The Dark Side Of Fate Chapter 585

"He said they came and asked the residents to leave. Exactly what they did to Kyle, but unlike Kyle, alpha Michael would not leave the place. He paid for his defiance with his life and that of the people on the settlement." I said, and we were quiet.

It took a while before Sylvester finally spoke.

I heard a crack in his voice, and I knew he was processing the news.

"Who are these people? What are these things?" he asked, and I cleared my throat to answer him. I was trying to put it off until they came, but things had sped up a bit. It was only fair I helped them catch up.

"I was going to tell you this in person, but as things are now, I should tell you over the phone," I said, and he told me he was listening. I composed myself before I mustered the strength to reveal what Alexei had told me.

"Alexei came by my pack yesterday morning. I invited him to study his body language because of what happened to Kyle. He honoured my invitation. I thought he was involved, but he blew everything wide open after speaking to him," I said and sighed.

"Alexei, Clay and Amelia are siblings," I confessed, hoping I wasn't getting my mate in trouble. I did not want to drag her into this, but she was in the middle of it.

"Please, Sylvester, Amelia has no hand in any of this shit," I said up front, and he assured me he wasn't thinking that way. I sighed and continued to speak.

"Apparently, when Dimitri Volkov killed Adrik Stepanov, he did not know Adrik had a pregnant mate. She fled to the east and had their son, Luis Ivanov, who later fathered Alexie, Clay and Amelia.

They aren't from the same mothers.

While Adrik's mate fled, other Stepanovs fled and went into hiding.

That was how the cult was formed.

The same cult that Larry joined.

The same cult that sponsored the uprising against your father and you. The very cult that troubles us now..." I said, and he exclaimed.

"Remember when Larry said there was more to come? He wasn't bluffing. We should have listened to Lord Lucas. We should have dug deeper," I told him, and he did not say a word.

"So, is this Alexei and Clay part of the cult?" he asked, and I said no.

"In fact, they have been hunting them. They tried to get Luis Ivanov to join them and their cause. He played it safe for a bit and soon outrightly refused. When he refused, they attacked him, and he asked Alexei's mother to flee to the north with their son. She did so, and they survived until the cult caught and killed her, leaving Alexei alone to fend for himself.

At the same time Alexei and his mother were hiding in the north, Luis had to settle down with an easterner to blend in. That was how he had Clay, and his family in the north knew of his eastern family.

They finally found where he was, and he had to flee to the west to save their lives.

That was where he hooked up with Gezel Westwood, Amelia's mother, who is still in hiding because of the cult.

They had Amelia, and the cult no longer wanted him to join; they wanted Amelia so the head of their group, Erik Kozlov, could mate with her for superior pups. Taking them back to the days they practised inbreeding to concentrate the genes.

Erik's relatedness to Amelia is too distant to be regarded as inbreeding, but you get the logic," I said, and he sighed.

I told him the rest of the things Alexei told me, including what he said about Andrew.

Sylvester was silent for forty seconds before speaking.

"And he willingly volunteered this information?" he asked me, and as stupid as it sounded, that was the truth.

The burden must have been too much for Alexei to carry, so he confided in me. It could also be because he knew his sister was mine permanently. Whatever the case, something had urged him to open up to me, and it shone a light on the situation.

"So, we are dealing with a cult," Sylvester said, and I agreed.

"I was going to come next week, but expect us in two days." He said.

He also sounded urgent.

"I also want Alexei and Clay present. I want to interrogate them myself. Amelia is your mate, but I have no connection with them other than the fact that they are my relatives.

They are likely to show me their true colours faster," He said, and I feared that he might do something rash.

He was king.

I had no power over whatever he did. All I could do was plead on their behalf.

"Whatever you do, know that we need them in our corner," I said, and he chuckled.

"If they can be trusted, there will be no reason to do anything bad to them," He said.

I thanked him and hung up.

I knew their arrival would make things a bit hectic.