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.

getting all the help he needed

to willingly join up; it was another to be forced into

in Avery’s room for almost two hours and

mood to

you?”

in the meeting,” he said, and I

sat and prayed for

got tired of waiting and fell

LATER THAT DAY.

woke up to a commotion in the

out the window,

what was

Sylvester did not return.

had taken all

my room, and I sat up in bed,

one had ever barged into Sylvester’s room like this

silence which

my surprise, Dominic

has questions to answer, ” he said, and Kaira began

might be seen as treason”, he warned me, and I looked at

Sylvester know about this?” I asked him,

not need his permission to

change what you

to solve it,” he said,

deserve to know what happened.” I said while the guards dragged me out of the

and I tried

afraid something had happened to him, and Dominic

not speak his

of the

him like this?

I warned him.

mother was attacked today and

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

the elder did not

identified the men as a mix of eastern and

affiliated with Bane, so the council wants

dared to attack twice now

something,” He said to me, and I

all sworn to serve the Alpha,” I

should we pay for Bane’s crimes?” I asked, and he looked at

tell you

be careful with you,

to help him think when he

our mother has hidden in Lucland successfully without

the first outsider to know she lives in Lucland,

Bane had tried to take you from

were supposed to visit her today; they might have as well come to get you and decided to do some damage

things that way made me seem

my alpha,” I said, and he turned

afford me

from the council to

to damage

push me,” he said, and I remained silent, knowing

as I hated Dominic, I could not dispute the fact that he

carried to a cell and locked

were thrown into the same

had a bleeding nose, so I figured

for them to afford

East were locked up, too; some were bound in

“This is highly unfair.

to serve the north, they still treat us as prisoners,” Avery retorted,

wait for Sylvester to

sure he will put Dominic in his

doubt it is

on this, then Sylvester would have to allow the investigation to run its course,” she said, telling me

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

is a war, remember?” She said, and

is nothing substantial to gain from that,” I said, and Linda

could destabilise the lord

Bane the opportunity he

“It still doesn’t sound Like Bane’s

make

we will

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