77 The Man Once A Child


    ~Tamia~


    Sylvester held me into the morning. I felt a strong connection between us, something that wasn''t


    there before.


    He was mine, and it was confirmed this time. There was no fear or uncertainty between us. He was


    mine.


    I still could not believe that he kept his promise and made me proud.


    I thought I would walk out of the ballroom alone and humiliated, but instead, I left with Sylvester


    after he had publicly rejected Susan.


    I honestly felt bad for her, but she did not seem nice.


    How could she expect me to get up and walk away from my man simply because she showed up


    and they were fated? I guess she knows now.


    I woke up in the morning feeling light. The void I felt when I rejected Devin was gone. I was filled


    with love and hope.


    I looked to my side, and there he was, handsome as always, with his messy hair on the pillow, and I


    thanked the goddess for giving him to me. I would have never imagined that I would be this blessed


    or there was hope for me after what Leo did. I was grateful, and I knew I would always be.


    I woke him up gently because we needed to be present for the opening ceremony in Lund. It also


    meant we would be staying in the house in Lund.


    I knew the staff had helped pack our things, so all we had to do was get dressed, get some food in


    our systems and head to Lund to attend the opening ceremony.


    I could not wait to be a part of the celebration.


    There would be parades and performances from different packs from all over. I was excited.


    I nibbled Sylvester''s ear, and he groaned, waking up gradually.


    He opened his eyes and looked at me with a frown which I returned, and then he grabbed me and


    turned me on my back and leaned over me. Sylvester was that alert, and I liked it.


    He tickled me, making meugh until my lungs began to hurt. Then he stopped and stared at me.


    "Good morning, darling," He said, kissing my neck, making a moan escape my lips.


    He did not stop but continued.


    As much as I wanted to tell him we had something to attend to, I wanted him to touch me, So I held


    my tongue.


    "I wanted to peel that beautiful dress off your body thest night," He said, working his way down to


    my breast.


    "I guess I will have to imagine I did and make do with what is in front of me," He said and sucked


    one of my nipples while he yed with the other. My body anticipated it. Soon he was inside me


    pumping.


    I wanted to stay in the room and not go anywhere, but soon we both came and had to shower.


    Sylvester washed my body, and I washed his. It felt great. Nothing was burdening our hearts. I could


    not speak for him, but his eyes showed he was light, and I was light too.


    "Thank you for remaining by my side through it, Tamia," He said in the shower while I traced his


    tattoos with my hand.


    "My love," He said and lifted my chin. I was battling tears, but we were under the shower, so he


    could not see it.


    "I can never leave you. Always know that." He said, and I hugged him and ced my head against


    his chest.


    "I can never leave you, darling. I can never leave you," I said, and he held me.


    We did not need to say anything. Our actions had said it all. I had rejected Devin for him, and he


    had rejected Susan for me. Love did not get better than this. Making our choice and sticking to it.


    Not driven by some forces thatpel us to love, but falling naturally and nurturing the feeling as it


    blossoms into something beautiful.


    We finished and went for breakfast.


    The moment we stepped into the dining room, everyone started pping. Marcel, Theo, Avery and


    Linda pped. Sylvester and I had crossed a fire they had not experienced and might never see. I


    smiled, and Avery winked at me. She knew I had crossed that fire with Devin long ago.


    "Yours finally," She linked me, and I smiled at her because she understood my relief. We went to sit


    down, and they took turns congratting us.


    I was very hungry, so I ate a lot of food, and Sylvester kept adding things to my te. He always


    reminded me I was eating for two, and he did not want his child to be malnourished. It was cute,


    really.


    "We are expected to cut the ribbon for the opening," Marcel said, and Sylvester smiled at him.


    "I think Dominic should cut the ribbon this year. He had always wanted to do it badly," Sylvester


    said, and his friendsughed.


    "He is a serious handicap on our team," Theo said, grumbling and everyoneughed.


    "Tamia," Avery said, and I turned to look at her.


    "Guess who is ying polo?" She asked with a mischievous grin, and I frowned at her.


    "Leo, Max and Kyle with some other douchebags from the east," She said, and I was in shock


    because I knew Leo did not y polo.


    "When did they start ying polo?" I asked and looked at Linda, who shrugged.


    "I don''t know, but I think it is a bit suspicious," Avery said, and I remembered how the men were


    looking at them at the ball.


    "Was that why they were looking at Marcel and Theodore scornfully?" I asked, and Linda smiled.


    "I saw that. I looked right past him," She said,ughing with satisfaction in her voice.


    "I can''t wait to see them fool themselves on the field." She said and looked at Theo.


    "If your team happen to meet theirs, please do me the honours by beating the crap out of Kyle. After


    all, idents happen on the field," She said and kissed Theo, who seemed to be on board with


    what she was saying.


    I wanted to say they should exclude Leo from their n, but I did not know how Sylvester would feel


    about it.


    I could notugh at their n. As great as it sounded, I couldn''t.


    Above all, I remember that Leo made a fool of himself at the ball to try to save me from


    embarrassment. He was the leader of the east; I knew many people would talk about his drunken


    stunt, and it might make headlines, and he did it for me. I also knew Leo knew nothing about polo


    and wouldn''t be safe ying against our men on the field.


