The Dark Side Of Fate Chapter 284

"Can you recognise these women?" I asked him, and he shook his head.

"They wore face masks, but I know their scent," he said, and I was grateful for that bit.

"You will help me identify them. I will protect you, Liam, and to make sure you do not go down as a traitor, I will pretend you work for me as a spy. That is the best I can do. But if I find out you are still doing their bidding, I would treat you like a grown man and execute you," I told him, and he swallowed with fear.

"We can't trust this boy," Marcel said, and I looked at my friend.

I could see the fear in his eyes.

We all knew what was coming. They had set targets on Theodore and Marcel through their ignorant family members and hit the bull's eye with them.

I did not know when they would play that card, but we need to act quickly because once that comes out, Theo and Marcel will be suspended pending the investigation.

I won't have anyone to lean on.

The suspension also means temporary exile from the north. What would stop them from attacking my friends and killing them while away?

As things were looking, they might play that card very soon.

I need to plead with Devin to give them asylum when that happens.

I also knew if they had bull's eyes on Marcel and Theodore, then they have bull's eyes on Dominic and me too.

They were already hunting my half-brother, David; I wondered what they would have on Vino.

Someone wanted to wipe out the top families and lead the council, and the Makhailovs were a part of it.

"Take him to safety and have him heavily guarded," I said, and Theo looked at me.

"Where is safe for him?" he linked me, and I sighed.

As much as I hated to impose, I knew he had only one place to go, and that was south.

"I will speak to Corrigan. We will need him more than anyone else," I linked Marcel and Theodore, and from the looks on their faces, they knew I wasn't only speaking on behalf of Liam.

They knew it was mainly for their sake. Their mates were pregnant; they needed to be safe and secure while we dealt with the issue.

"They are coming for you too, Sylvester," Marcel said, looking worried.

"I know. Though we are yet to figure out the angle, your angles are obvious," I said.

Theo and Marcel cursed at their relatives for being idiots.

"We need to find my half-brother and his family. We need to make sure he is safe," I said, not caring how my mother would feel about it.

If David was on their hit list, he was also a victim.

I could not allow the bastards to hurt him even though everyone claimed his mother was a bitch.

"I want all the females in this estate lined up," I said and looked at Liam.

"Your first assignment will be to sniff out the two women that warned you in the cell. Can you do that?" I asked, and he nodded.

"What do we tell our mates? This is too much. I saw how Tamia was trembling when she got the cards." Marcel said, and I sighed.

That was one big problem I did not know how to solve.

It would be wrong to keep this from them; it would also be wrong to expose them to this level of anxiety. I did not know what to do.

"One thing was certain; we can't let them question Liam. If they must know what is happening, it has to come from us. Once that is out of the way, they can talk to Liam," I said, and Marcel bowed his head.

"How do you want to stop them from questioning his mother? Those women are stubborn," he said, sounding resigned.

"Especially Linda, who claims to be bored all the time," Theodore added, and I knew we were in a severe mess.