143 Amanda''s big mouth


    ~Tamia~


    I could not believe that Amanda was manipting Vino too. Sitting on the ne with her made me


    sick, and it wasn''t just me. Leo and Avery too.


    She was indeed a snake. I could not believe the weak, innocent-looking bitch could pull off so many


    stunts. I was going to enjoy getting information out of her.


    Sylvester pulled me close tofort me, but I was angrier than upset. I masked my emotions so he


    would not feel his touch wasn''t enough.


    Based on everyone''s countenance, it would have been nice if we did not have to fly in the same


    ne with Amanda, the snake.


    "I lost a lot of good soldiers," Devin started, and I understood his anger. We lost a lot while they


    schemed to cause a war.


    "We almost went to war, and to think this bitch and her father were behind it all. Vino, too," he said


    and balled his fist in anger.


    "There was so much I lost trying to secure my region and push back. All the while, I thought the


    Volkovs were the problem, and I put my life on hold for it," he said and looked at Amanda.


    "You ruined many lives, and for what?" he asked her. I looked at Amanda, and she didn''t seem like


    she cared.


    "You know I do not care that you are pregnant. The only reason why you are alive is that his majesty


    wills it. If not, Leo would have finished you in there, and if he did not have the heart to do it, I would


    have obliged." Devin said with so much anger that I felt his rage.


    "I would have obliged, too," Avery said, looking at Amanda.


    "You might not have ruined my home. But your stunt in the east made my people lose their lives.


    How do you live with yourself?" Avery asked Amanda, and she was tight-lipped.


    Avery wanted to get up to beat her, but I stopped her.


    "Let''s get to where we are going." I linked my friend, and she hesitated and remained in her seat.


    "Linda said this bitch was in this too deep than her father presented. But I felt she was being


    manipted. I stand corrected," Avery said, and Marcel sighed.


    "Maybe Ramsey lied to us," Marcel said, and Sylvester shook his head.


    "He didn''t. He told us what she told him. Amanda is a master maniptor. I saw it all when she was


    talking to Vino. She will only tell you what she wants you to know. She is inplete control. I bet


    Annika knew more than Ramsey," Sylvester said, and I looked at Amanda.


    "Annika is dead, you know. Your little cousin. She never had a life. No love, no child. You stole it all


    from her, and for what? For this?" I said, and her facial expression did not falter. Her heart was cold.


    Of course, Annika was alive, but I wanted to prepare her for questioning. I guess I had to try other


    things that might affect her directly.


    "I can''t wait for us tond so we can be done with this bitch," Avery said, and we were all silent. We


    had many questions.


    "You do not want me to tell you the things that I know," Amanda finally spoke, and I could not


    believe the nerve this bitch had to speak the way she did with a smile on her face. We were still on


    the ne, so we had topose ourselves.


    "And what would you like to tell us, Amy?" Leo finally said, and she looked in his direction and


    smiled.


    "Stephanie Volkov killed her husband and his officers. Jenny told me, and she had proof. We are


    not the first people tomit treason. At least we never attempted the Lord''s life. Stephanie did and


    seeded," She said, and Marcel and Theodore looked at her, shocked. The bitch had just stirred


    up trouble because Sylvester had not told his friends what we found out.


    "I killed them because they attacked my territory, so stop lying," Devin countered her.


    "But you had help, Alpha Corrigan. You had help. Thedy of the north sent you an anonymous


    letter telling you their location and their aliases. Even if you deny it, we have a recording of her


    admitting to Jenny Lawrence Babanin, and I suspect she was the one that killed my mentor," she


    said. I did not know how to handle the situation.


    "It is in one of those journals, you know. Jenny always kept a journal," She said, and I got up from


    my seat and went to p her.


    "You have caused enough damage here; stop spewing lies," I told her, and sheughed.


    "You know the truth, Tamia; I can see it in your eyes," She said, and I knew she was sick.


    "Lady Volkov and her mate had a lot of issues, but she would never betray him," Theodore said and


    looked at me.


    "Tie her mouth," He said, and I obliged.


    I took Avery''s scarf and tied her mouth with it, which kept her quiet. But I suspected the damage


    had been done because Marcel was quiet.


    I knew he would not speak to Sylvester about it until they were alone. It was time for Sylvester to


    come clean to his friends about how everything went down. Or else Devin would continue to look


    like the enemy.


    "How far gone is she?" I asked Leo, and he frowned at me.


    "I think thirty-eight weeks," he said, and I nodded.


    "So she will be due any time soon," I said, and he nodded.


    "Guess no honeymoon for us then," Avery said and sighed, but I had big ns for Amanda, and a


    honeymoon was in my n. Our wedding was in six days. It was more than enough time to get the


    truth out of her.


    I went to sit beside Sylvester, and he touched my hand gently.


    "You have toe clean to Theodore and Marcel and tell them what happened. Marcel deserves to


    know because whether you like it or not, what Amanda told them got to them even though Theodore


    tried to mask it. I could see it," I linked Sylvester, and he squeezed my hand.


    "I will", He linked me back.


    The rest of the flight was peaceful, and Amanda even fell asleep. She seemed too rxed for my


    liking. I wondered what she was thinking, but I had to prepare myself to be surprised.


    "Where will we put her?" I asked Sylvester.


    "A private property on the estate. No one goes there, and nobody is authorised to enter the ce. If


    her sponsor has people in the estate, they would not know she is there," He linked me, and I sighed


    with relief because I did not want to be far from the estate.


