Chapter 135


    Chapter 135 – ~Sylvester~


    After breakfast, we had to converge at the lounge to discuss matters. Tamia went with Linda and Avery


    while my mother left us to handle the issues concerning the uing ceremonies.


    I have never been this mentally busy, but dealing with this king forced me to put my brain cells to work.


    If it weren’t for the lives it threatened, I would have said I was enjoying the cat-and-mouse game the


    uprising was ying.


    “Four days to go, and you will be the official king. How do you feel about it?” Dominic asked me, and I


    looked at him, searching my mind for an honest answer.


    “Honestly, Dominic. I feel nothing. I feel under pressure like I will be taking up more responsibilities,” I


    confessed, and heughed.


    “To think father fought tooth and nail for what was given to you on a tter,” he said in deep thought.


    I knew Dominic cared for our father a lot and wasn’t aware of what our father did to him. I hope the time


    won’te when I must tell him the man he held on to in his happy fairytale memory never


    acknowledged his worth.


    “I never agreed with your ideology, Sylvester, but I do now,” he said and sat beside me.


    Marcel and Theodore were making themselvesfortable, while Leo and Devin were yet to join us.


    “If you had attacked the south and destroyed the east as I advised, these people would have won. I am


    d you know when to be merciful and when to be ruthless,” he confessed, and just then, Leo and


    Devin joined us.


    “Since you told me what Ramsey said, I took it upon myself to check the people on that list and the


    names checked out. The list she gave us was urate. I returned to the prison to show Ramsey, and


    he agreed with the list. Those were names of their associates and members,” He said with concern.


    “So, what are you driving at?” Dominic asked him.


    “Amanda and her lover nned on using these people, and if it goes wrong, dispose of them. See what


    she did to her cousin and father. They are trying to make us clean up their mess,” He said, and I knew


    where he was driving.


    “The uprising group has ended, and the so-called king man would look for another means of getting


    what he wants. See these people and the uprising thing as a failed project.


    These people on this list do not have any viable information about the king man and Amanda.


    They make her seem like a victim and keep saying he is an older man. That would force us to a point at


    Ramsey, but we know Ramsey doesn’t have the capacity and smarts for this.


    They have stylishly disposed of their allies so they can go into hiding and start afreshter.” Marcel


    said, and Theodore cleared his throat.


    “That is why it is paramount that Annika wakes up. She must have information that is not in cirction


    to make Amanda go as far as slipping her poison. We might be wrong, but it’s worth the attempt,” he


    said, and I nodded. Just then, Tamia linked me.


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    “Amanda is in Cains, and Jacob Mikhailov just visited her. They argued, and he left. I asked Hendrix to


    stay with her. Levi will be joining him in Cains,” She linked me.


    “Let’s talk about itter,” I said, and she closed the connection.


    “What is the matter?” Marcel said; he must have noticed my eyes zed over while Tamia and I


    communicated. A not so nice giveaway that I always do my best to mask.


    “Amanda is in Cains,” I linked Marcel and Theodore, not wanting Devin and Leo to know.


    “Ramsey said we should check there,” Marcel linked back.


    “She is in Cains, and Jacob Mikhailov visited her at her hotel toin and argue,” I linked them, and


    Marcel gently nodded, not wanting us to discuss it further.


    “So what are we going to do? You asked that we should not dere her wanted,” Devin said, and I


    nodded.


    “Yes, we want her to think she seeded and is home free. She will contact Leo. He is now on the


    council and very powerful. She will contact him,” I said, and Leo frowned.


    “I believe there will be trouble in paradise soon,” I said with a broad grin.


    “What do you mean?” Marcel asked me, and I cleared my thought.


    “Just as everyone on that list was a target for a specific reason and their emotions were worked on, I


    believe the king man targeted Amanda,” I said, and they were confused.


    “Her father was the only one that survived the uprising against Maurice, my father. It had to count for


    something. This king man knew he needed a protective shield in case the operation blew up. So he


    recruited Amanda, worked on her and made her fall in love so she would wholeheartedly do his


    bidding: to recruit her father and make him the face of the operation.


    On the surface, it would look like a continuation of what happened in my father’s era, but in actual


    sense, it is something new,” I said, and Leo shook his head.


    “I think they fell in love,” he said, and I nodded.


    “I thought as much until Tamia broke it down for me,” I said and looked at Leo because what I was


    about to say would make both of us ufortable.


    “We fell in love with the same woman. I can never imagine sharing Tamia with someone else so I can


    achieve my goal; I would find another way. Likewise you.


    It took you a while to let go of her, and you are still battling yourself. Would you have sent Tamia to


    Devin, allowed him to sleep with her and im her so you can have power over his region?” I asked


    him.


    His eyes were misty, and he shook his head.


