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 do as

at night, and we talked about

to know the extent

understand her

didn’t disappoint me,

was drawn to her like iron to a magnet, and he

mark gracing her neck annoyed me, but

I will have to end

and she was a bit more

tempted to sleep on her bed, but I would wait

wouldn’t wear

two days

business to attend to in

would think and whether she would miss

her temperament, I also

staged the attack?” I asked Theodore, my Gamma, and he

border of a town in the north, and I needed to find

since my father was killed

borders were attacked, so I

to lose her; she was the only parent I had

are still investigating, Alpha,” Theodore said and

I was very uncomfortable.

be comfortable if the culprit

made

and decided to speak to the

didn’t know what caused the attack, but he told me the attackers

for someone to stage such an attack and

knew I had just attacked the east and

wanted to take their trophies back? If that was the case, they were stupid because if I had to

not take

change, Marcel, my Beta, called

not be hasty,

suffered dearly because of one Alpha’s

doubt they will do

have their wives, sisters and daughters; we can get

to give us information?” I asked him because I knew he was getting attached to the Luna he

out of them,” he said, and

will willingly torture Avery?” I asked him, and he

give up her husband’s secrets

man was

I was shocked at the kind of savagery they practised

because he found his fated,” Theodore said, and whatever it might have been must

would give up

careful with that one, Alpha,” Marcel warned me,

never lose my head or neglect my duty because

She fascinates.

quite alright, but if she ends up protecting my enemies, she will become an enemy,” I

enthralled me, but I

did some research and finally headed back to the

to see Tamia after what

I had to slow down just in case I needed information from

information she might not

to deal

beta, brought a letter addressed to Tamia

and I was curious to see what he had

opened it and

of a grieving, broken

fact that her last months with him weren’t great made

not, I might have sent her

and pain the letter represented touched,

was a letter of true

giving

see, but he

did not need it, but I appreciated

must have been important to him; too bad he was too weak

letters, he had lost her long before

now realised why she

to be

been heart- wrenching for her to choose the unknown

me remember Susan