The Dark Side Of Fate

~Sylvester~

I gave Liam a minute because he started crying after his last sentence.

One thing I noticed was that he did not know their last names. Which meant they were not planning to keep him for long. The names he had might be aliases. It was sad.

"She had moved out. It was as if she was never there. All the photos of her were gone, her clothes. Her emails in my inbox, and the ones I sent to her.

They logged me out of my account in the Friendzone app, and everyone had cut off.

She left a note telling me I had been made and was being watched.

I panicked and decided that I should run away too.

That was when I got arrested,” Liam said, and I was silent for a bit.

I looked at Marcel and Theodore; they also seemed to be sorry for him. What he told us was helpful. We knew they had a leader called Moses. Hopefully, that was his real name; if not, then at least he knew what Moses looked like; but what baffled me was how they had copies of orders and sanctions I had presumably signed.

Were they real or fabricated? I remembered what Lilly was doing for them, and I wondered if she was creating sanctions using my seal all along.

After what she did, I wouldn't put that type of behaviour past her.

"Can you tell me your mother's role in all this because she seemed to let you have your way all the time,” I said, trying to throw him off my suspicion, but his eyes said he knew, and he suddenly became tight-lipped.

"I know you think you may be protecting her. But if she has a hand in this, then she isn't worth your protection. She must have seen you as dispensable for her to allow you to get mixed in this shit. Think about who you are protecting, Liam, and ask yourself if they are worth it. Look around you. It is just the four of us here, and you are the only one in chains,” I said, pointing at his cuffs, and he looked at them.

He had an internal battle.

"You have to tell us everything, Liam. We will find out one way or the other. The last thing you want is for us to find out elsewhere. It means we will have to hand you to the council for judgment, strip your father of his position, and send him on exile, which would shame your family. Tell us all you know so we can manage the problem better,” Theodore said, and Liam looked stunned.

"My father had no hand in this!" he complained, and I nodded, but we need him to give Amy up. We knew she was a part of it. We also knew it did not matter. As long as a family member was part of it, the entire family would be guilty; it was the law.

"Is your mother a part of it?" I asked him sternly, and he looked into my eyes and bowed.

"Yes, alpha. She was the one that gave them my email and made them recruit me the way they did. She did not want to ask me directly just in case it did not work out, and I told my father, so this was the best option for her. That was what she told me," He said, and I relaxed.

"Who else is a member that you know?" I asked him, and he sighed.

"Luna Gezel. Carla Orlov, Luna Kate of Cains Island, Jacob Mikhailov, and some alphas from the eastern region.

They are plenty and have groups in each region except the south.

They plan on neutralising your power and getting rid of Bane and Albert. They claim the three of you are what is wrong with our world.

There is also a manhunt for a David Pavlishchev. I do not know who he is, but they claim the world would be better without him.

They have a lot of documents and evidence to support their claims,” he said and looked at me.

"I do not know if this would help and if what I am about to tell you would make you spare my father, but they all seem to be taking orders from a man, one whom they refer to as the king and say he would lead the council once they have scrapped out everyone.

Lady Volkov and Luna Volkov are also on their hit list. I believe I was on it too because someone tried to kill me before I was arrested,” He said I did not know how to handle all I had learned.

The most worrisome part of the revelation was that Theodore and Marcel's family were deep in it. There was no how this would get out, and they won't be asked to step down temporarily.

Those women were allowing themselves to be used.

Hearing they tried to kill Liam made me realise that they would kill anyone that stopped being beneficial to them.

So far, Devin's region seemed impenetrable to them, and I wondered how he did it.

Leo was at high risk. The man was too peaceful for his own good. This was very bad.

"Are you sure of everything and every name you mentioned?" Marcel asked him and Liam nodded. "Do you have proof?” He asked, and Liam shook his head.

"They deleted all the emails and wiped out the blueprint. The app has been pulled down. I have no proof,” He said, and Marcel punched the wall.

My hands were shaking.

I could see the target on all their backs, and I wondered what target was on mine.

If they wanted to scrap everyone out, then they were definitely planning something for me. Implicating Marcel and Theodore for treason was definitely their smoking gun; I wondered what would be mine. I needed Devin's help.

So far, he seemed impenetrable, and I needed to know why.

"How are we not sure you are doing to us the same thing you tried to do to your father?” Theodore asked him, sounding angry.

"You might as well be telling us what they told you to tell us, so we could be misled," Theodore said, and he had a valid point.

There was a possibility this was all a plan, from the use of the false ID to his arrest might be a plan to get him in here so he could plant shit in our heads. We could not trust him, really.

