Fate's Dark Side Chapter 661

"The only reason most of us are helping is that we do not fit in this world. Dimitri's law hangs over our heads, and we want our freedom badly. I disagree with his views but must survive, so I did my best to appease him.

Yuri does not plan to settle alone for the East and South. He plans to eliminate Erik and the entire Volkov line and take over as the only King.

He has a list of all the Volkov descendants.

Joan Clayman has given him the full detailed account of every Volkov in existence and where they live.

She has also been trying to get the top Northern families to join up, but the result of the last uprising has made people scared.

I am not in the inner circle, but our mandate is to take over packs and seize lands.

Now that I have fallen, another man named Erin Petrova will be taking over from me to take the east.

They would sack Hayland in a few days because we learned Erik is hiding there.

That is all I know, I swear," he said, and all I could pick from this was Joan's name.

I wondered if that was why she kept sending her daughter to the East. Leah was just trying too damn hard.

"How long has Joan been in this group?" I asked him.

"Her father was the one that initiated her. They thought she would get into the Volkov family as a wife, but it didn't work out, so she had to function via other means," He said, and I remembered the last time I spoke to her.

I had threatened her.

I had told her to keep her daughter away from Amelia and me, or I won't be a gentleman about it, and I would have her removed from the council and her family's noble status stripped.

"The attack in the north, was that Joan?" I asked, and he nodded quickly.

"She was supposed to invite everyone, including the King and queen. She promised Yuri that they would honour the invitation. Unfortunately, only two royals honoured that invitation. They were supposed to eliminate all the royals that night. She had called Yuri to inform him that only two royals attended, but by then, Yuri had given the order to attack. By the time Yuri called me to recall the men, it was already too late," Inkabod explained, and I balled my fist in anger.

"What is her gain in all this?" Marcel asked, sounding very angry.

I could understand his rage; Avery was pregnant.

"I do not know that part; maybe you should ask her," Inkabod said, and I knew we wouldn't get more than we had already gotten from him.

"We will investigate to be sure your information checks out. If it does, I will let you go; if not, I will kill you," Sylvester said, and Inkabod nodded. His compliance and eagerness to live piqued my curiosity.

"Why do you want to live so badly?" I asked, and he sighed.

"Cause I have a daughter and a mate in Grizlo; I promised to go home when all this is over. I can't let my daughter grow up without her father," he confessed, and Devin went and punched him.

"Yet you massacred people in Pridewood," He said, and Inkabod shook his head.

"That was Erin, not me. I do not kill people; I just force them to leave. Besides, I have no choice. If I do not do what Yuri wants, he will go after my family. The man is sick, and he is a tyrant. You have to understand most of the Stepanovs helping him are not doing it of their own free will. Once Yuri is gone, everyone will return to their quiet lives," he said, and the look in his eyes said he wasn't lying.

Alice was indeed stupid to think he would mate with her. He was just using her.

"You do not kill people, yet you wanted to eliminate Alice," I said, and he nodded.

"Yuri said she should not be allowed to live, so she does not talk. Anyone that is no longer useful is usually eliminated." He said. It sounded like the kind of sick method Larry used in his time.

"Very well, we will check it out. Before we leave you, we have one last question," David said, and I wondered what he wanted to ask.

"How did you know Leo was coming to Brentwood?" He said, and some of us chuckled while Sylvester, Marcel and I maintained a straight face.

It was a very odd question, but it was necessary. The bet aside, we needed to know the informants.

"I knew Devin had arrested Alice, and I knew she would talk; I also knew Timothy relied too much on Leo for everything, so I just startled him a bit, dropped my name, and told him I would be back.

I knew he would call you, Leo, and you would want to catch me for answers. Andrew was with you, so he would have told you our methods. I expected you to come prepared for a fight with twenty-five people, but you came prepared for the real thing. I must admit, I thought I had outsmarted you. I guess you aren't to be messed with after all," he said, and we all began to chuckle.

Inkabod might think it was his words that made us laugh, but the horror registered on Dominic's face while Inkabod explained his reasons to us was epic.

A week of bad food could not be that bad. We needed to learn our way around the kitchen quickly. The Women had won.