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

with her at

to know the extent of

tried to understand her 5/17

disappoint me,

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

but I kept

I will have to end him

weeks passed, and she was

tempted to sleep on her bed,

tunic provoked me, and I decided she wouldn’t wear any of the sheer outfits given to her unless I

spent two days away from the

a small business

think

I also knew she

figure out who staged the attack?” I asked Theodore, my Gamma,

town in the north, and I needed to find

alert since my father was killed

whose borders were attacked, so I had

to lose her; she was the

still investigating, Alpha,” Theodore

I was very uncomfortable.

only be comfortable if the culprit had a name, face

made me feel

it rest and decided to speak to the town’s

attack, but he told me the attackers seemed to be from

for someone to stage such an attack

knew I had just attacked the east and

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 again, it would

take

my mood change, Marcel, my Beta, called my

us not be hasty,

because of one Alpha’s

they will do

know what to do, besides we have their wives, sisters and daughters; we can get information out of them

give us information?” I asked

we will torture it out of

Avery?”

up her husband’s secrets

was a

me, and I was shocked at the kind

luna because he found his fated,”

would give up her husband’s secrets,

need to be careful with that one, Alpha,” Marcel warned me, and

my head or

She fascinates.

she ends up protecting my enemies, she will become an enemy,” I said, and

enthralled me,

research and finally headed back

wasn’t eager to see Tamia after

I had to slow down just in case I

she might not be willing to

be able to deal

my beta, brought a letter addressed

was curious to see what

it and

was the tone of a

months with

might

pain the letter represented

a letter of

was giving

see, but he was giving his consent for me to care for her and

not need it, but

important to him; too bad he was too

on the letters, he had lost her long

realised why she

not want to be

must have been heart- wrenching for her to choose

made me remember Susan