The Dark Side Of Fate

~Tamia~

I took a deep breath and turned around to see Leo approaching.

Avery chuckled, knowing I had been avoiding Leo.

"We faced ours. It is time for you to face yours," Linda said, laughing at me, and before I responded, she and Avery walked away giggling. They were just naughty.

"Hey," Leo said softly when he approached me.

"Hey," I replied, and he sighed.

"Do you mind us talking in the lounge? I promise I won't take too much of your time," He said, and I looked at him.

There was a time he did not need permission to talk to me at all. Everything had changed, and my heart had left him behind.

"Sure," I said and led him to Sylvester's lounge.

"Sylvester said we can be friends,” He said while we walked, and I frowned and looked at Leo.

"He did?" I asked, and he nodded.

"Yes. He said we had a history together, and he did not want to erase that. Moreover, he trusts you," he said, and I smiled, knowing that Sylvester could say something like that.

We entered the lounge and went to sit on the couch. Leo sat on the couch next to mine so he was close.

There was an awkward silence between us, and he broke it with a sigh.

"Tamia," he said, his voice shaking and broken.

"I am sorry," He apologised, and I shook my head, wanting to stop him, but he covered my mouth with his palm gently, and I looked into his eyes. They were pleading with me to let him speak, so I relaxed, and he withdrew his hand gently.

"I fucked up. I had just one thing to do, and I fucked up," he said with misty eyes.

"I threw everything we had away on that Balcony that day. I should have remained by your side, and I should have let her go, but I was weak and stupid. I guess deep down, I thought you would always be with me. I thought you would stay with me no matter what. I thought I could handle it. My twisted mind thought it would be okay.

The hurt in your eyes when I told you she was pregnant let me know I failed. I threw it all away. Love, life and peace. I threw it all away.

We have been together for so long. You are all that I have ever known, and I threw it away.

You were there before my wolf. You were there when I was a nobody, and the mountain was a small pack in the east. You were there.

All my happy memories are with you. I did everything with you. You were my strength and my wisdom, and I threw it all away," He said, and his tears began to fall freely.

"I cry every day. I have cried so much more this year than I did in my entire life, yet the tears are not enough, and the pain is still raw.

When Sylvester rejected Susan, I was relieved and ashamed at the same time.

Relieved that you would not go through the same pain twice, ashamed because I had failed the test.” He said and held my hand.

"My heart still beats for you, Tamia, and there is nothing I can do about it. I love you. I know I shouldn't feel that way anymore, but I can't stop loving you.

What happened to us isn't your fault or Amanda's fault. It was mine. All I had to do was reject her and love you, but I wanted to keep it all. I was greedy and mean

I was cruel towards you. I may not have beat or disgraced you like Max and Kyle did to Avery and Linda, but I made you share.

I slept with her in the very house we bought together.

I left our room and went to hers to please my wolf.

What I did was despicable, and I deserved to lose you," she said and wiped away his tears. "Sylvester is a great guy, and I am happy you ended up with him. I was scared he would put you in his harem, but he did the right thing by you and loved you beyond my capacity,” he said, and I relaxed a bit.

"I want you to know that I support your love, and you have my blessing,” he said, and tears streamed down my face because I knew he was speaking from his heart.

However painful it may be to him. He was speaking from his heart.

His wolf flashed, and Kaira acknowledged him.

There was a time we bore each other's marks and loved each other. It was only fair that we acknowledge our wolves.

"I want to be your friend Tamia. I did not want to lose you completely. I have learned to love you from a distance and accept my life.

Please do not take away your friendship. I will never betray you gain.

I will always have your back, and I will never try to make things hard for you, Tamia. Please

I want you to know that I bless your upcoming marriage, and I wish you and Sylvester the best life has to offer. Do not shut me out,” he said, pleading with me with his eyes, and I wrapped my arms around him and cried.

My heart was glad and broken at the same time. Leo slowly wrapped his arms around my waist, and I felt him breathe in my scent. He was letting go.

My hug lingered, and I soon broke it. It was time for me to talk to him about Amanda. I wasn't going to force it, but I needed to tell him what I thought.

"Leo," I said, and he was attentive.

"Amanda," I said, and he became angry and shook his head.

"Please hear me out,” I said, and he tried to compose himself.

"Maybe you two can start over," I said, and he disagreed.

"She never really helped them. She fed them lies until her father declared her wanted. As sick as she was, she loved you and fought dirty. I agree she shouldn't have lied to you, but you must understand where she came from. With a father like that, she would do anything to survive and get away." I said, and I knew my words were falling on deaf ears.

"All I am asking is that you try again with her. With Ramsey out of the picture. Try again with her. I have forgiven her. Sylvester and I are fated, so I believe all this was meant to happen.

You were meant to find her, and I was meant to find Sylvester. The events were ugly and painful, but I am happy where I am. If there was anything I knew while we all lived together, it was that she loved you in her own way. I am saying you give it a chance for the sake of your children,” I said, and his eyes softened.

"I am going to get the babies tested. There is no way she will trap me like Rebecca did to Kyle," he said, and I nodded.

"That is alright. Test the babies, but if they turn out to be yours, I will implore you to try. She risked her life for you," I said, and he shook his head.

"She should have told me the truth,” He argued, and I disagreed, knowing Leo would have been impossible for her to approach.

"I know you, Leo. When you are unhappy, you are difficult to speak with. I am sure you ignored her most of the time.

Amanda might have been trying to survive while she held on to you. I am saying you should start afresh with her. I have forgiven you, and I have forgiven her. I think both of you should forgive yourselves and move on. Her father is looking for her to kill because of you, do not crucify her,” I said, knowing my words did not get through to him.

I had tried and hoped that Leo would see the light and try with his mate when everything was settled.

Since Sylvester and I had been fated, the feeling had been different. I did not want him to lose that. We discussed Kyle and Max and laughed about the two idiots a bit. I had a glass of milk while he drank juice. It was like the old times when we were younger, and love had not complicated our lives. I saw some light in his eyes. It was as if some weight had been lifted.

I prayed for all our sakes that the operation we planned on carrying out worked, and this king guy surfaced so we could deal with him

I left Leo and headed towards the Harem quarters to talk to Lilly. I could not wait to hear her lie through her teeth.

Once she was done lying to me, I would have her locked up and thrown in the dungeon under the worst circumstances. I wasn't going to have mercy on her.

As for Annika and Olga, they were going to suffer at my hands

I linked Kappa Wilson to be ready.

I planned on applying some torture where Lilly was concerned.

I wasn't prepared to see Amanda yet. I planned to save her for last. I doubted with all that happened, Amanda would lie to me.

I also doubted Leo would give her a chance. It wasn't my business, really. She blew her chances when she did not trust Leo enough to tell him the truth.