119 Meeting David


    ~Sylvester~


    Our little love session in the office helped me gain some focus. When Tamia linked me about being


    stressed, I did not think twice about it. We had spent the past three days working and doing a lot of


    mental work. I had not been able to spend time with my mate, hold her hands, have a pic and


    make love to her under the stars like I once did. I did not even have time to stay in bed with her.


    We were dealing with one stress and then another. The traitors and the spies. It was all too much.


    What we did in the office was spontaneous and worth it. I had almost forgotten how to live. I felt like


    I was drowning in all the issues surrounding me. My little time with my mate in the office pulled me


    back up.


    Everything was crazy. I had to open my doors to two unlikely people in the name of trying to


    establish peace, and as things were, I would have to open my door to more. It was hard, but I had


    to do it.


    Leo was Tamia''s ex, yet he was staying at the estate, not to talk of Devin, who wasn''t only Tamia''s


    former fated but the very guy that almost made the north start a war. He killed my father due to the


    intel he got from my mother,id im on the lordship, attacked my home and tried to take my mate


    from me. Yet he was in my lounge drinking scotch and making ns as if nothing had happened.


    The thought of it alone made meugh at life.


    Sometimes taking things too seriously was wrong and stupid because we did not know where the


    road would lead us.


    Sitting in the lounge and nning the massive arrest was tedious. We had to find a way to ensure


    we did it at once so that none of the people on our list escaped.


    The names that we had were surprising. The ones that hurt me the most were the council members


    on the list. Hearing that Jenny teamed up with some people to kill her brother made memend


    my mother for finishing the woman. She had no ounce of loyalty in her. I could see why my father


    nevermitted to her and felt the need to punish her sometimes. She was the type to be kept on


    a leash, or she would bite. She was good riddance, but she had caused a lot of damage.


    One of the damages Jenny had caused was what I would have to fix soon; my brother David.


    She had told the guy that I was hunting him. She had lied to him and made me seem like a monster,


    and then she sent him money. Then I heard they were trying to recruit him. I thought he was the


    king until I got that information and realised he was a victim too.


    While I sat in that lounge to n the arrest, I was tense. My nerves were all over the ce. I was


    afraid. As much as I tried to hide it, I was worried.


    I was going to tantly vite the rights of the people on the list. I knew I had to be the viin for


    the greater good. It was sad. I was also worried but hopeful that we were on the right track. I hoped


    we were not being misled and ying into the enemy''s trenches.


    A lot crossed my mind, and I prayed where I sat.


    I had never asked the moon goddess for much, but here I was, pleading for my life and those of the


    people I love. My mate, my friends, their mates, my allies, and the innocent people of our world. I


    did not want a war. I knew what war brings. I fought a few of them for peace, and I do not want to


    fight again. Especially not in the magnitude these people were trying to bring. I knew if I did not do


    something about it quickly and shut it down, we would be in a dark age, and a lot of killing would


    ur. The bastards might not have an army, but they were recruiting daily. Once they have the


    number, they wille for us. This move was to make sure they would never have the numbers.


    When Tamia linked me, I had to excuse myself from the meeting and go to the office. We had been


    at it for two days. I need a break.


    Tamia had been questioning and torturing people for two days. She needs a break.


    While I walked to my office, I was mad.


    I was pissed off and prayed that I catch this king very soon. I won''t kill him because death would be


    an escape for the bastard. I nned on making the rest of his life excruciatingly painful and


    challenging. I nned on chipping away his sanity bit by bit and watching him suffer from fighting for


    it. I nned on destroying him from the inside out. Death would be an escape I wasn''t willing to


    provide the bastard.


    Tamia, Linda and Avery should have been resting and nning our wedding, which was in two


    weeks and some days now, but here we were, nning arrests and torturing people.


    I prayed that the arrest would buy us time. I hoped the time would be enough to n our wedding,


    get married, im our mates and love each other. I prayed that we catch the king, but if we don''t, I


    pray he goes into hiding and stops troubling us. I hoped for a lot and prayed that the goddess would


    grant me the best.


    I moved to my office and unbuttoned my shirt. Knight was eager to ravage Tamia, and that was what


    we did when she entered the office. I felt at peace after.


    When Tamia told me I would have to receive David, I knew she was telling the truth. It would have


    been wrong for me to have Tamia receive him, especially after all the lies that Jenny filled his head


    with.


    While we walked down the hallway to wee David, who was waiting in my lounge with his family,


    I was clueless about what to say.


    He was the son of the woman that broke my mother''s marriage, the reason my father broke his


    promises and never returned to who he was again. He would have taken my birthright. I should hate


    him by all standards, but it wasn''t his fault.


