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    ~Sylvester~


    Tamia and I showered together and dressed up for breakfast. Marcel linked me three times, saying


    they were all waiting for us. Apparently, Tamia had ordered that we have breakfast together without


    telling me. I was sure she had her reasons, and after our new resolve, I knew she meant well.


    We rushed towards therge dining room. It was almost nine-thirty.


    We arrived, and I saw that Linda and Avery were already eating. It was cute seeing them stop when


    Tamia and I entered. Linda looked as if she had been caughtmitting a crime. I wanted tough.


    Alpha Jake stood up to greet me, and so did Marcel, Theo and Dominic. It was an official breakfast,


    and I could understand why Tamia would organise it. It was a show of respect to Alpha Jake


    Brighton, telling him he was weed in our home.


    "I am sorry we arete. I went on a hunt this morning and got carried away," I exined, pulling out


    Tamia''s chair for her to sit on. I looked at my mother, who had dark circles, and she smiled at me.


    "I know what happened. I need you to rx, okay?" I assured her through the mind link, and she


    nodded immediately.


    I served Tamia''s meal before serving mine, and she smiled at me. Taking a sip of the juice, I looked


    at Alpha Jake.


    "I am d we can settle our differences. Thank you for the information you gave us. We are putting


    it to good use," I told him, and he smiled and thanked me.


    "I will also want to use this opportunity to tell you that I appreciate your loyalty and cooperation," I


    said, and he nodded.


    "You have my loyalty, your eminence. I also want to thank you for the new hospital project in


    Brighton and the school renovation. It is a much-needed and weed development," he said, and


    I smiled at him.


    Breakfast went smoothly, and when we were done, I asked Marcel, Theo and Dominic to join me for


    a private meeting before Devin and Leo arrived at the mansion.


    I hoped, for all our sakes, Leo would keep it together and not do anything that would alert Ramsey


    or Amanda. I wasn''t sure of the woman''s role in the whole mess, but one certain thing was that she


    was indeed a channel.


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    We went to my office, and everyone made themselvesfortable.


    "Leo and Devin are on their way here; they said you invited them," Theodore said, looking a bit


    worried, and I nodded.


    "I did sost night. Tamia and I figured something out, and we need their cooperation based on


    what Liam told us," I said, and Marcel nodded.


    "What did Christain''s son say?" Dominic asked, and I wondered how he was already up to speed,


    knowing he had arrived at the mansion early in the morning.


    "I told him everything," Marcel confessed, and I nodded.


    "I personally think Larry is part of them. The man does not like you," Dominic told me, and I nodded.


    "It is great that you know now, but that isn''t why I have called the meeting," I said and looked at


    Marcel and Theodore.


    "The only reason why fighting these people has been difficult is because we are trying to use the


    law to get them, but the truth is thew is working in their favour. With everything they seem to have


    nned out for us, we won''t win." I said, and Theo bowed his head.


    "We do not stand a chance ying fair. Our mates are expecting, and we have four weddings on


    the Blue Moon night in three weeks. At the rate this is going, the weddings will be rushed, or they


    might not hold. We might be exiled or disgraced before then. We need peace. Without peace, we


    cannot think." I said, and Theo nodded.


    "Theodore, your mate is showing now, mine has started to show, and Avery is just starting her


    journey. This is too much. Yesterday it was cards. Only the goddess knows what their next move


    would be. You all have heard first-hand what they are nning on doing. None of us is safe," I said,


    and Dominic looked at me.


    "So what do you propose? I know you are saying all this because you have a n," he said, looking


    at me, and I nodded.


    I looked at Marcel and Theodore, and I sighed.


    "All my life, I have tried to be fair and kind. I disliked my father so much that I did not want to be like


    him. So I gave the council liberty and allowed the people to decide. I tried to honour and keep to the


    laws and made myself essible for all, and how did they pay me?" I said, feeling rageing to


    the surface as I thought of all I had been through. The subtle attacks, the killings, the schemings


    and the lies.