    I knew he was fighting fresh tears, and I did not mean to be cruel. I just wanted them to see my point.


    “Leo didn’t even want me dancing with her,” Devin said, “almost beat me up when the north took her.


    He wouldn’t have,” Devin said, and I nodded.


    “Likewise myself,” I said.


    “I can’t. I can’t imagine her having someone else’s scent. It would drive my wolf mad. I scented Leo on


    her, and it took a lot to calm Knight down. It was a friendly hug, but my wolf won’t have it,” I said, and


    Theodore and Marcelughed.


    “Yet this so-called king man sent the woman he loves to another Alpha. A powerful one at that, simply


    because they were fated, he had found a way to use the bond to his advantage.


    He allowed her to stay with him and screw him severally.


    Tamia said you two were like rabbits in that house, so Amanda must have had your scent regardless,” I


    said, and Leo became quite ufortable.


    “I am sorry about where this discussion is going, Leo, but I need to exin something; please bear with


    me.


    I am not being insensitive, just proving a point Tamia made,” I said so he would know I did not mean it


    as a jab. It was clear the man would never heal, and I knew why.


    It was because he knew it was all his fault. Everything could have been avoided if he had kept his


    promise and said no.


    I am living proof of that after what happened between Susan and me. She moved on, and Devin moved


    on. He thought he could get away with it, but the goddess didn’t allow it.


    “But he got her pregnant,” Devin said, and I nodded.


    “Amanda is crazy about this guy. That is why she would go as far as she has gone for him. She has


    destroyed her bond and her entire family for his sake.


    She was the one that kept going back to sleep with him; she was the one that wanted the babies and


    not him. To him, she is dispensable,” I said, and they understood my point. Then I looked at Leo.


    “Back to our topic of discussion. He won’t kill her, but he might separate from her and me it on the


    problems. He won’t kill her because he knows she won’t give him up, but he might disappear and make


    himself inessible.


    When that happens, she will reach out to you, Leo. Because she will be grabbing on straws, looking for


    comfort, she will reach out to you. Maybe not toe back but to make a connection because you will


    be her only family. When that happens, I want you to act like everything is normal. Can you do that?” I


    asked him, and he looked at me with red eyes.


    “I can’t promise you she will be alive if I find out where she is,” he said, and I knew there was no point


    pushing it. The man was ready to destroy her.


    “Please, Leo, we know this has destroyed your life. It took everything from you, but we need you to act


    as if everything is the same when she reaches out to you. If not, we won’t catch all of them.


    Your enemy is the king. He was the one that had the bright idea of using your bond with her. She was


    just too in love to see the error of her ways. I do not mean that you shouldn’t deal with her, but hold on


    a little until we catch that bastard,” Devin pleaded, and he gradually nodded. I knew it was a difficult


    situation, but it was necessary.


    “So what do we do about the names on that list?” Marcel asked, and that was an easy one.


    “Dere them wanted to keep up appearances,” I said, and he nodded.


    We finished our meeting, and I returned to my office to handle matters.


    I had documents on the table I needed to study and sign before the inauguration. When I was through


    with my work, I searched for David.


    I learned he was at the western Garden with his family.


    That was the Garden Tamia and I loved to visit.


    We would have to find a new spot because our activities there weren’t child appropriate.


    David was having a pic with his children, but Nicole was nowhere in sight, so I figured she was with


    my mother.


    “Hey,” I called out to David, and the children stopped ying while he looked at me.


    David stood up immediately and tried to bow his head, but I stopped him.


    I honestly felt like shit because our father wanted him to be lord had my mother not manipted the


    situation.


    “Where is Nicole?” I asked him with a smile on my face so he could rx.


    “Went shopping with Lady Volkov,” He said, referring to my mother. It was awkward.


    “You know you can just say Stephanie,” I said, and he nodded.


    The children also seemed ufortable, and I realised I had to help them rx.


    “Won’t youe to say hello to your scary uncle?” I said, and they giggled and rushed towards me.


    I guess an invite was all they needed.


    I yed with them briefly while they greeted me and returned to y.


    “Thank you for making them rx,” David said while they walked away, and I nodded. “How do you like


    it here, David?” I asked him, and he smiled. “It’s a temporary arrangement, so can’t getfortable,”


    he confessed, and I shook my head. “Volkov brothers have always lived together.”


    I said, looking at him, “I want to say I do not mind you living here, David. I can give you a section to


    make your own,” I said, and he was surprised. “Won’t that be too much?” He asked, and I shook my


    head. “As a lord, you will have to stay here,”


    I said, and his eyes widened. “I know you do not want to have anything to do with power, but it is in


    your blood. I have decided I will make you lord. You can choose to be inactive if you like, but you have


    the title,” I said, and he sighed and nodded.