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.

act of social climbing, then

them to our home, allow them to eat at our table and pretend everything

mother because of the Dark Alpha; my mother was

Yet we are here.

I say these eastern.

themselves, “He said, and I

father was going to speak

fingers, call people names and judge them when you do not have the

moral values when you have not experienced certain things, and judging people

us

vile and

ex-husband broke 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 day and night, forced her to live with his

love and gave us

me

give me up; I gave myself up

mother and aunt, I sympathise with you, but Sylvester is

need to look into the mirror and question your morals,” I said, picking up my fork to continue the meal; I

No one said anything.

Brighton gave us a tour of the

many things that needed improvement, and I made mental

relay to Sylvester

people part- time work to

is truly a nice man.” Jake said, and

Leo to

glad the things that happened didn’t take it

he?” I asked, eager to know how he

he has seen better days; Alpha Corrigan said he is still

to learn

what you told my son during breakfast, I figured he did

he is finding it

you

you seem pretty

you would have used this opportunity to run

is a lucky man,” Jake said, and

and Mikail will heal

is the reason I haven’t handed the pack over to Donald yet; he is about twenty-six and ready to take over, but I am afraid he would make a bad decision that would get him and our people into trouble.” He confessed, and I smiled at

“He will heal, Alpha.

I

am sorry about the initial

that I truly feel honoured that he sent

sighed and looked at

have been through a lot

you can manage in that

north is a political jungle

are never secure, so

want to be

happened, the council is

needs to be

and that was

do not have a grudge against the old

needed to be a certain way so there would be peace

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

be suffering a spillover of something from his

struggle between the six ruling houses of the north,” He said, and I absorbed every word and then used that opportunity to ask him to

the power struggle?” I asked, and he

start with Stephanie Volkov,” He said,

her mate, but she can

head “Nothing, but I would like to know more about her, and you seem to be in the best

is nothing special

She wasn’t so bright.

was why Maurice preferred his fated to her,” he said, and I

or that Stephanie had to

fated?” I asked the man, and he

a

is a member of the Belyaev

was

was from a small

though the Lord was and still is allowed

she always ensured the woman was presented as one of

but when the Belyaevs threatened

became power-hungry and

the man wanted to

to threaten him as

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