The Dark Side Of Fate by Karima Sa'ad Usman novel Chapter 46

~Tamia~

Morning came, and Sylvester and I got ready for breakfast.

It was going to be a busy day, but I was not feeling up to it.

I was a bit tired even though we didn't do anything and I had just woken up from sleep.

I did not think much of it and just got ready quietly.

Once we were done getting ready, we went to the dining room to have breakfast.

Everyone was there as always, and we ate in silence.

What happened with Dominic had brought gloom into our lives. I hoped the matter was solved quickly.

I prayed it did not linger because we all deserved better.

Our love was still young; we were still getting to know each other and trying to manoeuvre through our differences to accept them and make it work. This matter needed to be solved as soon as possible.

"Tamia will be accompanying us to question Dominic and Larry," Sylvester announced, and Marcel nodded.

"I want Avery to come with us too," Marcel said, and Sylvester didn't seem okay with it, but he did not complain.

Theodore requested to bring Linda along, and I touched Sylvester's lap to stop him from making a scene.

I could not really eat, so I just pushed my food about the plate picking the bits and stalling for breakfast to be over.

We finished, and Sylvester decided to go to the cells on the property to question Dominic.

As we moved towards the place, I remembered when Dominic attacked my friends and me and locked us up because of councilwoman Jenny's death and the attack on his mother.

I was still baffled why the attackers spared Stephanie's life. It really didn't add up.

When we got there, we noticed Dominic outside his cell in chains standing with some officers.

"What is going on here?" Sylvester growled. He was angry.

"What is the council task force doing here?" he asked, and the men saluted him and bowed their heads immediately.

"Your eminence, the council has ordered that we move him to the council prison," One of them said.

"Under whose orders and why?" Sylvester asked.

"It was a collective decision by all council members. The act of treason is judged and punished by the council," The man said and handed Sylvester a paper.

Sylvester did not bother to read the piece of paper. He just tore it.

"Out of my house now!" he ordered them, and they shook; even I shook because there was an authority in his voice.

We let them leave, and Sylvester's Kappas ushered Dominic to a room.

We followed, and as soon as Dominic sat down, he looked at Sylvester.

"What would you gain in this? You already have it all. Why lock me up? First, your woman threatened mother to keep me at home, and now I am being tried for treason. What happened to you, Sylvester? We used to fight, but nothing like this," He said with disbelief, and I could see he was genuinely hurt.

"It stopped being fair when you decided to forge my signature and seal and send Bryce to stir up shit in the east. You knew the development tax issue was false, yet you still chose to use that same method to cause trouble for me. Why?" Sylvester asked him, and he looked at me.

"Do not look at Tamia; focus on me, Dominic. I need to know why you would actively work against me," he said, and Dominic's eyes welled up with tears.

"If I tell you my truth, would you believe me?" Dominic asked, and Sylvester did not respond.

"Answer me!" Sylvester growled at his brother. The pressure was overwhelming, making me nauseous, but I held it. Beads of sweat formed on my forehead, and my vision was a bit blurry, but I tried to keep it together.

"I did not give anything to Bryce. He is lying against me, Sylvester. Mother asked me before she left to get help, and I told her the same thing. I did not do this. I have never given Bryce anything or sent him on an errand before. I was stunned when I was arrested, and his name came up as my accomplice." Dominic said to his brother.

"Why would Bryce lie against you?" Sylvester asked, and Dominic looked at me.

"She wants to be rid of me. Can't you see what she is doing? Mother told me how you treated her and insulted her because of this woman. Did it ever occur to you that she and her so-called ex might be trying to divide the strength of the north? Bryce might have collected money or something from Leo and Bane to do this. They need a reason to go to war. They might have done this to try to create the opportunity to attack. Do you not think it is weird she would just fall in love with you and want to spend the rest of her life with you? All three of you are blind. You destroyed their homes and took them away from their mates. No matter how fucked up their marriage situation was, you can't dispute that they loved their mates. Do not let them turn you against your people, Sylvester. I might be a douchebag, and you and I might not see eye to eye on many things, but I did not do this. I did not send Bryce anywhere. I do not know why he will speak my name," Dominic said and bowed.

"Your explanation isn't good enough for me, Dominic. I will give you time to think about things, and then I will return. If you do not tell me the truth, I will hand you over to the council and wash my hands off the case," Sylvester told him calmly.