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.

desperate act of social climbing, then I

welcome them to our home, allow them to eat at our

a mother because of the Dark Alpha; my mother was

Yet we are here.

I say these eastern.

“He said, and I put down my cutlery and wiped

father was going to speak when I

names and judge

to speak about loyalty and moral values when you have not experienced certain things, and judging people looking from the

call us whores

vile and

my 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 mistress and placed the bitch

our faith in love and gave us the strength and courage

wiped away my tears and gave me hope when I thought all

not give me up; I

aunt, I sympathise with you, but Sylvester

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

No one said anything.

Brighton gave us a

saw many things that needed improvement, and I made mental

Sylvester

part- time work to

nice man.” Jake said, and

known Leo to have a big

things that happened didn’t

to know how he was doing but reluctant

Alpha Corrigan said he

closure,” He said, and I was hurt to learn

my son during breakfast,

finding it hard

there is anything you can do

seem

or you would have used this opportunity to run

lucky man,” Jake said, and I

will heal from what happened to

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

“He will heal, Alpha.

I said, and

am sorry about

that I truly feel honoured that he sent you,” he said, and I

sighed and looked at Avery and

have been through a

you can

jungle of

lunas are never secure, so you have to be

to

all that has happened, the council is only partially loyal to the

needs to

knew this, and that was why

I do not have a

a certain way so there would be peace

know Sylvester is trying to be kind, but someone has to

spillover of

six ruling houses of the north,”

the power

He said, and

a nice woman, wasn’t treated well by her family and her mate, but she can be vindictive.” He said, and he

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

is nothing special about

She wasn’t so bright.

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

fated or that Stephanie

fated?” I asked the man, and

a

the Belyaev family, so no one would

was

small merchant family

Stephanie would not share her title even though the Lord was and still is allowed to have

the woman was presented

the Belyaevs threatened to divide the

Maurice became power-hungry and

believe the man wanted to be so

be able to threaten him as the Belyaevs

over completely and subdue them by wiping out the Belyaevs and their supporters, which were the Babanins and the part of the Lawrence family, leaving Stephanie powerless