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 in her

with

Amanda must have hurt her so

to several alphas in the South to

was actively making efforts to leave

she tell me her plans the day we danced and I held her in my arms? 3 I did not know what to do

like this,” Rex, my wolf, said,

the grass at the back of my house

I lived alone.

had lived alone since my

anyone seriously, and

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

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

in

moving as

right,” I told

happy about my response; he knew I was

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

wasnt ready for the visit because of my mental state, but

only glad that I was able

to head to my office and wait for

the office and

because he had to go

a

so much, Alpha Devin,

speaks poorly of you, but it is them that are savages,” he

The man was annoyed.

much rest, and his appearance was messy and

shirt wasn’t tucked in, and he had sandals

decency to allow

my pack and decided

believe someone agreed to marry the

learned she was a

One of his trophies.

too, I must

Albert..” He said, ranting, but he had lost me with those

you say, Tamia Albert?” I asked

“Pretty woman.

she would be tied to the

she seemed

her actual state of mind,” The man said, and

began to beat fast, and my hands

anger and fear and

so

growl

would she be able to sense our bond wearing Sylvester’s

wasn’t lying when he said they had fallen

find a way to see her before

her to know

Brighton asked me, and I tried to

said, and he drank

learned his woman left him many years ago and

realised how fucked up the family was and didn’t want to be a part of

she dodged