Chapter 245 -83 A Clearer Picture


    ~Leo~


    My mouth was dry, so I drank the water andposed myself, ready to listen to the rest. I dared not


    interrupt.


    "Because of this progress, there was aw that we would only mate with Alphas to have strong


    alphas in our bloodline like the Volkovs. Although Patrick died before his grandchildren from


    Rudolph got their wolves Sophia lived long and tried to ensure they married Alphas.


    Sophia passed away, and Rudolph he focused on his son and his grandchildren and ensured they


    continued doing so as his parents wanted. That was why everyone in our lineage mated with an


    alpha. All except you, Leo." He said, and I remained fixed in my chair.


    I was d that Sophia was a distant cousin of Amelia''s ancestor, or else it would have been weird. I


    held my tongue and listened.


    My father told me about Gregory and Adrian''s agreement, how Gregory had broken that agreement,


    and everything that Dimitri did to wipe out the Volkovs. He said the story the exact way everyone


    that knew it narrated it.


    "When the Stepanovs had to flee from the North, our family and the Sullivan Family helped them


    escape," He said. I was surprised by how the Sullivans got into the story.


    "Are the Sullivans the same Sullivans that moved to the North and had an issue with Maurice?" I


    asked my father, and he nodded.


    ''" Yes, they are the same Sullivans. They were the descendants of the beta son the Stepanov


    abandoned. The boy and his mother moved to the South to settle down, and that was when they


    adopted thatst name just like we adopted Albert. The Sullivans are Stepanov descendants, while


    we are Volkov descendants with Stepanov genes," My father exined. That made a lot of sense


    why Susan recovered from silver so quickly.


    Things had just gottenplicated. Susan was a distant rtive of mine. But Sylvester was a


    closer rtive because Patrick was his ancestor.


    "My father and Grey Sullivan''s father ensured the Stepanovs could settle and find homes in the


    East and South. My father had many businesses then, but he spent all his money making sure


    Dimitri did not win, even though Dimitri was more of our rtive than the Stepanovs.


    The Sullivans did the same in the South. Before my father passed away, he told me to work with the


    Stepanovs and always ensure they were fine. I was to keep their secret and ensure they were


    protected.


    Grey Sullivan and I worked with the Stepanovs, Erik, Yuri, Ilya and Mikhail to ensure they were fine.


    Yuri then had a bright idea of starting a family group of all the Stepanovs to help revive the bloodline


    and start our lives instead of hiding in the dark.


    Grey and I refused to join because we didn''t think it was a wise idea, and we saw it as corruptible


    because Yuri wasn''t a nice guy. Yuri also had reservations about me because I was a Volkov.


    By then, they had money and did not need us anymore.


    The only reason they remained dependent on us was that they could not mix thoroughly because of


    their apparent features, so they often asked us for help with certain things, and we would help when


    we could.


    Maurice found some transfers and investigated Grey and Nics Sullivan. He had suspected an


    undergroundwork like a cult was after his Lordship but could never prove it.


    I did not know that was what Yuri was doing then. I honestly thought Maurice was paranoid.


    Lucas and Gavin were hot on Yuri and Erik''s trail because of the uprising against him led by the


    Head Alpha of the West. Maurice believed they were a part of it, but he did not know they were


    Stepanovs because they always dyed their hair and wore contacts. The only thing that exposed true


    Stepanovs is that you wouldn''t feel your wolf when you try to shift beside them." My father said, and


    I remembered what Casper said about his inability to feel his wolf when he was with my parents.


    "Do you have that ability, too, because my beta could not feel his wolf when he was with the two of


    you?" I asked, and my motherughed and showed me a bracelet that looked like a device.


    "Erik made this for me. It is a radioactive silver emitter. It works when wolves are in close proximity.


    Once turned on, everyone would lose connection to their wolves except the wearer," She said,


    smiling, and I looked at the ingenious device. This Erik guy must be brilliant.


    My father cleared his throat to get us back to the discussion, and I focused my attention on him.


