The Dark Side Of Fate by Karima Sa'ad Usman novel Chapter 99

~Sylvester~

I wondered what Vino wanted to discuss with me. The guy honestly gave me the creeps, but I knew I needed to be polite; so far, he had sided with me most of the time during the council hearings, and he had let Tamia get away with a lot. The least I could do was hear him out.

"Hey," I linked Marcel and Theodore.

"The meeting is over with Leo and Devin, and they are willing to work with us because of Tamia. Meanwhile, Vino asked to see me, so I want to see him briefly in the booth. I will join you guys soon. We will be heading for the estate today. Cancel all our participation. I think we have played enough," I said, and they agreed. It would have been fun to unwind and win a cup before our wedding, but there was just too much to do, and the time was very little.

"Meet me in my meeting booth," I linked Vino, returning to where I had the meeting with Leo and Devin.

I went there and sat down to wait for Vino. He arrived looking dirty in his football jersey. I did not know he was playing football. The guy was just invisible to me. I needed to make more effort to know what my council members were up to.

He greeted me with respect, and I smiled at him.

"Vino, how may I be of service?" I asked him, and he smiled and made himself comfortable.

"How are you, your eminence?" he asked, and I chuckled.

"Please call me Sylvester. We aren't in the council hall," I said, and he smiled.

"It is an honour to call you by your name," the man said, and he was creepy.

Sometimes I wonder why he admired me. I had done nothing. Other than succeeding my father, I had done nothing, yet he treated me like his idol. It was weird, but there were strange people like that, and Vino happened to be one of those people.

"So?" I asked Vino getting impatient.

"I am really in a hurry," I said nicely, and his smile dropped.

"if I may?" he said, and I knew he was asking to speak freely, so I nodded and told him to go ahead.

"Too much has been happening lately, and I do not know if we need to be worried," he said, and I frowned at him.

"The petition these alphas raised would affect all of us. I am glad they changed their minds," he said, and I frowned at him.

"You were likely to benefit from it the most," I pointed out since he was the head of the council. He bared his neck immediately, a sign of submission and respect.

"That is why I want to see you. I knew I would be the prime suspect, and seeing how people have been set up lately, I believe whoever is doing this is trying to set me up. Please, Sylvester. I have no hand in this. Think of it like this, if they pass it, you, Marcel or Theodore, will likely become head of the council. Please. I do not want you not to distrust me. I saw the way you and everyone looked at me after the hearing. It got to me. I have no hand in this, Sylvester," he said, sounding scared, and I smiled at him.

"Do not write yourself off, Vino. All the culprit has to do is find a reason to disqualify the three of us, and you have a seat," I said, and he looked even more worried, so I decided to help him relax.

"Do not worry, Vino. I do not think you are behind it. The Alphas must have just wanted some autonomy and did not think it through before raising the petition. Glad they did not do damage in the process," I said, and Vino smiled, looking a bit relaxed.

"I am glad you see it that way. I was worried that I was being set up like Sir Dominic," he said, and I laughed and stood up.

"Would that be all?" I asked him, and he nodded.

I left him in the booth and walked away quickly.

I didn't want to get into conversations with him, and I did not want him to invite me to anything he was doing at the Lawrence Mansion in Lucland. I walked briskly until I got to my Primary booth, where Tamia was. Jake was still with them, and they all seemed to be discussing something serious.

My mother looked furious, and I knew they had found something. I cleared my throat, and Tamia looked at me.

" Enzo Mikhailov," she said, and I frowned at her;

"He was the enforcer that led the attack and left a message claiming he was from you," She said.

I remembered Jacob's role and wondered what the Mikhailovs had against me to work against me like this.

I tried to compose myself because I did not want whoever sent those cards to suspect something was off. We needed to act as normal as possible, but I was desperate to get Tamia away from the arena.

"Shall we?" I said aloud.

"Please, Alpha jake, stay with us for a few days in The estate before you return home. It is my way of apologising to you," I told the alpha, and the look in his eyes showed he understood what I was doing.

"With gratitude, my Lord. I wasn't able to identify the person. You know how war is. The memory is a blur,' he said, and I nodded, telling him it was okay.

"It was simple logic. Whoever sent those cards wanted something, so they would likely listen to our conversation and watch our actions after seeing them.

I linked Marcel and Theo and headed to the car park to enter our vehicles.

I left Dominic and Katya at the arena because one of us had to present medals to the swimming teams. He would handle all my official duties concerning the games while I remained at the estate, investigating the issues we were facing.

The ride was smooth, and I was relaxed, knowing I had gained two powerful unlikely allies. I knew Tamia would be curious to know how the meeting went with Leo and Devin.

It would be discussed as Pillow talk, especially Leo. I was worried for the man; he seemed to be hanging on a thread mentally.