Shadows of Destiny

14 The Wolf Lord ~Sylvester~ “My darling Sylvester, by the time you read this, I would have moved far away from the north.

I know we planned to spend the rest of our lives together, and I looked forward to it.

Three months ago, my brother finally found his fated; she isn’t his girlfriend.

It left his girlfriend broken.

I never want to feel that way.

Your eighteenth birthday is coming soon; I am afraid she won’t be me.

Where will that leave us? I have decided to follow my uncle to the south; please do not come looking for me there.

I hope you find your fated, and I wish you all the best.

Love Susan” 1 I lay in bed, reading the letter my girlfriend left me eleven years ago.

We were in love, and everyone saw her as the next Luna of the north after I succeeded my father.

I had promised her that I would risk being weak and reject my fated if I ever found my fated, and it wasn’t her.

Susan had no faith in my promise and panicked.

She ran away a few months before my eighteenth birthday.

I have never heard from her ever since.

I was heartbroken at first, then I became angry, and then I became numb.

Never wanting to feel that way again, I locked my heart away.

I never found my fated, the reason why she left, and I never fell in love again.

No woman ever caught my attention again.

When my father was murdered, and I had to take up the lordship, it became worse because I now didn’t have time for romance anymore.

It remained that way until recently, when Tamia came into my life.

Something that was supposed to be a trophy soon started giving me sleepless nights.

I was patient, but I didn’t know how long it would last.

When the east decided to insult me by attacking my region, I had to put them in their place.

I had no intention of taking over their region, but I wanted to warn them, and I was glad they got my message.

When the trophies arrived, I thought it would be as usual, and I would draft them accordingly, but I was wrong.

Those green eyes burned into my soul; I had to compose myself when I looked into her eyes.

She was tough, courageous, a true luna, and she was mine.

She had given herself to save others, unsure of the fate ahead of her.

Tamia got me, and her hold was tight and powerful.

After Susan, love stopped having meaning, and relationships lost their value.

I kept a harem of lovers for a while and sent them all away when I turned twenty- six.

What I had now was just a collection of trophies I had never touched.

I kept a harem so no one would have ideas or hope, but Tamia was different.

I knew I would be breaking all my rules with her, and I hoped, for my sake, she would not be my downfall.

When she referred to herself as used goods, I was annoyed because she was like wine; the older, the better.

Priceless and perfect.

4/17 Who would have thought I would find a woman to bring me to my knees? I wanted her for myself.

I needed to give her time to heal before I buried myself in her and claimed her as mine.

She needed time to mourn and accept her new reality before I made my move, but one thing I was sure to do was to make my intention towards her clear to everyone.

So I ensured she ate with me and all the rules that applied to my trophies did not apply to her.

to

with her at night,

wanted to know the

understand her

disappoint

iron to a magnet, and he

her neck annoyed me, but I kept my cool for

me, I will

she was a bit more relaxed

on her bed, but

I decided she wouldn’t wear any of the sheer outfits given

days away

Theodore and I had a small business to attend to

would think and whether

temperament, I also knew she wouldn’t tell

attack?” I asked

attacked the border of a town in the north, and I

my

lived in the town whose borders were attacked, so

lose her; she was the

Alpha,”

I was very uncomfortable.

only be comfortable if the culprit had a name, face and

made me feel

rest and decided

told me the attackers seemed to be from

east was too far for someone to stage such

also knew I had just attacked the

was the case, they were stupid because if I

take likely

Marcel, my Beta, called my

“Let us not be hasty,

suffered dearly because of

they

their wives, sisters and daughters; we can get information out of them if the need arises,” He pointed out

if they refuse to give us information?” I asked him because I knew

torture it out of them,” he said, and

willingly torture Avery?” I

husband’s secrets

man was

and I was shocked at the kind

that bastard, Kyle, did to his luna because he found his fated,” Theodore said, and whatever it

give

be careful with that one, Alpha,” Marcel

my head or neglect

She fascinates.

if she ends up protecting my enemies, she will become an enemy,”

me, but I wasn’t

finally

eager to see Tamia after what I had discussed with my

down just in case I needed information from

information she might not be

want to be able to deal with

brought a letter

I was curious to

and read both

of a

fact that her last months with

I might have sent

humility and pain the letter represented touched, my

was a letter of

giving

see, but he was giving his consent for

did not need it, but I appreciated

have been important to him; too

on the letters, he had lost her long

now realised why she

want to be

been heart- wrenching for her to choose the

Susan and why