Fate's Dark Side Chapter 615

"Do not do this again. I do not trust Andrew, and I want us to keep an eye on him until we know his true purpose. In fact, he has no business staying here, but since you have already granted him accommodation, we need to be careful because he might be working for Yuri, and this might all be a plan so Yuri can get the south and east on a platter." She said and chuckled.

"How easy will it be to hand Yuri the south and east in exchange for aid and army to end Erik and secure the north and west? How easy will it be? They claim they want to restore the Stepanov's glory; I doubt it," she said.

"If that is true, the real heirs are Alexei, Clay or me. Yuri has no claim where we are concerned. I think the guy is shady.

I might be wrong, but until proven otherwise, do not go with him anywhere and do not let him in on your real plans. It would go a long way, Leo," she said, and I knew she wasn't lying. She was just as suspicious of everyone as I was, but she was subtle about it. Amelia would be a deadly enemy to have.

"I am sorry, darling. I swear to you, I wasn't thinking along those lines. I do not trust Andrew, but I did not know my actions would affect you like this. I am sorry," I said and bent to kiss her.

She let me kiss her and held on to me tightly. I could not do what I wanted because of my wound, but I planned to make it up to her.

We broke the kiss gently, and she led me to the bed.

"I have been trying to take an afternoon nap since, but something always comes up," she complained, and I laughed.

"So, what do you think we should do about Andrew?" I asked her and lay down. She lay with me and placed her head on my chest.

"If Sylvester agrees with the idea of trading the south and east for Yuri's support, then I think we should go with it; once Erik has been taken out, we move to take out Yuri too," she said, and I gasped. Her words made me sit up immediately and look at her.

"Wouldn't that be double-crossing an ally?" I said, and she shrugged.

"If he was a good man, I wouldn't think that way," she said.

"But you heard what Andrew said about his character," I argued, and she chuckled.

"Andrew's standards are questionable. The man poisoned an entire settlement to get his way. He has been conquering packs and forcing people off their lands. What he did in Pridewood is the height of his wickedness. Other than targeting the Volkovs, how many settlements have Erick actively wiped out?" she asked me, and I could not answer the question.

"Exactly what I thought, Leo. Erik is fixated on getting revenge and taking over from the Volkovs while Yuri is killing innocent people.

What would stop Yuri from coming for everything once Erick has been taken out? Who will stop him? Did it ever occur to you that this is all part of a plan and we are just unwilling and unsuspecting players in Yuri's game? " she said, and she made a lot of sense with those words.

I did not think of it as deeply as she had, and she was right. Yuri was just as evil or even more so than Erik. What would stop the guy from coming for the north and west once Erik is gone, and he has the east and south? Absolutely nothing. He would have all the power with no opposition. I felt completely stupid at that moment.

"I see your point, Amelia," I said, and she nodded with satisfaction.

"We do not need two kings. Sylvester is enough. Worst-case scenario Clay and Alexei would be given lordship, and the natural order would be restored, but I think it would be stupid of us to work with Yuri and help him achieve his goal. He might come for everything when we least suspect it," She said, spelling out her reasons, and she smiled. I could see she was glad that I saw things her way.

"We will discuss everything with Sylvester and the others and maybe come up with several plans before we choose which one we would follow.

I laid back down, and she placed her head on my chest while I stroked her hair.

Amelia fell asleep, but I couldn't sleep.

I was ashamed that I did not think things through, nor did I think of the angle at which things might go south. I was glad that Amelia had enough information to think along those lines and figure out how to counter and prevent them from happening. Yuri was a killer. However Andrew tried to put it. He was a monster.