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.

do the

with Leo and sharing

her so deeply that her captivity

South to grant her permission to own land and

making efforts

plans the day we danced and I held her in my arms? 3 I did

like this,” Rex,

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

I lived alone.

alone since my father

and I

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

be so unlucky? “We can’t let Sylvester keep her, Devin,” Rex said, growling in

was in

moving as fast

strike, we have to get it right,” I

was happy about my response; he knew

was attacked for taxes, was on

the visit because of my mental

that I was able

my feet and got ready to head to my office and wait for

the office

had a long night because he had to

him a drink, and

so much, Alpha Devin, for helping

but it is them

The man was annoyed.

much rest, and his appearance was messy

tucked in, and he had

did not have the decency to

pack and decided to invite

can’t believe someone agreed to marry

was a

One of his trophies.

I must

but he had lost me with

say, Tamia Albert?” I asked him, and

“Pretty woman.

bad she would be tied to

must say she seemed happy

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, and my hands were

with anger and fear and battling

so

began to growl in my

our

wasn’t lying when he said

to see

needed her to know that she belonged

and I tried to compose myself and smiled

and he

have guessed the bastard would settle? I learned his woman left him many years ago and

family was and didn’t want

she dodged a