Fate's Dark Side Chapter 640

"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 glad Sylvester was nothing like his father.

"A year before we handed over to you, we noticed the Stepanov's activities had became strong. Grey told us of Yuri's plans to take over.

Yuri had become so powerful that it became a join-up-or-die thing.

We knew they would come 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 disagreed 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.

They teamed up with a council member to help bring down Sylvester. I later discovered The councilman was the person they teamed up with to help destroy Maurice in the past. The very uprising that claimed innocent lives.

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

Anyway, Yuri accused me of telling the outside world of their plans 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 to come here to warn you that Yuri is planning 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 relationship 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 to come 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.