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

spent time with her at night, and

know the

to understand her

disappoint me,

her like iron to a magnet, and he troubled me to make

her neck annoyed me, but I

will have to end him

was a bit more

on her bed, but I would wait until

her in the tunic provoked me, and I decided she wouldn’t wear any of

days away from

and I had a small business to

what Tamia would think and whether she

I also knew she wouldn’t

the attack?” I

border of a town in the north, and

since my

in the town whose borders were attacked, so I had to be extra

want to lose her; she was the

Alpha,”

I was very uncomfortable.

comfortable if the

made

rest and decided to

the attack, but he told

too far for someone to stage such an

had just attacked the east and taken

wanted to retaliate? Could it be that they wanted to take their trophies back? If that was the case, they were stupid because if I had to send my men to attack them

do not take likely to

change, Marcel, my Beta, called

us not

dearly because of

they

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

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

out of them,” he

Avery?” I asked

will give up her husband’s secrets

was a

he told me, and I was shocked at the kind of savagery they

want to tell you what that bastard, Kyle, did to his luna because

doubt Tamia would give

careful with that one, Alpha,” Marcel

lose my head or neglect my duty because of

She fascinates.

alright, but if she ends up protecting my enemies, she

enthralled me, but I

some research and finally headed

see Tamia after what I had discussed with my

had to slow down just in case I needed information from

might not be willing to

want to be able to deal

came, and Marcel, my beta, brought a letter addressed to

husband sent it, and I was curious to see what he had to

it and read both

was the tone of a grieving,

last months with him

not, I might have sent her

pain the letter represented touched,

letter of

giving her

might not have said it clearly for me to see, but he was giving his consent for me

it,

been important to him; too bad he was

letters, he had lost her long before I

why she

not want to

must have been heart- wrenching for

remember Susan and