The Dark Side Of Fate Chapter 256

"So you will handle them after the hearing?" The man asked, realising there was no way out for him.

"If I am still lord and in charge, well, yes. I will instruct my men to handle it. But so we save time, please report to Kappa Levi and give him all the event details so they can start investigations.

After the hearing tomorrow, I will spring to action based on the outcome; if I lose, I will turn the matter over to the council and wash my hands off it," He said, and one of the men went on his knees.

"You won't lose, my lord. My wife is eight months pregnant; democracy won't get her back. We won't let you lose," he said with determination.

"Well, it is up to the people who raised the petition," Sylvester told them, and the man stood up and looked at Christain with scorn.

I figured it was Christian's idea, but instead of planning how to deal with him, we would need to drill him to find out who put him up to it. That would likely lead us somewhere. I was going to do something about it after we had won and the names of the people who raised the petition were exposed; I will make my move.

"Promise you will help us no matter what if you win," Alpha Inkabod asked Sylvester.

I knew it was because he knew Sylvester would find out they were the ones that raised the petition against him.

"I have no choice," Sylvester told him, and he nodded, but something in Christain's eyes did not make me confident.

He did not seem to exhibit the desperation that Inkabod was exhibiting. In fact, only Inkabod seemed to have decided what to do about the petition. I guess we will have to find out tomorrow.

They left our booth, and four more Alphas came with the same complaints.

We told them the same thing, and they left.

We closed early, and we all began to laugh the instant we got home.

"What kind of emails did you send them?" Sylvester asked, and I laughed.

"We were going to give them instructions not to back the petition, but there was no way we could do so without them linking it to you. So we opted for something extreme.

"Asking them for ridiculous sums of money in exchange for their mates. We made it look like a criminal activity. We knew they would have no choice but to seek help from the authorities, which is still under you. It was a gamble, and it paid off," I explained, and Sylvester lifted me up and spun me around.

We spent the rest of the day worried about the hearing and how it would go.

Dinner was silent, and we all ignored Glenda. She got away with things she wouldn't have on an ordinary evening because our minds were elsewhere. We slept early.

Sylvester and I woke up early the next day and got ready to go to the council hall.

Everyone was ready, and even Stephanie decided she would visit this time. Maurice was no longer alive; if I could go to the council hall, then she too could go there.

We went in a convoy and arrived on time.

The press was outside, and it was a big event.

We heard that they had suspended all the games for that day.

It was highly unnecessary, but they wanted to make it a public affair. They wanted to publicly strip Sylvester of his power for all to see. They were not going to have it easy after this.

We sat in Sylvester's Loge while Stephanie and Dominic sat in Dominic's loge.

The entire council members were seated, and Vino looked worried and nervous.

He did not seem to like the topic of discussion, but he should have shut it down and not let it get this far.

Lenny Mikhailov, Jacob's replacement, spoke on behalf of the council.

I wondered if Sylvester had moved on Jacob, but I doubted it.

The man was just deliberately absent. Maybe he orchestrated this whole shit.

Lenny started by addressing everyone and greeting us with the utmost respect before proceeding.

"We are here to debate the petition raised by the collective. It is called the Democratic petition. The people have signed it, and the owners of the petition are here to defend it and tell us why it must be turned into a bill and passed by the council," he said and cleared his throat, then picked up a sheet of paper to read.

"Alpha, Christian, on behalf of Alpha Inkabod, Alpha Paulman, Alpha Michael, Alpha Theophilus, Alpha Gabriel, and Alpha Kent, representing three thousand people each represented by a signature of the signed petition, ask for the following," he said and coughed to clear his throat.

"That the authority of his lordship be given to the council and shared among the governors of the four regions.