Shadows of Destiny

Affirmations Tamia- Things got intense between Sylvester and me, and I found myself completely in love.

with him. I was afraid that I would repeat history, but my heart was beyond my control.

He knew how to act, what to say and what to He made me feel like the most important person in his world, and I slowly found myself saying, ‘this is it’ but I had said that before, not so long ago, and I came out burnt and broken.

I wasn’t willing to make that jump again.

It was a scary situation to be in.

I tried to fight my feelings and kept telling myself it was casual.

I tried to think through the situation to guard my heart.

The fact that Sylvester and I weren’t fated scared the shit out of me.

Questions of the future plagued my mind.

What if she shows up one day just like Amanda? Where will that leave me? He had never told me he loved me.

This could be a fun and exciting thing for him.

I scolded myself for catching feelings.

Every day we would wake up, eat, and train together.

I let him go and handle his duties, and then we met in the evening and did whatever we liked.

1 It was fun and scary because I had fallen in love with him.

When I decided to speak to Sylvester about my fears, we were lying on the grass in the western garden, a part of the estate people rarely visited.

“Sylvester,” I said gently; we were lying side by side and looking at the stars that graced the night sky.

It was a beautiful sight and a lovely moment.

I was afraid that I might ruin it.

“Yes,” he replied, and I exhaled.

“Do you ever let your prisoners go?” I asked him, and he chuckled.

“Which of the prisoner’s, green eyes? The ones in the cell or the trophies?” he asked, making light the question.

“Your trophies,” I asked, and he exhaled too.

“They have nowhere to go back to, I am their Alpha, and they are connected to me; I am not keeping them here as prisoners; they are here because this is their only home for now.

They are free to leave, but they only leave if they find love or want to move to Lucland or another part of the north.

They are all here of their own volition.

I am a lord, not a monster.

I expect the women to fall in love eventually and move on.

they have

you ever settle down?” I asked him

I overheard some ladies talking

woman called Arya that you do not plan on

if it

am not worried

I understand.

marriage, I can understand, and I am okay where we are; that way, if you find your

turned to his side to look at

did what he asked and made

said those things,

of the north with a pending war, I doubt I would want to tie any

was my way of setting them free and making them forget about me,” He said, and his words hurt because it seemed as if his mindset had not

do not care about that shit,

I make my destiny.

do not care what

betray a woman

and thin,

heartbeat and risk being weak,” He

I knew it

face gently

my eyes were already welling up with tears

with someone that did not

nothing like my

are free, but I

aren’t a trophy; you are my woman,” he said, and I smiled at him, but 5/10 tears were threatening to

up and asked

he pulled me close and crashed his lips on mine, “I want to make love to the woman I love under the stars,” he said, tugging on my

moved from my

me, sucking on the spot on my neck, and my body came apart; he moved to

to expose my breasts.

my trophy,

linked me and sucked my nipples one

the other between his thumb

moaning, and

rolled down my panties and spread

the grass, looking at the stars while

blurry and my

I writhed, moaning in pleasure, running my fingers through his hair and

senses were alive, and

go, and it erupted

did not stop

leaned over me

said, knowing what had troubled my heart all along and drove himself into me before I

He said, pumping gently but

sat up and

on top, hugging

and my body

faster because an orgasm was coming, and

stilled and released