    "Unfortunately for Grey, he got linked with the mysterious group. He and his wife Reba had to


    flee the North, leaving their daughter behind. Yuri and Erik gave them refuge, and that was how


    they had no choice but to join the Stepanov family group. The problem with the group was that once


    you were in, you had to seizemunication with the outside world.


    The wave of the uprising hit us, and Ramsey sacrificed the Riverstorms for it because they ratted


    him out. Martha and I knew the cause of the problem, but we had to hold our peace because


    Maurice was a madman. So when you liked their daughter, we did not kick against it. She deserved


    to have a family." He said and sighed.


    "You need to understand. Had we spoken up on their behalf, we would have had to expose our


    family, and Maurice would not have pardoned any of us. He was mad like that," My father said, and


    I already knew that, so I nodded. I was d Sylvester was nothing like his father.


    "A year before we handed over to you, we noticed the Stepanov''s activities and became strong.


    Grey told us of Yuri''s ns to take over.


    Yuri had be so powerful that it was now a join-up-or-die thing.


    We knew they woulde to Mountain, and we wanted you to be safe, so Martha and I agreed to


    join so they would leave you alone. Yuri and Erik agreed, and we handed the pack over to you and


    left." He said and bowed his head.


    "Nothing could prepare us for what we would meet. That thing had turned into a cult. We learned of


    many nasty things that were going on, but we dared not speak because we were referred to as


    Volkovs there. We thought Dimitri was a madman. These people were worse.


    They were sponsoring all kinds of things. Grey and I ensured that they never harmed the South and


    East.


    Then when I heard you had made it to head Alpha, I was more determined to keep their actives out


    of the East.


    Yuri tried to convince me a few times to ask you to join, but I refused.


    I let him know a deal was a deal. He would often drop it.


    Something happened two years ago, and then he and Erik split up.


    They both had different agendas. Erik wanted to avenge what was done to the Stepanovs and


    restore his family''s name and freedom; Yuri wanted to be Lord.


    They argue about it, and the cult became divided." He said, and I knew that was about when he


    said they locked him up.


    "Whose side were you on?" I asked him, and he looked at me.


    "I was on my side. You had risen high by then, and the system the Volkovs were running was


    favouring you. There was no point working against them. We were also Volkovs, so it would be


    wrong to work against them.


    That was where Grey and I shared different opinions. Grey wanted revenge because, unlike me,


    that had no trouble; Maurice forced him to flee his home and join up over something he had no


    hand in. He never forgave the man for it. Erik and Yuri went about their businesses with none


    disturbing each other.


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    They teamed up with a council member to help bring down Sylvester. Iter discovered The


    councilman was the person they teamed up with to help destroy Maurice in the past. The very


    uprising that imed innocent lives.


    I did not witness the oue of the second uprising, but I learned it failed.


    Anyway, Yuri used me of telling the outside world of their ns because I tried to send you a


    postcard and because of that, they locked Martha and me up.


    We were in the cell until recently when Grey helped us escape, and we had toe here to warn


    you that Yuri is nning to take over the East and South.


    I learned you helped make the Volkov a King, so now Yuri wants to be King of the South and East,"


    He said, and I already knew that part.


    I decided to ask them about Andrew because he made me nervous. He was in my settlement and


    knew my friends were around.


    "Do you know Andrew Petrov?" I asked, and he frowned at me.


    "How do you know that name?" He asked, and I sighed.


    "Well, he is on the run," I said, and my father nodded.


    "He is Mikhail Petrov''s son. He was working against the cult. He was feeding someone outside the


    cult information about their activities, and I heard he worked against Erik by preventing him from


    getting the daughter of the true Stepanov heir. He wants her to be mated to his son so they can


    have powerful pups. The guy is ridiculous." My father said, and I realised that Andrew wasn''t lying.


    "So why did you say I shouldn''t trust anyone?" I asked him, still holding information on what I knew.


    "Because Yuri is trying to recruit you. He wants to rule the East and South but wants your support. I


    learned it was due to your close rtionship with the Volkovs. Eriks wants you too; Grey told me


    Erik sent some men to kidnap you from here, but you survived the attack somehow.


