Fate's Dark Side Chapter 677

"Hello," A deep, masculine voice answered with confidence.

"This is Leonardo Albert; I am in Hayland," I said, going straight to the point because it did seem like the person on the line had time for pleasantries.

"Come to Vision route. There is an abandoned warehouse by a dead gas station called Fill It. Once you get there, walk into the warehouse. Someone will join you. How many are you?" He asked, and I did not know if giving him our real number would be wise. We honestly had nothing to lose, so I told him our number.

"I see you came with the calvary. No surprises, Albert," he said and hung up.

He did not seem like a nice dude.

I began to suspect I had come with the wrong crew. David would have been best to liven him up. I guess our humour and confidence would have to do.

We ensured we weren't followed while driving through until we reached the gas station.

It was a dead, run-down dump, and I wondered who the owner was.

The warehouse was there. It was a run-down building with part of the roofings gone.

I wondered if Erik was living in the place. We found a place to hide our van in the woods and went to the warehouse. We were extra careful to ensure we weren't being watched.

We entered the warehouse, and it was empty.

I wondered if we had been played.

I could smell and feel our tension, but we were calm and silent. Clay was growling, and I knew his wolf was on standby.

A latch in the ground opened, and a shirtless white-haired man with moon-coloured eyes came out of the opening. He looked young, so he couldn't be Erik.

"Clay, relax," The guy said, smiling at Clay, and it was weird because he looked like Clay and Amelia.

"Nelson, what are you doing here?" Clay asked him, and he approached Clay and hugged him.

"Joining the cause, bro. Yuri has gotten out of hand. I heard you are on the Volkov team now," He said, breaking the hug and looking at me warily.

"I am on my father's team," Clay said, and Nelson laughed.

"Come on." He said, and we followed him.

"Leo, Theo, Devin meet my cousin, Nelson; he is Yuri's youngest son. His father disowned him a few years ago. He stayed with me a while before he went missing. Yuri is after him, by the way, but it has nothing to do with what is going on," Clay said, and Nelson laughed.

"I stole his coin and a shit load of money," Nelson said, and they both laughed. I relaxed a bit, and we went underground.

It was a lab.

Alexei wasn't lying when he said Erik saw himself as a scientist. I wondered what he was doing here.

I wondered if Gordon knew Stepanovs were working on various mixtures and lab apparatus in a hidden lab in Hayland. My guess was he didn't. The Stepanovs in the lab seemed happy and relaxed.

I saw two girls that looked a bit like Amelia but not as pretty. I wasn't being sentimental; it was true.

We were ushered to a door, and Nelson knocked.

"Who is it?" I heard a loud, deep voice. The same voice I heard on the phone.

"They are here, Uncle," Nelson said, and there was silence.

Erik must have linked Nelson because he opened the door and let us in.

I walked in, and I was surprised to see a small-frame man.

About five feet seven inches tall. He was slender and had a lot of white hair on his head and beard. He looked neat and healthy. He had one blue eye and the other moon coloured.

"Have a seat," He said and looked at Clay.

We remained standing just in case it was a trap. It wasn't like we could do much in our situation, but it was best to go down fighting than go down quickly.

"Luis did replicate himself," He said, staring at Clay, and Clay greeted him.

"I won't want to waste your time. I am sure you all know by now what is going on; that is why you are here. What are the Volkovs offering in exchange for my help?" He asked, getting straight to the point. I swallowed immediately and tabled the offer.

"Lordship to the legitimate heirs, restoration of the Stepanov name and the Western region," I added. There was no way I wanted Sean to still head the West. Erik laughed.

"A region already compromised," he said, and I shook my head.