    William brought a van to get us at the airport hangar.


    We arrived at the estate and went to the hidden property. It was a bungalow with five rooms. After


    we got to the estate and secured Amanda in one of the rooms, leaving William to watch her, we


    went home to freshen up.


    "I guess we will have to wait until she is due before we can question her," Marcel said on our way to


    Sylvester''s wing, and I shook my head.


    "Leave Amanda for Avery, Linda and me. Once we get the name of the bastard out of her, we will


    give it to you and then you can go for the person," I said. I had so much nned for that bitch.


    "You will torture her while she is pregnant?" Theodore asked me, sounding amused.


    "Like I said, Amanda is my business," I said, and Marcel disagreed.


    "It''s too personal for you and Leo; maybe someone else should do it," He said, and Sylvester


    growled.


    "Tamia can do whatever she likes," He warned Marcel, and we stopped walking.


    "Do not forget she will be queen. We might be friends but do not disrespect her like that again.


    Questioning her is disrespectful. Thanks to her advice, I got a lot of information. Allow her to handle


    the situation," Sylvester told Marcel, and Marcel growled at him.


    "What advice, Sylvester? It seems you two have been doing things and leaving us out of it," He said


    to Sylvester, and Sylvester frowned at him, wondering where it wasing from, but I knew it had


    everything to do with the things Amanda said on the ne.


    "I know crazy rambles when I hear one, but Amanda wasn''t lying about your mother helping Devin


    kill our fathers. I could see it in her eyes, and you two know it. It didn''t sound like anything until she


    talked about the journals. I remembered Tamia going upstairs with a journal that day at the mansion


    in Lund. She never brought it back. I remember it," he said, and I knew the damage had been


    done.


    Sylvester should have listened to me and told them the truth.


    "It seems she has been hiding a lot," Marcel added, and Avery tried to stop him.


    "No, Ave," Marcel said, sounding a bit hurt.


    "We are supposed to be brothers. I am not against your rtionship with Tamia, but you seem to


    secretly run things together and leave us behind. It is almost as if we are only told what she feels is


    okay for us to know," He said, ming me for his friend''s secrecy.


    It was easy for them to point at me. I was the new person in the mix.


    "Do not me Tamia for anything. No one is keeping things from you," Sylvester said, and Marcel


    shook his head.


    "Then give me the journal she kept. Prove to me that Amanda was rambling nonsense and your


    mother did not help Devin to murder our fathers," he said with misty eyes. There was silence


    because he looked betrayed.


    "Let us not do this in the hallway; let''s discuss this in my office. While our mates handle other


    business." Sylvester said, and Marcel shook his head.


    "Tamia is very much a part of this; It would be wrong for her not to be there. You have never been


    secretive with us until she came along," Theodore said, and I knew they disliked me now.


    " It hurts that you will think that badly of me," I said, looking at them.


    "I have never done anything to hurt or destroy your friendship. Amanda speaks, and you believe,


    and suddenly, I am the enemy. Did it ever ur to you that we kept certain things from you two for


    the sake of peace? Maybe we needed to investigate and be clear before sharing, so emotions don''t


    run high and we hurt the ones we love?" I asked, and Theodore chuckled.


    "So you admit it. At least I have tomend you for your honesty, Tamia. You do not owe us an


    exnation. Sylvester, here is the one that owes us an exnation. He is the one we answer to,"


    He said.


    "Very well then, I will be silent," I said, and Marcel shook his head.


    "No one is telling you to be silent, Tamia, we just want to know what really went down, and if what


    Amanda said is true, it is wrong for Sylvester to hide his mother away. She helped turn our mothers


    into widows. She should stand trial if that happened," Marcel said, and my heart broke for him


    because the truth would hurt him.


    "Devin clearly stated he had no business with any letter," Avery said, getting short with Marcel, and I


    held her a hand to calm her down.


    "No, Tamia, how can Amanda say something and Marcel and Theodore would attack you and


    Sylvester?" She asked, and Marcel shook his head.


    "It wasn''t based on what Amanda said. What she said triggered a memory, which seemed usible,


    and Tamia has just admitted to doing it." Marcel exined, and I knew Sylvester was getting short.


    He began to walk very fast, and I followed him, trying to keep up; Avery, Marcel and Theodore


    followed him too. I did not know where he was going until we got to our wing and he entered his


    office.


    I could feel Knight''s anger, and I knew Sylvester wasn''t happy with how his friends attacked us.


    "Whatever we did not tell you was to protect you," Sylvester growled at Marcel,


    "You want to lock my mother up for what? She should have to answer to what crime, Marcel? For


    writing a letter? Since when was that a crime?" Sylvester asked him.


    "If it led to deaths, it is a crime, Sylvester. You might not like your father, but we loved ours," Marcel


    argued, and Sylvesterughed.


    "That is great, but we dug into the matter and kept it quiet because of the repercussions," Sylvester


    said, and Theodore interrupted him. They had clearly forgotten he was the King now, but I knew he


    would excuse their behaviour.


    "You''re King Sylvester. You should be fair, even where your mother is concerned," Theodore said,


    and Sylvesterughed.


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    "You actually think that this has anything to do with my mother," He said to his friends smiling.


    "Well, I will tell you what happened, and I hope you will be willing to judge the culprits then," he said


    and sat on his chair, ready to tell them what Devin had told me.