The Dark Side Of Fate by Karima Sa'ad Usman novel Chapter 141

~Tamia~

We finally finished creating the darts. Amelia had complained about why I was making so much, and Linda couldn't wrap her head around it. We had finally finished, and it was much. The Omegas that were helping us helped pack them carefully into packs.

It was evening, and Susan had called to inform us a few hours ago that they had arrived at Mountain and settled in. I stood by the window in the studio to look at the setting sun.

I wondered if all of this would indeed be over in five days. I hated to think of the battle, and the fact that we wouldn't be there was killing me.

I was worried for everybody, and I did not want to carry on alone. Still, I guess the possibility of that outcome came with the burden of bearing the crown. I stood motionless at the window and watched the orange sky.

"Tamia," I heard Avery's gentle voice behind me, and I turned to look at her.

She was tired, and I could see the longing in her eyes; it mirrored mine. We all missed our children. No matter how we tried to keep quiet, we could not hide that we missed our children dearly. We could not hide the fact, and it was painful.

"What are we going to do with all the darts, Tamia," She asked me, sounding tired, and I placed my hand on her shoulder.

"You should get some rest, Avery?" I said, and she shook her head.

"I do not need sleep. I need peace. I sleep most of the time, so that time will pass, Tamia. I want to wake up, and someone will tell me this is all over and our lives are back to normal. I want to hold Marvin in my arms, Tamia, and apologies for losing so much time," She said, and tears began to stream down her cheek.

We all hated what Yuri had done to our world. Had we known this, we would have taken Larry more seriously when he told us there was more to come. We shouldn't have dismissed him. Our actions had bought us a year of peace and given the enemy time to attack us fiercely.

"It will be okay, Ave," I said, wiping away her tears.

This pregnancy was different from her first. This one made her emotional and tired. I guess they were right when they said no pregnancy is the same.

"As for the darts, we are dividing them into two. I plan on arming ourselves here. We can't afford to be sitting ducks. It would buy us time to fight and get away should Yuri attack while our men are away," I said, and she understood.

"Come on, go and freshen up. Sylvester has called for a general meeting, and the only reason we are invited is that it has to do with us," I said, and Linda joined us. She was listening to our conversation because she chipped in.

"They want to officially tell us we aren't coming," She said, and I nodded. I knew that was what Sylvester wanted to do. Even though we had figured it out independently, seeing how they planned to exclude us.

They had not told us precisely that we would remain. They had implied it, but with the day approaching, it was time to let us know we would not go to the West with them.

Nicole was sleeping on the couch in the studio, snoring and mumbling her children's names.

I went to wake her up so she could go and freshen up. She looked disoriented when she woke up, and drool was on the corner of her mouth. She must have been tired to sleep with her mouth open.

"Come on, Nikky, You need to freshen up. The King has summoned us to his lounge for the meeting," I said, and she nodded and stood up.

"Tanya, Lisa, Justin," Nicole said, and I knew the separation was getting more challenging.

"Come one, go freshen up. We will soon see them, okay," I said, and she rubbed her eyes gently. It wasn't to wake her up; I knew it was to fight back her tears.

"Lounge?" She finally said with a shaky voice, and I nodded.

We all left for our rooms.

I linked Katya and Claudia to inform them of the meeting in the lounge, and they assured me they would be there.

I went to freshen up and left to join Sylvester in the lounge.

When I arrived, the men were already there, along with Claudia and Katya. The rest were on their way.

Sylvester asked me to sit beside him, and I did.

He pulled me close and kissed his mark on my neck.

I knew he wanted me to relax, but how could I when we were counting the days to a deadly battle. A battle that we could not predict its outcome. A fight against freaks.

I maintained a calm exterior, as a Queen should, while we waited for the others.

They all finally arrived, and it was time to start the meeting.