Shadows of Destiny

Faceless Attack ~Tamia- Sylvester finally asked me to follow him to Lucland to meet his mother.

After meeting Dominic at the club, I wasn’t looking forward to the meeting.

I learned the woman was strict and had her sons on a tight leash.

Even though Sylvester had confessed his feelings for me, what if she did not approve of me? I was scared, but since Sylvester insisted and told me I had nothing to worry about, I decided to take him up on it.

We ate breakfast in our room and prepared to leave.

Linda was the most worried for me because there were only two things that could happen; she could either be unreasonable and ask her son to choose between her and me, or give me a chance.

I hoped she would give me a chance.

Leo did not have parents when we got together, so this was new for me.

We got dressed to visit his mother.

On our way out, Silvester stopped.

“Marcel needs me for a minute.

Do you think you can wait for me? The matter seems urgent; it is about Bane and the East,” he said, and I was a bit worried because of Leo.

“Link me when you are ready to leave,” I told him, and he nodded.

I decided to go to Avery’s room.

I found Avery in her room, embroidering a piece of fabric.

It looked horrible, but it seemed to be her new pastime.

I had not seen her that morning because we didn’t eat in the dining room.

“Hey, you guys haven’t left yet?” She said, putting down the hoop that held the scarf she was marring with her needlework.

2 I noticed a diamond ring on her finger, and she smiled at me.

“He proposed an hour ago.

I did not think about it; I just said yes,” She said, smiling with tears in her eyes.

“I can’t get it wrong twice now, can I?” She said, and I could hear the nervousness in her voice.

She was afraid.

“Why did you say yes?” I asked her, picking up on her fear.

“Because I love him, and it will be great to have a life with him, but deep down, I am scared fated will show up and mess me up again,” She said, and I went to hug her.

She pulled away and nodded, wiping away her tears.

I now understood why she was in her room working on an embroidery hoop instead of socialising in the eastern garden as usual.

“I have to take this leap of faith, or I might keep guessing and live with regrets.

Marcel is a great guy and a great catch.

He is a step up from that arsehole, Max.

This is a good thing,” she said, wiping her tears.

“Feeling afraid and being happy at the same time is a weird mix of emotions,” She confessed, and I smiled.

“Has Sylvester told you what is happening in the east?” She asked, changing the topic, and I shook my head.

“We were heading out when Marcel called him for a meeting about Bane and the east, I told her, and she nodded.

“That bastard,” She said, and I wondered why she was pissed.

“Bane has successfully divided the east.

Leo isn’t in full control of the East anymore.

A part of the East has joined the south.

I also learned he might go to war against Leo to take over the East completely.

I just picked bits of Marcel’s conversation.

I am sure Sylvester will tell you what is going on in case I heard wrong,” She said, and I was in shock.

How could the Eastern Alphas allow Bane to use them like this? I was worried.

was getting all the help

join up;

almost two hours and decided to return

wasn’t in the mood to

you?”

the meeting,” he said,

and prayed for

got tired of

LATER THAT DAY.

a commotion

out the window,

wondered what was

Sylvester did not return.

meeting had taken all

entered my room, and I sat up in bed, worried because

one had ever barged into Sylvester’s room

met silence which meant he

my surprise, Dominic walked in, looking

has questions to answer, ” he said, and Kaira

your actions might be seen as treason”, he warned me, and

I asked him,

his permission to question

change what you

has been committed, and we require your full cooperation to solve it,” he said, then the guards clamped the silver

happened.” I said

I tried to link Marcel and Theodore, but they

afraid something had happened to him, and Dominic stopped

should not speak his

of the north,

happened to make him like this? “He

I warned him.

was attacked today and is

was attacked in the afternoon, and she was in the company of one

the elder did

warriors identified the men as a mix of eastern

Bane, so the council wants

attack twice

mean something,” He said to me, and I felt it was

have all sworn to serve the Alpha,” I said,

should we pay for Bane’s crimes?”

tell

brother to be careful with you, but he

am here to help him think

mother has hidden in

she lives

forget that Bane had tried to take you

do some damage when

things that way made me seem

my alpha,” I said, and he turned to look at

will afford me the same

permission from the council to

to damage my brother’s

said, and I remained silent, knowing this

I hated Dominic, I could not dispute the fact that

to a cell

thrown into the

nose, so

many for them

brought from the East were locked up, too; some were bound

“This is highly unfair.

serve the north, they still treat us as

wait for Sylvester

Dominic in his place,”

doubt it

backing Dominic on this, then Sylvester would have to allow the investigation to run its course,”

attack their mother and kill a council member?” I asked Avery,

war, remember?” She said, and I shook my

from that,” I said, and

the lord and

might act irrationally, giving Bane the opportunity he

still doesn’t sound

think someone did this to make

will still have to

something useful to give,” Avery said, knowing what happened to prisoners that were