Fate's Dark Side Chapter 30

Seeing her in the tunic provoked me, and I decided she wouldn't wear any of the sheer outfits given to her unless I was there.

I spent two days away from the estate. Marcel, Theodore and I had a small business to attend to in the neighbouring town. I wondered what Tamia would think and whether she would miss me.

Based on her temperament, I also knew she wouldn't tell me.

"Did you figure out who staged the attack?" I asked Theodore, my Gamma, and he shook his head.

Someone had attacked the border of a town in the north, and I needed to find out who.

I had been on high alert since my father was killed on his retirement trip.

My mother lived in the town whose borders were attacked, so I had to be extra careful. I also did not want to lose her; she was the only parent I had left.

"We are still investigating, Alpha," Theodore said and sighed.

I was very uncomfortable. I would only be comfortable if the culprit had a name, face and location. It always made me feel safer.

I let it rest and decided to speak to the town's Alpha.

He didn't know what caused the attack, but he told me the attackers seemed to be from the east.

The east was too far for someone to stage such an attack and not try to succeed.

I also knew I had just attacked the east and taken their loved ones from them. Could it be that they wanted to retaliate? Could it be that they wanted to take their trophies back?

If that was the case, they were stupid because if I had to send my men to attack them again, it would be to raze their territory and structure to the ground. I do not take likely to threats.

Noticing my mood change, Marcel, my Beta, called my attention.

"Let us not be hasty, Alpha. The east suffered dearly because of one Alpha's mistake. I doubt they will do this. Let us investigate further so we can know what to do, besides we have their wives, sisters and daughters; we can get information out of them if the need arises," He pointed out and smiled at me.

"And what would we do if they refuse to give us information?" I asked him because I knew he was getting attached to the Luna he was fucking.

"Then we will torture it out of them," he said, and I laughed.

"And you will willingly torture Avery?" I asked him, and he smiled.

"She will give up her husband's secrets in a heartbeat, Alpha. The man was a douchebag. He used to beat Mia, her wolf," he told me, and I was shocked at the kind of savagery they practised in the east.

"I do not even want to tell you what that bastard, Kyle, did to his luna because he found his fated," Theodore said, and whatever it might have been must have been terrible.

"I doubt Tamia would give up her husband's secrets, though. You need to be careful with that one, Alpha," Marcel warned me, and I smiled.

"I can never lose my head or neglect my duty because of a woman. She fascinates me quite alright, but if she ends up protecting my enemies, she will become an enemy," I said, and I meant it. She might have enthralled me, but I wasn't stupid.

We did some research and finally headed back to the estate. I wasn't eager to see Tamia after what I had discussed with my men. I realised I had to slow down just in case I needed information from her. Especially information she might not be willing to give. I want to be able to deal with the matter unclouded.

Evening came, and Marcel, my beta, brought a letter addressed to Tamia and me. I knew her husband sent it, and I was curious to see what he had to say.

I opened it and read both letters. It was the tone of a grieving, broken man.

The fact that her last months with him weren't great made me relax. If not, I might have sent her back.

The humility and pain the letter represented touched, my soul. It was a letter of true love.

He was giving her to me. He might not have said it clearly for me to see, but he was giving his consent for me to care for her and love her.