The Dark Side Of Fate Chapter 410

Everything went quiet, and I had given up hope entirely until he did not return from pilgrimage.

Jenny told me Stephanie was the one that acted against him, and she should stand trial.

I knew Jenny was jealous of Stephanie because she was crazy about Maurice, but I kept it myself.

I knew how Maurice died because I was part of the engineers of that event, but I kept it to myself.

Jenny's anger towards Stephanie would be useful.

So I saw it as an opportunity to revive my group.

I told Jenny we would make her son Lord since Maurice was his father too. It was wrong to hide the poor lad away to be brought up as a Lawrence when he was a Volkov.

Knowing her son would benefit from it eventually, she was in, and that was when we started building again.

I never had direct contact with anyone, just like the first time. It was important. Jenny was the one that recruited people. Unlike the first time she went for younger people, people affected by Maurice could share our ideals," he said and looked at Devin.

"You should have been an easy recruit knowing what your father endured and how you grew up, but we could not find a way to get you on board. We later knew how to use your grudge against the Volkovs, and it would have worked if it weren't for that Riverstorm bitch," he said and looked at Tamia.

"You are despicable. You hopped into bed with the man that murdered your people and took you away from your husband," he said disgustingly.

"If you hadn't ruined my home with your prodigy, I would not have needed rescuing, but I am glad where I am. Save your moral conviction for yourself," Tamia shut at him.

He never really liked her, and now I know why. Her parents had foiled their plans, and now she was part of his problem.

"If you wanted to wipe my family out, why try to install Dominic as lord and fight tooth and nail for it?" I asked him, and he smiled at me.

"Dominic can never truly be Lord. He isn't a leader. Even Maurice knew this. That was why he wanted the Balyeav seat to go to David. Dominic is a useless piece of shit.

My encouragement was to pit you two against each other; if I ever succeeded, it would be easy to overthrow and end Dominic. He isn't as wise or as strong as you are. He does not have your kind of support and companionship, and the woman he was screwing worked for us; she would have made it easy. That was Glenda's job. To cause a rift between you two and end him when the time comes. But unfortunately, she got caught," he said, and Devin spoke before I could.

"And what was Susan's part in all this?" he asked, hoping her nose was clean for his sake.

"That idiot can never be a part of us. She was just too stupid and love-struck. Throughout her time in the south, she only pined for Volkov; she was worthless. I wondered how Nikolas put up with her.

To think she was forced to leave the north because Maurice felt she heard of Vino when he was discussing him with Nikolas. That girl was just hopeless," he said, and I realised why they forced Susan to leave.

My father had seen to it because he felt she knew of Vino.

He must have really wanted to keep Vino a secret badly, and Susan and I suffered the consequence.

Although I was happy with Tamia, I felt terrible for hating Susan all these years, thinking she just got up and left out of fear that we weren't fated as her letter had implied.

I began to suspect that the letter was written under strict instructions. I was angry at my father for doing that to a young teenage girl. I hoped Devin would give her the bliss she deserved.

"I can understand your anger with my father and his officers. They were infamous, but I cannot understand what this has to do with me, my friends and my brothers.

David was hunted, Dominic was misled, and you instructed Amanda to kill Vino. If you planned on making him king, why mislead him and then try to have him killed?" I asked, and he laughed.

"That wimp admired you too much to do what was asked of him. I told Jenny we shouldn't recruit him, but she insisted. He was the most useless piece of shit we ever recruited.

He just sat quietly on the board. I was sure he would tell you the truth eventually. He seemed like it. I needed to be sure he would never speak to anyone about the demons that haunted his conscience. For a Volkov, he was a wimp. Even Dominic would have been better," he said, and I realised who the head of the council was.

Vino might have occupied the Lawrence seat and headed the council, but Larry was in charge. To think Joan and Pamela were not in on this made me feel a bit sorry for the scornful women.