    He wants to sample your genes because you are the only Alpha other than me with Stepanov''s


    silver genes. He said Erik had run several silver tests on you, and you had passed where I had


    failed, so he wants to capture you. While Yuri wants to use you against the Volkovs, Eriks wants you


    for your genes. I had toe home to ensure they don''t get you." He said, and I remember the


    attack in the woods when Amelia and I went on a run. I did feel it was weird that they shot me and


    left her. I could not believe it was me they wanted. It also meant the people who tried to abduct me


    were separate from those who were camping in my woods and watching Amelia.


    "Leo, you do not seem the slightest surprised about all your father has told you," My mother said,


    observing my mood, and I sighed.


    "I am shocked to discover I am a Volkov descendant with Stepanov genes. It is a bit shocking, but


    the other things were expected due to what has been happeningtely in this ce." I said.


    "Yuri is attacking packs and wiping out people that refuse to leave theirnd or submit. Erik sent his


    men to the North to attack me and the Lords on our way back from the Calyman''s party…." I said,


    and my father interrupted me.


    "Joan yman? What were you doing in that bitch''s house?" my father asked with rage, and I


    wondered why he hated the councilwoman.


    "She is one of Yuri''s people. I doubt Erik was the one that attacked you." My father said, and I


    frowned.


    "Erik is just a scientist. His way of revenge is creating stronger Stepanovs and fighting toe out


    of the dark. He wants his family name and glory restored. He disagrees with Yuri''s madness.


    yman works for Yuri, so if you and the Lords were attacked on your way back from a party, it was


    Yuri''s doing. The bastard isn''t even the heir.


    If truly he is fighting a just cause, Louis''s children should be up for Lordship. I learned that the


    Volkov had ordained many Lords. All he needs to demand is for Lordship for Louis''s children and


    their family''s name to be restored. The man is just a greedy bastard. Now that his right-hand man …


    Mikhail Petrov, is dead, He will soon start losing support because he has wasted too many lives


    lately," My father said, and I frowned.


    "Andrew said Erik killed his father for supporting Yuri. He ims Erik is that bad guy and Yuri is the


    good guy," I said, and my fatherughed.


    "Since when did a mass murderer, a jailer and a dictator be a good person? I will tell you both


    are evil, but the world would be better without Yuri. Yuri sent Andrew''s father to kill Erik. Erik caught


    him and executed him. I was there when the bastard tried to Kill Erik. He would have seeded


    too. Andrew would be sentimental because he witnessed his father''s death. I doubt his father ever


    told his son the truth before he died," My father said, which cleared many things up for me.


    I decided to tell my parents what had happened and where we were. I told them of my rtionship


    with the North and about Amelia. They were shocked by the time I told them everything.


    "I can''t believe you were part of it. No wonder Yuri went nuts and started grabbing on straws. I am


    proud of you," my mother said, sounding excited.


    "I want to meet Amelia. I want to see Tamia. I want to see all of them." She said, sounding excited,


    and I told her to calm down.


    I had a more significant issue to discuss with my father.


    "Father, do you know how we can meet Erik?" I asked him, and he frowned at me.


    "If Amelia is your fated, that won''t be a good idea. Why do you want to meet him?" he asked me,


    and I sighed.


    "We need an army to fight Yuri when hees for us because I know he ising. His moles in


    the South have helped him almost take it over. I believe he has moles here too, maybe not as


    powerful as the ones in the South," I said, and My mother''s eyes widened as if she remembered


    something.


    "Joyce Monroe! You have to get her. I made the mistake of reaching out to her for help after Grey


    freed us three months ago, and the bitch ratted us out. She is the reason we could note here


    immediately. Yuri almost caught us." My mother said, and I remembered all the weird questions the


    woman was asking Amelia and me when she saw us in town. I was mad but concealed it. I knew


    exactly what to do to her.


    " I will handle it,'' I told my mother and then faced my father.


    "Yuri''s warriors are immune to silver. We do not stand a chance," I said, and my fatherughed.


    I wondered what was funny about what I said.


    "I must admit the Stepanov ability is intimidating. It is so intimidating that we see them as


    unbeatable. There are other options to explore." He said, and I frowned. I hope he has an answer


    that will give us an advantage.