Shadows of Destiny

Brighton’s festival ~Tamia~ 1 Avery and I insisted on sharing the same room.

Alpha Jake offered to have his pack doctor examine me, but I refused.

I planned on managing the condition until I got back to the north.

“That went well; too well, I must say,” Avery linked me, trying to be cautious, and I smiled at her.

“He believed Leo when he told him but still felt insulted until I showed up,” I linked her back, explaining my deduction.

“Alpha Jake Brighton is an old-fashioned man.

He expected word to have gone to Sylvester’s ears of the atrocity in Brighton, and he expected Sylvester to apologise personally even though he had no hand in it.

It is an ego thing for the old man, nothing more.” I linked Avery, and she laughed.

1 “What do you think about Councilwoman Pamela? The woman reeks of treachery,” Avery said aloud, and I laughed.

It would be unwise for us to remain silent all through the room.

Being former Lunas of top packs, we understood the politics.

Alpha Brighton wanted to keep an eye on us and our activities in his territory, so he offered we stay in his house; I was sure people were listening to our conversation.

We had dinner with Alpha Jake, Mikail, his nephew, Iris, his daughter and Donald, his son.

His son and nephew were about my age, and I figured Donald would succeed his father soon.

His daughter, Iris, kept staring at us during dinner, and I was a bit uncomfortable, but I let it be.

We ate in silence and returned to our room.

“Donald did not seem to like us.

I do not know what his deal is.

Jake’s nephew, Mikail, was worse.

He kept staring at us.

Honestly, I can’t wait to be out of this place,” Avery said, lying next to me, and I smiled.

The feeling was mutual.

“I am missing Marcel,” She said and sighed.

“He didn’t want me to come, but I insisted.

Right now, I just want to head back to the north and never leave his side.

It has just been a few hours, and I am missing him so badly,” She said, and I smiled because I felt the same way.

I wondered what Sylvester was doing.

As much as I wanted to place a call, it was best I didn’t.

I was about to fall asleep when my phone.

rang.

I did not need to guess who it was.

I answered in a heartbeat.

“Miss me already, Green eyes?” he said, and I giggled on the phone.

“More than you can imagine.

Would have returned in the morning, but Alpha Jake invited us to a festival tomorrow evening, so we will return after the festival,” I said, and he grumbled on the phone.

We talked about his day, and I handed the phone to Avery to speak with Marcel.

Apparently, she did not come with her phone.

We said good night and fell asleep.

We had breakfast in the morning with our host and his children, and it was a very uncomfortable one.

“When are you two leaving?” Donald asked with a very disrespectful tone, and his father cautioned him.

“You might choose to be silent, but I won’t.

They are marrying the men that attacked their people and took them away from their husbands.

shameless and a desperate act of social climbing, then I do not know

home, allow them to eat at our table and

because of the Dark Alpha; my mother was taken from

Yet we are here.

I say these eastern.

said, and I put down my cutlery

to speak

is easy to point fingers, call people names and judge them

have not experienced certain things, and judging people

call us whores and

and

his promises and forced me to live with his fated, and I lost my rights and standing as luna? Where was your moral compass when Avery’s husband abused her and her wolf

monsters revived our faith in love and gave us the strength and

wiped away my tears and gave me hope

not give me up; I gave

mother and aunt, I sympathise with you, but

your morals,” I said, picking up my fork to

No one said anything.

us a tour

many things that needed improvement,

relay to Sylvester when

part- time work to help with the

is truly a nice man.” Jake said, and I

known Leo

things that happened didn’t

I asked, eager to know how he

seen better days; Alpha Corrigan said

said, and I was hurt to learn that my letter

breakfast, I figured he did it to

finding it hard to

anything you can do to

seem

would have

Jake

Donald and Mikail will heal from what happened

to Donald yet; he is about twenty-six and ready to take over, but I am afraid he would make a bad

“He will heal, Alpha.

all do,” I

about the

his eminence that I truly feel honoured that he sent you,” he

and looked at Avery and

through a lot and

need all the strength you can manage

north is a political jungle of

are never secure, so

people want to be

that has happened, the council is only partially loyal

to

knew this, and that was why

I do not have a

so there would be

be kind, but someone has to be stern, keep an eye open, and ears to the

spillover

the six ruling houses of the north,” He said, and I absorbed every word and then used

about the power struggle?” I asked, and he

He said, and

woman, wasn’t treated well by her family and her mate, but

I would like to know more about her, and you seem to be in the best position to

nothing special about

She wasn’t so bright.

his fated to her,” he

one ever mentioned that Maurice had a fated or that Stephanie had

fated?” I asked the man, and

a

Belyaev

name was

a small

even though the Lord was and still is allowed to have more than

ensured the woman was

Belyaevs threatened to divide the north, Maurice had to

why Maurice became power-hungry and

wanted to be so

able to threaten him as the Belyaevs

their supporters, which were the Babanins and the part of the Lawrence family, leaving