Shadows of Destiny

A Day Apart Makes The Heart Fonder ~Tamia~ After breakfast, I felt lost and bored.

Since they brought us to the estate, Sylvester had been around, and I had his attention, so the place felt new and lonely.

Avery and Marcel had things planned, and Linda and Theodore were getting to know each other; I could not inconvenience them.

I returned to our bedroom to think of all that Marcel had told me about Bane, the silent war, and the east.

I was worried for the east.

The last thing I wanted was for the east to get caught up in a mess.

I didn’t want to stress about it too much, so I decided I would hang out with Katya in the garden.

I knew some of the women in the harem liked to hang out in the garden, so I wore jeans from the new collection of clothes Sylvester got me, and his t-shirt to surround myself with his scent.

I held the t-shirt to my nose before wearing I headed to the garden in high spirits.

When I got there, most of the women in the harem came to greet me.

Katya approached, and we hugged.

“You look stunning in his t-shirt, Tamia,” She said, and I smiled at her.

I found a place to sit, and some women came to sit around me.

I noticed Lilly from a distance, and she was looking at me with scorn, but I couldn’t be bothered.

“Is it official? Are you the new woman in his life?” Katya asked me, and I frowned at her, wondering why she would ask me such a question.

“What do you mean by the new woman?” I asked her, accepting a cup of tea from one of the women.

I made sure I stylishly sniffed it before placing the cup against my tongue to pretend to take a sip, and then I put the cup down.

I wasn’t stupid to drink something served by women in Sylvester’s Harem whom he wasn’t screwing.

“I mean, since he kicked Lilly to the curb and all,” Katya said, explaining her question, and I laughed.

It was clear Lilly did not tell them the truth.

I was about to speak when I saw her approaching us.

“See who decided to grace us,” She said politely, and I smiled at her.

“I see you did not tell them the truth,” I told her, and she shrugged.

“Alpha only said those things to make you 3/17 happy, Tamia.

Who am I to say he is lying? I am just a prisoner of war.

If he said he wasn’t screwing me so you would feel better, so be it,” She said, trying to save face.

“Whatever makes you happy, Lilly,” I said, and I noticed that the women had figured out what we were saying.

“So, you mean you have been lying to us all this while?” one woman asked, and Lilly shook her head.

“How can I be lying when we spent long hours in his office and his room?” She said, and I decided to change the topic.

Lilly was clearly ashamed and too embarrassed to own up to the truth.

Since we had the same alpha, I could now link her.

“You need to be careful with your lies so he doesn’t find out, Lilly,” I said, and she frowned at me.

“Let us change the topic,” I said to the women and stood up without drinking the tea.

It was my most innovative way of refusing to drink it.

I have read a book about back palace politics.

I wouldn’t want to be a victim.

“What do you ladies do for fun?” I asked, and Katya stood up.

“Painting, quilting, sewing, embroidery,” She said, and I rolled my eyes.

“I want something that is fun and consumes energy.

Don’t get me wrong, those things.

are relaxing, but I do not want to relax.” I said, and some of the women laughed.

“Croquet, Volleyball,” Katya said, and I beamed at her.

“Now that will be fun.

I say we play Volleyball and then wind down with Croquet.

I said, and we headed to a field meant for Volleyball.

We immediately formed our teams.

and gowns, leaving them

did the same, and the game

the guards came to

against Lilly’s team, and Katya was

did not embarrass her as she had thought

the ball, and the rest

of fun,

so that others wouldn’t have

fun that Avery joined us, and I looked and saw Marcel standing

supposed to be their day

of the

in your underwear outside,” Marcel warned, laughing, and I placed my index

be our secret,” I

fun, and it

were tired of playing Volleyball, the

to set it up, allowing us

guards set it up, we relaxed

noticed some women were getting

I asked Katya, and

“Of course.

Alpha, Beta and Gamma don’t touch us,

some women who are currently married with children

she was telling me the truth because I did not want anyone setting me up

played Croquet, I went to meet Marcel where he was, to ask him if it was okay that the

friends and Soon it was

want to enter the room because I

the room,

spoiled me with attention

not know how much until

to the shower and showered in a hurry, then

waiting

moment I got there, we all

odd that Marcel would wait for me

around, he was the one

a kind gesture, and I was

dinner, Linda and Theodore left in a hurry, and I somehow figured they had

anymore, and

Kyle was a bastard.

she was moving

Avery hang out with me, but it seemed Avery

so I let

back to

came to me on my way, and I rolled my eyes, bracing

Instead, she hugged me.

out there,” She said and broke the

three years ago, he has been

are lucky, She said; I

years ago?” I asked, and she

few months before he sent the women he was

tinge of jealousy, but it was normal for me to feel that

good for them; they are free,” I said,

want to

It was horrible.

treated them as if

heart-wrenching to

Arya, who was crazy about

with the way he showered her with attention, and the fact that she was from a small pack in the north, but he threw her out as if she was nothing,” She said, and

“Well, it is none of my business,” I said, and

am not trying to

do not take this wrongly, but be guarded

am only telling you this because you were kind

he set those women free, he told them they were wasting their

ever settling down with anyone,”

I have been there, done that, and there

us see where

for the heads

if she told me those things to hurt

if she was genuinely looking out for me

was wasting her

the room, showered and

was clear I

would be with the dreaded Wolf Lord? It was an unbelievable turn of events, and the fact that he ended up being sweet, loving and sensitive

miss that he wasn’t kind to others, and I liked

Kaira asked

Kaira,” I said, and I felt the loneliness down to my soul

am falling for

my

She asked, using the word

this point,

together before he comes, I will reject him,”

he loved us,”