    Sylvester touched my hand and kissed it gently.


    "I won''t let them hurt Leo, Tamia. Just Kyle and Max, not Leo," he linked me, and I searched his


    eyes expectantly.


    "It is okay for you to feel protective of him. Before he broke his promise, he was your first best friend


    and confidant. I could see that even at the ball, I could see the connection. It was still there. I am not


    jealous, Tamia, because I know I own your heart. He is a friend and a loyal one at that." He linked


    me and kissed my hand, and I was relieved.


    "But I can''t promise the same where Devin is concerned," He said, and Iughed because I


    honestly did not care about that.


    I wished him well, but if he made a nuisance of himself, then it was okay that Sylvester messed him


    up. He deserved it for bringing Susan and her uncle.


    "I am excited about the blue moon," Linda said, rubbing her tiny bump.


    Theo kissed her neck where his mark would rest, and she moaned.


    "I think we should start leaving," Avery said, and I knew she was a bit unhappy because she wanted


    a baby too.


    "Should we go in the same car or separate cars?" Linda asked innocently, but I knew Avery would


    say no, so before Avery spoke, I quickly spoke.


    "It will be a great idea, Ave," I told Avery, and she knew I suspected her mood was a bit foul.


    "Okay, Lady Tamia," she said, and we all giggled. We left the dining room and went to prepare to


    leave.


    I wore a simple ck dress with a fascinator on my head. While Sylvester was decked up in his


    official outfit. Just like the ball night, he looked dashing.


    "My prince charming," I said, and he smiled at me.


    I was nervous about our Croquet team, but I kept it to myself. I knew we would have lots of fun.


    There was a knock at the door, and Sylvester asked the person to enter. To my surprise, it was


    Dominic, and he was wearing the same outfit as Sylvester, but where Sylvester''s outfit was


    decorated in gold threads, his was decorated with regr cream-coloured thread, and he looked


    handsome.


    He had on his official suit what I hade to know as the Volkov''s crest. A profile of a wolf bearing


    its teeth. It was beautiful.


    "I hear I am cutting the ribbon this year," He said, and Sylvester smiled at him and nodded.


    "Yes, big brother. You will also be weing the guests in my stead. You are a Volkov, too,"


    Sylvester said and pulled me close to him.


    It was obvious that we were genuinely happy.


    A heavy load had been lifted, and the dark clouds of fate had been chased away. It was just us and


    the brilliant love sun.


    Dominic beamed at Silvester, and he looked like a child. His eyes wandered to me.


    "She is good for you, I see," he said, looking at me, and I did not know what to say.


    He walked up to Sylvester and shook his hand.


    "Glenda shouldn''t know I did this, but I am proud of you. I thought you would do what father did," He


    said, and my heart skipped because, contrary to what Stephanie thought, Dominic was aware of


    what was happening when he was little. I wondered what secrets he kept in his mysterious mind.


    Sylvester frowned at him pretending not to know what he was talking about.


    "What do you mean by that?" Sylvester asked, and Imended him for his quick thinking.


    Dominic looked at me and smiled.


    "After what my brother did for you and seeing how you were indifferent towards your ex, I believe I


    can officially call you a member of my family now, Tamia, so I will speak in front of you."


    "Father had a fate. Her name was Alissa, and she was one wicked bitch. He did not reject her for


    mother. Instead, he made her share. I wouldn''t call it sharing, really, because we were sent to the


    west wing," he said, and his eyes became misty.


    "That was why I did not want to go there when you sent me there, Sylvester. It just brought back


    memories," He said with a sad tone.


    "That woman was the reason father hated me so much. She set me up all the time, and my father


    disciplined me. He did things that I could never tell mother. She did not know, which was why I was


    quiet for most of my childhood. When we left, I was happy, but father asked us to return, and mother


    was turned into that bitch''s ve. Giving massages, washing her feet, name it. There was nothing


    that mother wasn''t made to do. Some I had to do because it degraded my mother. I dared not speak


    then," He said and pinched the bridge of his nose between his eyes.


    "Father used to hit her, you know. I do not know if she told you, but he will beat her because she did


    not get the taste of Alissa''s food right, or she messed up with the menu. Mother did not know that I


    knew. I knew he would lock her in the dungeon for days and lie to me that she went to visit her


    nonexistent family, whom he had ughtered because they refused to allow him to remain Lord if


    he divorced her. You see, Uncle Arnold Balyaev, mother''s brother, you did not know him because


    father killed him, would have ascended and be Lord, but father married his sister and kept the


    lordship in his bloodline while he controlled the council. There was a bnce of power then. He


    killed our uncle so he could divorce our mother and wed that bitch. I prayed that she would die a


    painful death, and she did. Talking about answered prayers," he said and chuckled a bit.


    " Father seemed to have repented, and he became nicer to mother. When she had you, and he


    realised you would seed him because you, unlike me, were an Alpha, he began to dote on her


    and did everything to make her forget what he did. I doubt she ever did." He said and wiped away


    his tears. I could only imagine the trauma he went through as a child. Seeing everything that was


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