Shadows of Destiny

Down South.

~Devin~ Since the dinner party where I found Tamia, I haven’t been able to sleep.

I stayed awake most nights, wondering what to do.

I had just agreed to an alliance with the east; it would be wrong to ask the leader to part with his wife because she was my fated.

4 I knew she wasn’t an Alpha breed when she couldn’t sense me and convincing her she was mine was going to be complicated.

The situation between her and Leo made me hopeful, but I wanted to wait a bit.

I knew Leo wouldn’t hold on to her for too long, and I hoped to claim her when they decided to call it quits.

Little did I know Volkov would come calling, bullying his way through.

As much as I had tried to ignore the Volkovs, they always had a way of messing with me.

First, it was my parents and my youth.

Because of Maurice, my father died early, and I could not be a normal teenager because I had to take over.

Now Sylvester has taken my fated.

Attacking the estate in the north was stupid, and many lives were lost in the process, but I was desperate.

I couldn’t take it anymore.

My wolf, Rex, was in pain, and I was hurting every day, knowing that, just like my mother, I might never see my fated again.

When Leo asked me if I had told Sylvester that Tamia was my fated, I could not help but chuckle.

The Volkovs never let go of what they have taken.

They are called trophies for a reason.

They are keepsakes, living proof that they have conquered a place.

I did not know what to do, and as time passed, I became more desperate.

I had to respect Leo for calling a meeting because just as he had heard that I was going to attack the east to take over the rest of the east, I had heard that he would attack me to take back the part of the east that joined the South.

The man did not like trouble, which was one of his strengths.

I decided I would be more careful before acting because someone or some people were clearly trying to knock our heads together.

It still hurt that Kyle thought I would orchestrate the attack against the western borders.

Honestly, I believed Kyle did it, and when it went south, he denied it, but as the days passed, I began to suspect that Sylvester might have orchestrated the entire thing so he could have a reason to attack the east and subdue them.

2 If only Leo could see that it would be wrong to keep allowing the mad lord to rule us.

How many more do we have to give? 3 Even though Leo did not want to go after Sylvester, I will.

For Tamia’s sake, I will.

The universe made her for me, fate gave her to me, and I wasn’t willing to let go.

Leo told me Sylvester and Tamia were together, and it repulsed me.

I was sure she was only doing what she could to survive.

the same in

living with Leo

Amanda must have hurt her so

several alphas in the South to grant her permission to own land

actively making efforts to leave

didn’t she tell me her plans the day we danced and I held her in my arms? 3 I

like this,” Rex,

was lying on the grass at the back of my house in

I lived alone.

since

and I never brought

wait for my fated, and I always let the person I was dating

Sylvester

was in

as fast

it right,”

he was happy about my response;

of the western pack, whose territory was attacked for taxes, was on

my mental

was only glad that

dragged my feet and got ready to head to my office and wait for my guest, Alpha

at the office and waited

night because he had to go to a dinner party at the Volkov

a drink,

you so much, Alpha Devin,

it is them that are

The man was annoyed.

like he got much rest, and his appearance was

shirt wasn’t tucked in,

decency to

my pack and

can’t believe someone agreed to marry the

a luna from the

One of his trophies.

I

he had lost me

say, Tamia Albert?” I asked

“Pretty woman.

she would be

say she seemed happy for a

could not tell if it were pretence or that it was her actual state of mind,” The man said, and he had

heart began to beat fast,

anger and fear and battling tears from

just so

to growl

to sense our bond

he

needed to find a way to see her before he

know that she belonged to

Corrigan, are you alright?” Alpha Brighton asked me, and I tried to compose

I said, and

the bastard would settle? I learned his woman

the family was and didn’t want to be a

she