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.

I would do the same

living with Leo and sharing

Amanda must have hurt her so

that she had written to several alphas in the South to grant her permission to own land and property

making

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

like this,” Rex, my wolf, said, and

the back of my

I lived alone.

since my father

seriously, and I never brought a

to wait for my fated, and I always let the person I was dating know that I was waiting for

Sylvester keep her, Devin,” Rex

in

moving as fast as I

we strike, we have to get it right,” I told my wolf,

because he was happy about my response;

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

the visit because of my mental state, but I had no choice

was only glad that I was able to

feet and got ready to head to my office

arrived at the office

had a long night because he had to go to a dinner

offered him a drink, and

so much, Alpha Devin, for

it is them

The man was annoyed.

look like he got much rest,

wasn’t tucked in, and he had

not have the decency to allow us

pack and

someone agreed to marry

was a luna from

One of his trophies.

I must

He said, ranting, but he had lost me with those

you say, Tamia Albert?” I

“Pretty woman.

she would be

say she seemed happy

it were pretence or that it was her actual state of mind,” The man said, and he had

heart began to beat fast, and my hands

and

just so much

to growl in my

be able to sense our bond wearing

he said they had

to see

know that she

me, and I tried to compose myself and

I am,” I said, and he drank the scotch

learned his woman left him

fucked up the family was and didn’t want to be a

she dodged a