    It wasn''t his fault that his mother was a bitch. It wasn''t his fault that our father was a douchebag,


    and it sure wasn''t his fault that he existed. Either of us could have been in the situation that he was


    in. I wished my parents had handled it differently, most especially my mother. I wished she cared for


    him and kept him close; Jenny wouldn''t have been able to do what she did.


    I stood before the door leading to the lounge and took a deep breath. Tamia squeezed my hands to


    help me calm down, and we both walked in. Being lord and soon-to-be king, I dared not show fear


    or weak emotions, so I held on to a brave face while we walked to where David was.


    The moment I saw him, I wanted to crumble. He was the spitting image of our father. He did not


    wear his hair long. His brown hair and brown eyes were exactly like our father''s. Although his


    features were softer, I knew it was because of his mother. I heard she was a beauty. A beautiful


    bitch.


    His wife was blonde with blue eyes, and his children were beautiful. They all stood to pay their


    respect, and I could see the fear and concern in my brother''s eyes.


    I was about to speak when Tamia broke the ice by hugging his wife.


    "I am so happy to finally meet my sister-inw. You are wee," she said joyfully and hugged


    David''s wife.


    Breaking the hug, she looked at her and her children.


    "I am Tamia," she said, introducing herself, and the woman smiled warmly at Tamia.


    "I am Nicole," she said and introduced her children.


    "This is Tanya, Liz and Justin. They are triplets. Justin was the first toe," she said, and Tamia


    smiled and hugged the children warmly. David rxed, and I extended my hand for a handshake


    which he willingly took.


    "Wee," I told my brother. The look in his eyes showed that my behaviour wasn''t what we


    expected.


    We sat back down, and Dominic was yet toe.


    "Dominic will join us soon," I told him, and he smiled at me.


    "Thank you for inviting us; I did not think I would ever be allowed to enter this ce," he confessed,


    and I frowned.


    "Why is that?" I asked him, and he sighed.


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    "Well, I heard I was being hunted by you. A woman called Jenny said your mother had ordered my


    assassination because father said I should be lord," He said and sighed.


    "I told her I wasn''t interested in being Lord and that I would juste and exin myself to my


    stepmother, but she filled me with so much fear and told me it was best I go into hiding," he said. I


    could not believe how far Jenny had gone.


    "So you have been in hiding since?" Tamia asked him, and he nodded.


    "Sort of. She sent me some money and pleaded with me to disappear. I felt it was odd that


    someone I did not know would ask me to sign some documents and ask me to disappear," he said,


    and I frowned at him.


    "Sign some documents?" I asked, and he nodded.


    "She said you sent it. I should relinquish my im to anything that has to do with Volkov. I will never


    be lord, and I will never head the council. I will never have a say in the governance, and neither will


    my children," he said, and I wondered why Jenny would go that far.


    "It wasn''t difficult. I signed it and quickly sent it to her. She sent me money, and I went into hiding. It


    was a no-brainer for me, really. I did not want anything to do with the things stipted in the


    documents, so it was an easy sign," he said, and I could see he was sincere.


    "Anyway, the woman was a traitor. She is dead now. I was never hunting you. I did not even know


    you existed until recently when my mother told my mate about you," I said, and the man was


    shocked.


    "I told you," Nicole said, and I wondered what she meant.


    "If I may speak your eminence," she said politely.


    "We are family, no need to address me officially," I said, and she smiled and thanked me.


    "I told him to stille and see you and exin himself, but he refused," She said, and I could not


    me him. Because my family was being branded as ''evil people'', no one would want to try to


    reason with me.


    "Anyway, I would like you to stay here in the meantime; there are people out to wipe out our family


    for personal gain. That Jenny woman was one of them, but she iste now. I believe you and your


    family would be safe here in the estate while we deal with the threat," I said, and he thanked me.


    "I know of the threat. They tried to gun me down six months ago. That was why we moved to the


    south. I honestly thought you were the one, but now I know it might have been those people," He


    said, and I frowned.


    "How do you trust me so easily?" I asked him.


    "Because if you wanted me dead as they said, you wouldn''t bother to bring me here. They would


    have just killed me instead of transporting my family and me to the Volkov Estate," he said, and I


    was d he was the intelligent kind.


    I got up immediately, not ready for an extended reunion.


    "My wife would show you to your quarters. Please feel free and make yourselvesfortable." I


    said, and they thanked me. Seeing David was difficult because it felt like I was looking at the


    younger version of my father. I suspected that was the sentiment that made my father go against


    my mother. Something he paid dearly for. I did not feel sorry for my father, but I was d that the


    uprising wouldn''t get to David again. This was a victory.