flat on the ground, dead with his head at an unnatural angle.

I linked everyone to inflict mortal wounds because I knew their healing ability was impaired. After all, they breathed in their dust. They were overconfident fools.

Amelia and Clay were going for their throats, and I could see how she must have taken down the men that attacked us in the north. She was too fast to counter.

They had come to massacre people but ended up finding themselves being slaughtered...

The ones that got hit with darts were so useless that my men aimed for them and killed them one at a time while we focused on the partially shifted ones.

I began to feel Black, meaning I was in the clear, and I shifted entirely.

I hit my opponent with force. He fell back towards Vino, who was ready with a kick. Vino kicked his thigh from behind him and broke his femur; the moment he fell, Vino twisted his neck swiftly. This was going to be fun.

"Let's take down fifteen, Leo. Two down," He said, pumped up, and I growled in response.

I clawed the side of an attacker, and Vino twisted his arm, and then I clawed his neck. Making sure I severed his trachea and oesophagus. He died instantly.

"Three," Vino said, and Black was excited.