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

my

Yet we are here.

I say these eastern.

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

father was going to speak when I

and judge them when

moral values when you have

us

my mate vile and evil, but he was

his fated, and I lost my rights and standing as luna? Where was your moral compass when Avery’s husband abused her and

in love and gave us the strength

and gave me hope when I

not give me up; I gave myself up to get away

sympathise with

see it, you need to look into the mirror and question your morals,” I said, picking

No one said anything.

Brighton gave us a tour of the

that needed improvement, and I

relay to Sylvester when

has offered my people part-

man.” Jake

known Leo to have a big

glad the things that happened didn’t take it

asked, eager to know how he

looks like he has seen better days; Alpha Corrigan said he is still hurting over

to learn that my letter did not give him the closure he

my son during breakfast, I figured he did

think he is finding it hard to

is anything you can

seem pretty

love Volkov, or you would

man,” Jake

and Mikail will heal from what happened

take over, but I am afraid he would make a bad decision that would get him and

“He will heal, Alpha.

all do,” I said, and

sorry about the initial

tell his eminence that I truly feel honoured

and looked at Avery

have been through a lot and are

strength you can manage in that

a political jungle of people wrestling

never secure, so

want to be affiliated with the

all that has happened, the council is only

needs to be

and that was

do not have a

to be a certain way so there

know Sylvester is trying to be kind, but someone has to be stern, keep an eye open, and ears to the

suffering a spillover of

not sure, but some of us old Alphas know of the power struggle between the six ruling houses of the north,” He said, and I absorbed

mind telling me about the power struggle?” I asked,

Volkov,” He said, and

and her mate, but she can be vindictive.” He said,

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

nothing

She wasn’t so bright.

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

Maurice had a fated or that Stephanie had to share

the

a

is a member of the Belyaev family, so no one would dethrone

was Lady Alissa

a small merchant family in

her title even though the Lord was and still is allowed

she always ensured the woman was presented as one of

Belyaevs threatened to divide the north, Maurice had to

why Maurice became power-hungry

wanted to

able to threaten

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