I looked at Liam to study him, and he shook his head.

"I swear to you I am not lying. These people are very smart. If they sent me here, I would have proof to implicate all these people I mentioned and make you go after them," he said with tears in his eyes. He seemed desperate and scared.

"They even have people in your estate. My life is forfeit, and I know it," he said in tears.

"I just don't want my father implicated, and I want you to spare my mother. Just like me, she has been misguided by this King man," he said, sounding angry when he said the 'King man’.

"It is funny how they claim they want democracy, yet they refer to an anonymous person as king," he said, speaking the irony of their cause.

"I need proof,” I told him, and he bowed his head.

"I want to give that to you, your eminence. I can't, but please be careful of the people I have mentioned,” he said, sounding resigned.

What he told me about the people working for this organisation living in the estate worried me. "How did you know there are people here?" I asked.

"They have one of your favourite girlfriends working for them. They claim she is the closest to you, and you dote on her. She has been able to give them seals and documents. She also has unlimited access to your office.

I do not know if she is your current mate, but she was said to be someone you have been intimate with," he said, and I balled my fist because I knew he meant Lily.

I did not understand why the stupid girl would tell people we were intimate. I was really pissed off. "There is also a woman called Arya. She comes there once in a while. She claims to know you intimately too. I do not know if she is the one they are talking about,” he said, and I wanted to roar. There was nothing worse than a scorned woman.

Arya was part of the harem I disbanded. She was scorned and more so when she met Tamia at Vino's party.

"Who else?" I asked through gritted teeth.

"Two women here. I do not know their names, but they have warned me to keep my mouth shut, or the organisation would go after my family and wipe them out,” he said, and I leaned closer to him "Can you recognise these women?" I asked him, and he shook his head.

"They wore face masks, but I know their scent,” he said, and I was grateful for that bit.

"You will help me identify them. I will protect you, Liam, and to make sure you do not go down as a traitor, I will pretend you work for me as a spy. That is the best I can do. But if I find out you are still doing their bidding, I would treat you like a grown man and execute you," I told him, and he swallowed with fear.

"We can't trust this boy," Marcel said, and I looked at my friend.

I could see the fear in his eyes.

We all knew what was coming. They had set targets on Theodore and Marcel through their ignorant family members and hit the bull's eye with them.

I did not know when they would play that card, but we need to act quickly because once that comes out, Theo and Marcel will be suspended pending the investigation.

I won't have anyone to lean on.

The suspension also means temporary exile from the north. What would stop them from attacking my friends and killing them while away?

As things were looking, they might play that card very soon.

I need to plead with Devin to give them asylum when that happens.

I also knew if they had bull's eyes on Marcel and Theodore, then they have bull's eyes on Dominic and me too.

They were already hunting my half-brother, David; I wondered what they would have on Vino. Someone wanted to wipe out the top families and lead the council, and the Makhailovs were a part of it.

"Take him to safety and have him heavily guarded,” I said, and Theo looked at me.

"Where is safe for him?" he linked me, and I sighed.

As much as I hated to impose, I knew he had only one place to go, and that was south.

"I will speak to Corrigan. We will need him more than anyone else,” I linked Marcel and Theodore, and from the looks on their faces, they knew I wasn't only speaking on behalf of Liam.

They knew it was mainly for their sake. Their mates were pregnant; they needed to be safe and secure while we dealt with the issue.

"They are coming for you too, Sylvester," Marcel said, looking worried.

"I know. Though we are yet to figure out the angle, your angles are obvious," I said.

Theo and Marcel cursed at their relatives for being idiots.

"We need to find my half-brother and his family. We need to make sure he is safe,” I said, not caring how my mother would feel about it.

If David was on their hit list, he was also a victim.

I could not allow the bastards to hurt him even though everyone claimed his mother was a bitch.

"I want all the females in this estate lined up,” I said and looked at Liam.

"Your first assignment will be to sniff out the two women that warned you in the cell. Can you do that?" I asked, and he nodded.

"What do we tell our mates? This is too much. I saw how Tamia was trembling when she got the cards." Marcel said, and I sighed.

That was one big problem I did not know how to solve.

It would be wrong to keep this from them; it would also be wrong to expose them to this level of anxiety. I did not know what to do.

"One thing was certain; we can't let them question Liam. If they must know what is happening, it has to come from us. Once that is out of the way, they can talk to Liam," I said, and Marcel bowed his head.

"How do you want to stop them from questioning his mother? Those women are stubborn,” he said, sounding resigned.

"Especially Linda, who claims to be bored all the time," Theodore added, and I knew we were in a severe mess