Fate's Dark Side Chapter 748

I collected the clothes Amelia had brought and put them on. Amelia and I left the infirmary together.

"Do you mind if I meet your mother?" I asked her, and she shook her head. Erik's words had softened her a bit. She led me to the common lounge, where Alexei and Clay were chatting with a black-haired woman. Clay looked at me and smiled.

"You've recovered," He said, laughing at me, and Alexei turned and laughed too.

The woman turned towards me, and Amelia looked nothing like her at first glance, but if Amelia dyed her hair black and wore blue contacts, there would be no mistaking that she was her mother because Amelia had her nose and the shape of her head. The rest of Amelia's features was definitely Luis's because Clay and Amelia looked alike.

The woman was gorgeous, and it was believable that Amelia would come from her.

"Albert! You look so much like Richardo," She said, and I frowned at her. Did she know my father?

I walked towards her to greet her, and she stood up. She pulled me into an embrace that shocked me a bit, but I tried to relax.

"Thank you for taking care of my daughter. Thank you so much, Alpha Albert. Your family has always been there for Stepanovs in need. Thank you for everything," She said, and I relaxed a bit. She broke the hug.

"You look so much like your father. He helped Luis a few times. Luis couldn't have escaped Hayland when he was with Emma if it weren't for Richardo. Emma had sold him out because she wanted him to join up badly," She said and looked at Clay apologetically.

"That was what Luis told me," She told Clay, almost pleading with him. I knew Clay was surprised, but he controlled himself.

"Honestly, you can't blame her; she wanted all of you to be safe. That was why she did it. That was why Luis ran away from the East to the West. We met while he tried hiding and blending in the West. His oud wood scent was strong and enthralling," She said, reminiscing but soon snapped out of it.

I could see the tears threatening to fall. She still missed her mate but was trying to be strong. I wondered how she had stayed alive all these years and not given up somewhere along the line. I did not need to guess that finding Amelia was her reason.

"I am pleased to meet you, Alpha Westwood," I told her, recognising she was an Alpha even though she had no pack.

"I am Mrs. Ivanov. Westwood is my maiden name," she said with a smile, and I already knew that, but it was okay that she spoke up about it.

"Soon, you will be free once we rid this world of Yuri," I said, and there was a sudden rage in her eyes.

"Mikhail too. He killed Luis. Luis had the upper hand but made a foolish mistake of sparing the bastard; he slit his throat," She said, tears streaming down her cheeks. She was reliving the horrors of the past. Her words confirmed what Erik had said about Andrew's father being Yuri's hitman.

"Erik executed him," I said, and there was relief in her eyes.

"I am glad he is no longer breathing. I can't even tell you the things the bastard tried to do to me. I could not hold Luis when he was dying. I had to run away. He took everything from me," She said and looked at Amelia.

"Everything," She repeated, and Alexei got up and held Gezel. The woman was still broken.

"Please take her to her room so she can rest," I told Alexei, and he nodded.

"Amelia," Gezel said, reaching, and Amelia held on to me.

"Go with her, Moonlight. She needs you. You can join me later," I linked Amelia, who was reluctant to go wither her mother.

Amelia pulled away from me and went to her mother. I watched them leave the lounge, leaving me with Clay, who was still shocked at what Gezel had told him.

"My mother never told me that part of the story. She said he ran away so we could be safe. She never told me she sold him out," he said, and I knew he was a bit angry because he had been robbed of having a father. Somehow I suspected Alexei's mother did not tell him she had divorced his father too. I did not blame the women. It would have been hard explaining to them that they drove their father away so they would be safe. Alexei and Clay wouldn't have been understanding. The only person who did not drive him away ended up losing everything.

"I am sure her decision is why you are still alive," I told Clay, and he was silent. I turned around to head to my room. I wanted to shower and get into the day. Time had already been lost, but it was still morning.