Fate's Dark Side Chapter 149

"Ask Nikolas Sullivan to see me in my office. I need to finalise with him and respond to the Northern council as soon as possible before the slots for Polo teams are filled." I told Lukman, and he went to sort the matter.

I waited nervously in my office, grateful for the opportunity.

Knowing the invitation came in late because most Alphas received their invites two weeks ago, it seemed like a last-minute thing. I believed I wasn't meant to be invited, but they chose to invite me for reasons known to them.

I felt it was off that the council would invite me, but it might be their step toward making peace with me. After all, Sylvester had sent Tamia to Brighton to make peace with Jake, and he had somehow made peace with Leo.

Leo never spoke scornfully of the Dark Alpha, and I believe he should because the man took his wife, whom he still loves, but Leo seemed to be okay with it. Volkov might have suddenly realised the errors of their ways and wanted to make amends, or this might also be an attempt to keep his enemies close. I did not know what it may be, but I was on alert. If it was a trap, I had to get out of it. If it weren't for my need to see Tamia again and try to prove myself to her, I would have declined.

Nikolas arrived a few hours later, and he had brought his niece. Lukeman had sent a helicopter to pick him up from Pridewood, where they were staying. It wasn't far, but they would have taken longer to get to Greenwood.

The man looked fit and a bit younger than I imagined. He was in his early forties, and I was sure he could swing a mallet with ease. His neice was a pretty blonde woman, roughly twenty-six or twenty-seven. She was very stunning and had that legendary northern beauty.

I stood up to greet them, and they greeted me with a lot of respect. His niece seemed in awe of me and made me feel like a celebrity.

"Please, make yourselves comfortable," I said, offering them seats, and they sat down.

"To what do we owe this honour, alpha?" Nikolas asked, and I smiled so he would know to relax and that I meant well.

"I heard you have the best Polo team in the south," I said, and the man smiled, trying to be modest.

"We try alpha, but it isn't a popular game in the south as it is in the north," he said, and I nodded.

"I know you relocated here with your niece from the north. I was hoping your team could represent us in the all-region tournament starting next new moon," I said, and the man was stunned. He could not contain his joy.

"It will be an honour. I have been looking for an opportunity to showcase my teams. It will be great," The man said, and I looked at his niece, who seemed to be drooling over me, and I smiled at her.

"You play too?" I asked her, and she nodded.

"Yes, she does, but she won't play at the tournament. She isn't qualified to play at that level; she will just manage the teams," The man said, and I had no clue what it entailed, but it sounded like a good thing.

"How many teams would we enter into the competition?" I asked the man.

"Three. We have only three strong teams in the south," He said, and I nodded.

"Very well then, I will reply and ask them to save three slots for us in the polo tournament. I will need the names of your teams and team members," I told the man, and he nodded, smiling.

"They will give you a place to rest, and the helicopter will take you back to Pridewood tomorrow," I said, and the man was excited about it.

I was excited, too, because I had a non-threatening legal reason to be in the north for a whole month. Rex and I were elated, and I relaxed a bit on my couch, hopeful.