    "By running circles around me. Undermining my authority and trying to strip me of my power," I said


    and balled my fist.


    "If they had done this to my father, I would have said he deserved it, that he was too wicked, but


    what is my crime? What is our crime?" I asked, looking at them.


    "They have food on their tables, jobs, freedom and peace. They can mix if they choose. Our world


    has never been this happy, but some people still feel they can do better than us. Instead of arguing


    with us in the council by conversing about their goals, they chose to be treacherous about it.


    Sneaking about andmitting all forms of atrocities. We have heard what they call their leader.


    They call him a king," I said and chuckled.


    "I do not need anyone to tell me where all this is going. They do not seek democracy but autocracy.


    They worship a man, one wolf that wants to seize power for themselves. Either because they feel


    they will do a better job or they own it. This person is not nning for a rotation; they are nning to


    cripple the government and take it when it is at its weakest, and when will be the weakest time?" I


    asked them.


    "Just like in the past, it will be when there is a council and governors. Neither having total power or


    control, both are required to work together but can sessfully work against each other. This king''s


    agenda will not bring peace but war and a bad case of inequality. Yet fools are running around and


    trying to make the ''king''s'' dream a reality. We all know he will not share his power or glory with


    them. Whatever he promised them might not be theirs to take at the end, yet they see me as the


    enemy," I said and chuckled.


    "My only crime is being nice. My only crime is being understanding and giving people freedom. I am


    not lord of the north; I am a Volkov; the Sidorovs, Orlovs, and Balyeavs are the lords; I am king!" I


    said, my blood boiling.


    "My ancestors ruled this world from the beginning, and the Sidorovs, the Orlovs and the Balyaevs


    were born from the Volkov lineage. I am king and refuse to be treated as amoner in my


    kingdom. I am not the lord of the north but the king of wolves. Before all this nonsense, the rule was


    equal, and the people thrived.


    I bet you none of this nonsense would have happened if we had maintained that order. The council


    was formed to represent the voice of the people to the king. Now they want to scrap us in the most


    brutal manner and take over. We can''t let that happen," I said, and I saw a smile creep on Dominic''s


    face.


    "I have waited for you to speak like this, brother," he said with joy, and I nodded.


    "So what do you propose?" Marcel asked me, determined to follow my lead.


    "I say we arrest everyone on our list and throw them in the dungeon. Family members or not, alpha


    or not, council member or not. We arrest them, and they will all be pronounced guilty until they


    prove their innocence. Those who resist will be executed, and their immediate families exiled. Just


    like in the old days," I said, and Theodore looked at me.


    "Just like The Dark Alpha of the dark days," he said, and I nodded.


    "Stories have been told about my ancestors being ruthless and monstrous. Now I can see why. With


    so much treachery lying in their wake, they needed to quiet the noise and violence, and


    ruthlessness was the answer." I said, and Marcel looked at me.


    "What made you break?" he asked me, and I looked at him.


    "I will be a father soon. I will not hide away in exile with my mate. My children deserve freedom, and


    my mate and I deserve peace. We all deserve peace, and this is the only way to get it. If we keep


    chasing these people with clues, we won''t catch them all. Just like Liam, most people would talk


    when they are caught. They would sing louder than the Nightingale." I said, and theyughed at my


    comparison.


    "Very well, I will do it. You have my support," Marcel said, and I looked at Theo.


    "Me too," he said, and I thanked them. I did not need to ask Dominic whose side he was on. He was


    pumped up and ready.


    "Ready our Military forces; we will do the sweep in full force," I said, and Marcel nodded.


    "What about Devin and Leo?" he asked me, and I smirked.


    "They will agree to do the same. The raid and arrest would be carried out simultaneously in all the


    regions. Devin has no traitors in his region. If we are unsessful, we might have to retire to the


    south to recover ande back again," I told them, preparing their minds in case the raid does not


    go as nned.


    They all agreed with me, and we discussed the strategy while we waited for Devin and Leo to


    arrive.