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

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

the Dark Alpha; my mother was taken from me

Yet we are here.

I say these eastern.

should be ashamed of themselves, “He said, and I put down my cutlery and

to

and judge them when you do not have

moral values when you have not

us whores and

vile and evil, but he was our

moral compass when Avery’s husband abused her and her wolf day and

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

tears and gave me hope when I thought all

husband did not give me up; I gave myself up to get

your mother and aunt, I sympathise

and question your morals,” I said, picking up my fork to continue the

No one said anything.

Alpha Brighton gave us a

that needed improvement, and

to Sylvester

part- time work to

Jake said, and I smiled

had always known Leo

things that happened didn’t take it from

I asked, eager to know how he was doing but

Alpha Corrigan said he is still hurting

was hurt to learn

son during breakfast, I

finding it hard to forgive

anything you can do

you seem

love Volkov, or you would have used this

is a lucky man,” Jake

and Mikail will heal from what

ready to take over, but I am afraid he would

“He will heal, Alpha.

I said, and

am sorry about the initial

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

sighed and looked

have been through a lot

all the strength you can manage in that

a political jungle of people

as lunas are never secure, so you have to be

to be affiliated with the

happened, the council is only partially

needs to

this, and that was why he was

have

be a certain way so there would be

to be stern, keep an

suffering a spillover

not sure, but some of us old Alphas know of the power struggle between the six ruling houses of the

mind telling me about the power

with Stephanie Volkov,” He said, and

treated well by her family and her mate, but she can be vindictive.” He said, and

and I shook my head “Nothing, but I would like to know more about her, and you seem to be in the best position to tell me since you experienced when she was in power,” I said, and

nothing special

She wasn’t so bright.

Maurice preferred his fated to her,” he said,

or that Stephanie had to

fated?” I asked the man, and he

was a well-kept

Belyaev family, so no

fated’s name was

from a small merchant family in

share her title even though the Lord was and still is

always ensured the woman was presented as one of his

but when the Belyaevs threatened to divide the north,

Maurice became power-hungry and

wanted

one would be able to threaten him as the Belyaevs

the Belyaevs and their supporters, which were the Babanins