The Dark Side Of Fate Chapter 543

Gregory agreed with Adrain that they would alternate power like in the past, and Adrain was okay with it.

He was loyal and did what needed to be done.

They agreed that Gregory would go first, then after his tenure, he would hand over to a Stepanov, and they would continue to switch.

If they had followed that order, it would have been Gregory, Adrik, Maurice, and whoever Adrik's grandson is, not you, Sylvester.

That was the agreement.

Adrian Stepanov died a few years after they had won, and Gregory did the most despicable thing.

He added a clause to the law of succession.

He said only a royal with the alpha genes between a Volkov and Stepanov would succeed; he knew the Stepanovs did not have the Alpha Genes.

He wanted to keep the line of succession to the Volkov. So he secretly added it to the agreement, and no one knew.

You see, the Volkovs felt superior to the Stepanovs. They saw the Stepanovs as an abomination because of their early practice of incest and their odd features.

Gregory had used that resentment to cheat Adrian.

He added it to the signed agreement between both families.

He did it cleverly so no one would know.

When he passed away, and they pulled up the agreement, that clause was there.

Everyone automatically named Dimitri Lord instead of Adrik.

Adrik was aggrieved because they had a copy of the original agreement. He tried to get justice, but the council feared Dimitri and did his bidding. He did not want to be cheated, so he sought a challenge.

My father said his father believed they would have acted differently if Dimitri and Adrik had wives and children. They each would have had something to lose and sought a more amicable resolution to the problem.

Adrik did only what he could; he challenged Dimitri for the title. Adrik would have won, but my father said Dimitri cheated, and the council turned a blind eye.

Wanting to secure his position badly, Dimitri framed Adrik for treason. He used the famous law you abolished to wipe the Stepanovs out. In desperation to cover the truth and prevent people from seeing the Volkovs for who they really are, he wiped everything that had to do with the Stepanovs away from history and added a law that made speaking of them treasonous.

He ensured he buried them completely, which is why we never spoke of them." She said, and I was stunned. I could not believe the type of blood that ran in my veins.

"I won't be surprised if the Stepanovs somehow survived the massacre and have decided to take what they know is rightfully theirs and wipe out the Volkovs in revenge.

Honestly, Sylvester, I can't blame them.

You are my son, but look what your father did to my family because he wanted to divorce me, and they wouldn't support it," she said with misty eyes.

I knew it got to my mother that she was the only Balyeav. Luckily now, Dominic will carry on that bloodline and name for her, but still, it was no excuse.

"If the Stepanovs are coming for us, Sylvester, we need to be careful because, unlike us, they have nothing to lose," She said and got up. Tamia and I were stunned, and my mother left the room quietly.

We had just had a crash course on history, and there was nothing great about what I had learned.

My lineage and everything I believed about myself and my rights were built with lies and cheating.

I wished my mother hadn't told me this now because it would make dealing with the Stepanovs more difficult, knowing they are only after their pound of flesh.

"I know what you are thinking, Sylvester," Tamia said, placing her hand on mine.

I looked at her, and there was a resolve in her eyes.

"You are not Gregory and Dimitri. Making the Orlovs, Sidrovs, and us pay for their crimes is wrong.

We will fight them head-on. There is no guilt in this, Sylvester. We have a people to rule and protect, a family to keep, and children to raise. We have to be ruthless," she said, and all I could do was nod because I was torn.