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.

was free to do as

time with her at night, and we talked

know the extent

understand her 5/17

didn’t disappoint

to a magnet, and he troubled me to make it

but I kept my cool for her

Leonardo Albert continues to defy me, I will have to end him

she was a bit more relaxed

was tempted to sleep on her bed, but

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

two days away

had a small business to attend to

what Tamia would think and whether

also knew she wouldn’t

figure out who staged the attack?” I asked

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

high alert since my father

the town whose borders were attacked,

to lose her; she was the only parent

investigating, Alpha,” Theodore

I was very uncomfortable.

only be comfortable if the culprit

made me

and decided to speak to the town’s

didn’t know what caused the attack, but he told me the attackers seemed to be from

stage such an attack and not try to

knew I had just attacked the east and taken

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 be to raze their territory and structure to the

take likely

mood change, Marcel, my

us not be

suffered dearly because of one Alpha’s

doubt they

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

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

will torture it out of them,” he said, and I

torture Avery?” I asked him, and he

up her husband’s secrets in a

was a

I was shocked at the kind of

do not even want to tell you what that bastard, Kyle, did to his luna because he found his fated,” Theodore said, and whatever it might have been must

give up her

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

or neglect my duty because of a

She fascinates.

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

enthralled me, but I wasn’t

did some research and finally headed

eager to see Tamia after what I had discussed with my

down just in case I needed information from

might not be willing to

to deal with the matter

beta, brought a

was curious to see

it and read

the tone of a grieving, broken

fact that her last months with him weren’t great

not, I might have sent her

and pain the letter represented touched, my

was a letter

was giving her

to see, but he was giving his

not need it,

important to him; too bad

on the letters, he had lost her long before I took her from

realised why

want to be his luna

been heart- wrenching for her

made me remember Susan and why