Shadows of Destiny

12 Letting Go ~Leo~ A week passed, and the reality of what had happened to me sank in.

I had sent Amanda home to her father, so I could mourn my wife.

Max asked me to release her, but I couldn’t.

Releasing her meant I had given up on her and I didn’t want to give up.

I didn’t know if she was well or what they were doing to her there.

“We need to release her, or the Dark Alpha will see our mark on her as an act of defiance,” Black warned me, but I couldn’t.

I decided I would write a letter to the wolf lord.

Pleading with him to give me back my wife and promising never to work or act against him.

I did not care if what I was doing was foolish, but I had to do something.

I could not sit on my arse and mope.

If he won’t give her back, the least he can do is let me hear her voice and know that she is okay and happy where she is.

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What if he sees it as an act of defiance? Did it ever occur to you that Tamia gave herself so we could live? The situation was terrible, Leo.

We would have died; they would have killed all three of us.

She chose the best option that kept us alive.

Tamia is a smart woman; that is why we fell in love with her.

She will take care of herself there, but she isn’t coming back, Leo.

Do not deceive yourself.

Take the gift of life and peace that she gave us by sacrificing herself and make the most of it,” Black said, and I roared.

1 “If I find that Devin,” I said aloud, and Black growled.

“Now that bastard has a lot of explaining to do.

He touches what is ours and then goes back on our deal with him with a flimsy excuse,” Black said, agreeing with I walked to my table in the living room.

It was the only furniture there.

I was yet to fix the place.

I sat with a pen and paper and decided to write a letter to the Wolf Lord.

I was taking what my wolf said into consideration.

The first letter was to Tamia.

“My Emerald Queen, I am still going through the motions.

I would be lying to you if I said I am handling it well.

You knew I would have willingly died, but you did the right thing when I did not have the courage to do it.

I could not leave things where we left off.

I am sorry for everything.

I tried, but my 3/15 best wasn’t good enough.

I did not plan to have that baby with Amanda, it was Ads by Pubfuture sudden, and I would have willingly tried with you.

I would have made an effort.

I wanted to have a daughter that looked like you and had your strength.

I guess fate really had it in for us when it messed up our happily ever after, and took you to the north.

I pray you find peace and Joy there.

I know it is crazy, but I hope you get to do all that you want.

If he ever lets you go, know that you will always have a home with me.

I will release you to make your life easier with the Wolf lord.

I do not know what or who you will be there, but I pray that the same fate that destroyed us smiles on you there.

love you, Tamia; I always

will never have

Until I die.

a promise that I will never

I read the letter several times, and each time, tears fell because it felt like I

hated my life at those

but I knew that would be suicide

let her sacrifice be

letter and put it

letter addressed to the Wolf Lord,

write to you

Brent Pack’s crime against you and did

the entire east had to

wife gave herself up as a tribute to save my pack,

write to make demands but to plead

in my life; now that she

plead with you

I dare not ask you to return her, but I plead with you to care for

together weren’t good

Tamia has suffered enough.

is too much to ask, but please

have coffee in

goes

there has to be

salts for

her sleep whenever

always wear her socks at night because her

eat after six in the evening, and she likes her

down, she

of the time and is a great

not take her defiance as

She is just herself.

not

it to burn

do not hurt her, and if you ever feel kindly towards her someday,

a

wrote,

did not want to admit to myself

though I dared not try to take her back, this was the least I could

an envelope and linked Casper, my Beta, to meet me at

surprised to

managing?” he asked, concerned for my

sent her to spend some time

“Damn, Leo.

look like shit,” Casper said, and

it, too,” I said, and he had a

her sacrifice, they didn’t

always be my Luna,” He told me, speaking his truth, and I nodded because the same went for

he shouldn’t be allowed to

only attacks when he is

attack a pack in the Western region?” He asked me, and

denies doing it,”

then someone did it in his name because the Dark

check out.

said the east was bringing an end to his reign in

to liberate the

captured said it was Alpha Kyle who ordered

warriors, Alpha,” Casper said because I asked him

Devin?”

“His excuse checks out.

the south because they knew of their alliance with the east,” He said, and

faults so I could go after the bastard, Bane or whatever he called himself; I was sure he bled the same as all of

have found a way to

mail this to the north,”

of the content of

it is a farewell to my wife and a plea to the Wolf Lord,” I

collected it and

around, and we were

was eager to

have given him some respect in the past, but he didn’t have my

arrived at the party, and there

grieving their loss; even Max was

believed he

did not treat his luna well, I wondered why he was grieving her, but

Devin where he was listening to everyone’s complaints, and I walked