The Dark Side Of Fate Chapter 104

One thing I was grateful for was that Enforcer Bryce Golubev did not decide to attack me. It would have been gory. The man looked like he ate silver for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I wondered what they gave the northern warriors.

I returned home to find Amanda cleaning Tamia's room. I was livid.

"What the fuck are you doing in there?" I yelled at her. I was angry and rushed to the room, then entered the closet to be sure Tamia's scent lingered.

I left the room, and she was in tears, her hand shaking.

"I only wanted to clean the room and air the space" She explained, and I did not care.

"Didn't I warn you not to go in there? Why did you do it?" I said, closing the door and locking it with a key.

"That will always be Tamia's room, and you are not allowed in there," I said, and she began to weep.

"She isn't coming back, Leo. I am sure she has moved on with her life, so why can't we move on with ours?" She yelled back at me, and I shook my head.

"If she didn't give herself up, we wouldn't have a life to move on with," I said and sat on the room couch.

"I hate you, Leo! All you have done since they took Tamia away was mope about. You have been distant. It isn't my fault that they took her! It isn't my fault that we are fated!" She said, and I was angry.

"But you lied to your father so he could force you into my home. I hurt my wife in ways I can never forgive myself," I said, and she shook her head.

"Do not blame me for hurting Tamia, Leo. You should have rejected me instead of making out with me on the balcony. You should have shown her how much you loved her and rejected me. Instead, you held out. I had to force my way in because your lack of rejection gave me hope. It made me believe you wanted me, and she was the reason you were reluctant. Call it what you want. Your actions gave me hope to fight for what is mine. So don't blame me for her sadness or what you did to her. That was you, Leo. That was all you, and I refuse to pay for your crimes." She said and wiped away her tears.

"And whether I was here or not, the north would have taken her away. You stood no chance against those soldiers," She pointed out.

I shook my head, tears streaming down my face at the depth of truth she had spoken about me not having the courage to reject her. She was right. I caused it all.

My reluctance gave her hope and ruined my marriage. Fate didn't force me to accept Amanda; I did it of my own volition.

"We would have stood a chance if she fought beside me, but she gave up on us the moment she found out you were pregnant," I said; she began to laugh, tears still streaming down her cheeks.

"I did not climb on top of myself to get me pregnant. You did. So stop making me out to be the bad guy. Other than the lie I told against her, which you did not believe, I did absolutely nothing wrong. Tamia had left you before she left physically, and you know it, so don't blame me for it. I did not ever plan to live in another woman's shadow, but that was what fate mapped out for me. I am sorry for trying to make something beautiful out of the misery fate brought upon us," She said and wiped away her tears.

"I wasn't supposed to stay in the east. I was supposed to visit my father and return to where I came from, on Kanes Island in the north. I had a job and a good life there. Everything went away the moment I set my eyes on you, Leo, so stop making it seem like I was the one that did something bad here," She said in tears and took the mop stick away.