Shadows of Destiny

01 And Then She Came ~Tamia~

I will not forget the evening my heavenly life turned to hell.

I cannot forget the moment my life changed.

My husband, Leo, and I, were at the ball.

I did not want to attend, but Leo’s friend and beta was the host, and Leo wanted to honour his invitation at all costs.

I should have pleaded with him to stay at home, but I wanted to be a supportive wife, so I followed him, which was my biggest mistake.

Leonardo Albert was my husband and the alpha of the Mountain pack, making me Tamia Albert, the pack’s Luna.

Leonardo chose me when I was nineteen to be his Luna.

We started courting when I was seventeen, and he was twenty-one.

He never touched me because I wasn’t of age, but we fell in love nonetheless and vowed to remain together.

Many women in the pack hated me because Leo only had eyes for me.

I wasn’t the most beautiful.

In fact, I wasn’t half as pretty as the others, but he saw me, and he loved me.

He loved my green eyes.

Leo called me his emerald queen, and that boosted my confidence.

He never wanted me to dress provocatively or wear make-up, and I just went along.

Leo claimed me the year he ascended as the pack’s alpha.

His parents had decided to leave the position for him and travel, which was what all alphas did once they handed over to their successors.

I wore my luna shoes proudly and performed my duties.

I was a trained warrior, so the pack was always in good hands when Leo left our territory on missions.

We had been happily married for five years.

I was now twenty-four years old while Leo was twenty- seven.

I loved him so much, and he loved me too.

There was no question.

Nothing and no one could ever come between us, or so I thought, until the dinner party when my life turned upside down.

We were sitting at a table reserved for us when Leo turned around and saw her.

She had long, dark straight hair, blue eyes, full red lips, beautiful tanned skin and an hourglass body.

Perfect proportions compared to my pear-shaped body.

“Leo, Leo,” I gently called my mate, but he did not respond.

His eyes stayed fixed on her.

The beautiful woman in the midnight blue velvet gown.

I gently touched his hand, and he shook slightly as if in a trance.

“Tamia,” He said, trying to calm himself, and I smiled at him.

“We should go home, dear; I do not feel well,” I lied, trying to get us out of there, but his eyes had wandered back to her, and she was looking at him now.

She also looked enthralled in his gaze, and they seemed lost in each other’s eyes.

I did not know when my heart began to palpitate.

I did not want to believe it, but I knew what had just happened.

My husband had found his fated mate, and she was not me.

go home,” I said, sounding slightly stern with a tinge

fear I could not

beta, Casper, walked to

host

Luna Tamia are enjoying yourselves?” He asked, and I pulled Leo’s hand so Casper

looking at

is that lady?”

looked at me because what Leo had just done

swallowed and looked

not know what to

anything, but

daughter of the Whitewood

home from studying

said, and

looked uncomfortable and decided to

smiled and let him

did

was nothing

to wait to see how it would all

of our lives together,

or not, we were

so I knew he

also knew he would not reject her

and feared situations that would make

would have had the power and right to reject him

drank some wine and tried to pretend it didn’t bother

said, standing up, and I did not bother to ask him where he

knew he was going to talk to

the balcony, and he followed behind

follow them so I could listen to their conversation, but tears were already streaming down my

too afraid to know what he was discussing with

stayed in my seat and drank

did not return to sit

myself for an hour, I

was not an

as I walked far enough, I shifted and decided

we do, Tamia?

I did not know what to tell her because I was equally

I could not believe what had happened to

should have prepared myself

assured me, yet

both of them reeled through my

so

want to go

he would make the pain disappear, but

with me until he rejects me,

want to let me go because

Amanda looked, she wasn’t luna material, but she was a beautiful and

Alpha

genes, she was

did not

make me

other alphas in

and expanded our lands,

he decides to reject me for her sake, I will walk away with nothing because

not know how it would play out, but I

our hearts, and I did not need

and I were tied together through our claim, so I will feel the pain if he touches

women with cheating spouses experience this; I had counselled them

me through this and help me survive this? I had

and no true

my

“Damn you, Leo, Damn you!” I cried while Kaira howled at the crescent moon

a shitty card? I

there a

entered our home naked, and Leo was on the couch with a drink in his hand; he

said, and I shook my head

could you,