The Dark Side Of Fate Chapter 57

"You dare not walk out on me," She said through gritted teeth.

"What have you achieved for the north since you became lord?" She asked me.

"You have not expanded our land or increased our wealth. The north depends on old glory, and you are proud of yourself?" She said, and I balled my fist.

"Why haven't you taken over the east? Instead, you and your officers are bedding their whores and taking them to nightclubs. Where is your head? No one is saying you shouldn't screw your prisoners, but getting emotionally involved is out of the question. Your father screwed a lot of prisoners, and he did it to further his cause." She said, and I started laughing.

"He didn't have to screw them to further his cause. He was just a sick man," I said, and she tried to slap me again, but I caught her hand this time around.

"Don't do that again," I told her, and she dropped her hand.

"I want you to step down as lord for your brother. You can be Alpha but not the wolf lord," She said calmly, and I started to laugh.

"You have no power or right to ask that of me. Do not push my patience, mother," I told her, and just then, Dominic walked in.

"Or else what, Sylvester?" he said, picking up an apple from the kitchen Island and biting into it. He was dressed to go out.

"You have turned the family name into a joke. Bane sent his soldiers to get his bitch from you, yet you haven't retaliated," he said and wondered how he got that information.

"You are weak," he said, and I laughed.

"Says the man that went to war and lost," I said, and he became mad.

"You can never be me, Dominic. I will go after Bane when I see fit," I said, and my mother looked at me.

"Bane's woman is in your care?" She said with a wicked smile.

"I do not have Bane's woman in my care," I told her.

"Whatever you say, but it seems this person was important enough for him to send kappas to attack and retrieve her. Tamia Albert, they say," He said, and my eyes widened.

"We can use her," My mother said, and I pulled away from her.

I was getting to my limits.

"I almost died, and she saved my life. She fought and killed her own people to save my life. She could have gone with them, and I wouldn't have been able to stop her, but she fought on my side. Risking her life," I told my mother, and she looked at me for a while, studying me.

"I have never cared about anyone the way I care about her, and the feeling is mutual. Do not make me choose because I will choose her, mother," I said, and her eyes widened.

"An alpha's left over. Used goods. Trash that was given up as a tribute," Dominic said, and I smiled.

"Well, your information is wrong. Her husband did not give her up. She gave herself up to save his life. He would have died trying to protect her. It took a lot for him to release her. She has that effect," I said, and Dominic laughed.

"Of course she does, she is hot, and her slut meter is high," he said, biting his apple.

I looked at my mother, getting impatient.

"Was this why you asked me to come?" I asked her, getting ready to leave.

"I have told you why I called you. I am asking you to step down as lord, and save this family from any more embarrassment," she said, and I laughed.

"If it ever comes to that, know that my officers and I won't be fighting for Dominic. He will have to get his team and lead his war," I warned her. I wasn't planning on stepping down, but I wanted her to know what would happen if I had to.

"Dominic, leave us," My mother said sternly, and my brother fiddled with his car keys and left the house.

My mother led me to the living and asked me to sit down.

"Bane cannot be trusted; he will come after you," She said, looking more worried than the brave face she tried to front.

"I can't lose you like I lost Maurice," She said.

"That bastard wants to take over the world; we have to beat him to it, Sylvester, or he will be worse than your father. Your father will be an angel compared to that sick bastard," She said, and I understood her fear.

"This woman, are you sure she isn't his spy?" She asked me with fear and concern.