The Dark Side Of Fate by Karima Sa'ad Usman novel Chapter 76

~Leo~

Max, Kyle, me, and our polo teammates arrived at the north nervous.

We had no clue how to play the game, but we knew Sylvester would be playing Polo, and Kyle wanted to discuss the exchange of Linda for Rebecca.

Likewise, Max, who miraculously concluded that he needed Avery and not Michelle.

I tried to talk them out of it, but they refused to listen.

I was the leader of the east; it was my duty to support them.

Supporting them would torture me because I could not bear to see Tamia with the wolf Lord.

I knew I had sent her a goodbye letter, but my guilty heart could not say goodbye. She was everything to me. There was no way I could get over that.

I wanted to come with Amanda so she would not be alone, but she had things to do; she promised to join me soon, and I hoped she would come. We had been trying, and I believed we were making progress.

When I learned Devin was around, I panicked for Tamia because if what he was saying was true, then he would draw her attention. I could not reach him or Tamia, so I opted to wait until the ball.

When we arrived at the ball, I was nervous while Kyle and Max were eager to see the mates they maltreated and threw away.

It was amazing to see how delusional they were.

They were either unstable or stupid.

I knew those women would not return to them, and they would end up disgracing themselves trying to play Polo.

Maxwell and Kyle had only two weeks of polo training; I wondered how they would survive on the field against people that had played the game all their lives.

When Linda entered with Gamma Theodore, Kyle complained bitterly. Her bump made him sick, and he got so angry I thought he would have a fit. Their eyes met, but she looked past him as if she did not know him.

Gamma Theo seemed to be taken by her, and he paid much attention to her.

Pulling out her seat and helping her sit. She was introduced as his fiance. How the hell was Kyle hoping he could beat that?

There was no way they would exchange Linda for Rebecca. He had just set himself up for humiliation at the games for nothing.

Theodore seemed to adore Linda, and I could see it in their eyes; they were in love. It would be easy for her to fall because Kyle irreparably broke her.

I wondered how Theo did it, but I had to commend him for being the man for her.

I had failed her as the leader of the east. If I knew of all Kyle was doing to her, I would have stopped it, but it was kept private. Nonetheless, I felt responsible for her pain.

Avery entered and was introduced the same way. I began to wonder how these women did it.

It was as if Sylvester and his friends split our wives amongst themselves and fell in love simultaneously.

It was troubling, and I hoped there wasn't a grand design or plan. Maybe a ploy to get them comfortable enough to use them to take over the east.

"Or they might have truly fallen in love," Black said in my head, and I sighed.

Avery did not even look at Max. She was over him. I knew she might have seen him, but she did not look at him. Instead, she concentrated on the man she was with, the second most powerful man in our world.

The women had upgraded, and they looked beautiful. If my friends weren't on the losing end, I would have openly commended them for their choices. I was internally grateful that they found love while I maintained a stoic face.

"These greedy bastards, they can have anyone, and they chose to have our women," Max linked me, sounding angry.

"He got my Linda pregnant, that bastard," Kyle linked me, and I knew it hurt him most because he had called her barren and good for nothing when in actual sense, he was the one with issues and not Linda; her tiny bump said it all.

I stopped myself from laughing at my friends. They helped themselves to the champagne flute, realising that their reason for coming and signing up for the polo tournament was defeated,

A woman was introduced as the Lady of the north, a position Tamia would soon occupy.

I figured she was the wife of the former Lord and Sylvester's mother.

She looked young and pretty, but her eyes showed her age. People cheered and greeted her respectfully. It was evident that everyone loved her.

She went to sit at the table, and I knew Tamia and Sylvester would enter. I did not know how I would feel when I saw her again.

I maltreated her mentally when I broke my promise to her and made her share.

Although I tried to salvage it, the deed had been done. If only I could go back in time, I would reject Amanda on the spot, but deep down, I believed Tamia was where she was meant to be.

Seeing how both Avery and Linda were with their newfound love, I knew Tamia would be better.

They weren't vicious like we thought. We were the brutal ones, forcing our mates to share and some maltreating their lunas. I would change a lot when I got back home. I would start by creating a committee to rescue and help abused victims.

When Sylvester and Tamia were announced, my heart lept, and I looked toward the entrance.

Tamia looked beautiful. She had always been beautiful, and I tried to hide her looks by stopping her from wearing revealing clothes and make-up, but she still looked terrific that way.

Sylvester allowed her to go all out, and she took liberty the best way. She looked like a goddess.

I could not believe I had let my weakness make me throw her love away. I looked at her with longing in my heart. She used to be mine. Mine to love, touch, but now she rests in another man's arms, and it seemed like I had faded into the shadows of her heart.

"Tamia", Black said, trying to link her, but I knew she would not hear because she wasn't mine anymore.

I fought my tears and looked at her. Sylvester was possessive, and I felt his menacing and strong presence warning us to look away.

Even if I ever dreamt of taking her back, I doubted Sylvester would let go. His countenance and possessiveness of her said it all.