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.

and a desperate act of social climbing,

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

because of the Dark Alpha; my mother was taken from me because

Yet we are here.

I say these eastern.

and I put

going to speak

people names and judge them when you

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

us whores and

and evil, but he was

luna? Where was your moral compass when Avery’s husband

and gave us

and gave me hope

me up; I gave myself up to get away from

mother and aunt, I sympathise with

too blind to see it, you need to look into the mirror and question your

No one said anything.

Brighton gave us

saw many things that needed

relay to Sylvester when I got

people part- time work to help with the

Jake said, and

always known Leo to have

was glad the things that happened

how

better days; Alpha Corrigan said he is still hurting

hurt to learn that my letter

my son during breakfast, I figured he did it to

finding it hard

doubt there is anything you can do to

seem pretty

believe you love Volkov, or you would have used

lucky man,” Jake said, and I

will

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

“He will heal, Alpha.

do,” I said,

am sorry about the

I truly feel honoured that he sent you,” he

and looked at

have been through a lot and are still

you

north is a political jungle of people wrestling for

are never secure,

to be

council is only

to be

this, and that was

have a

be a certain way so there would be

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

spillover of

am 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 every word and then used that opportunity to

about the power

with Stephanie Volkov,” He said, and my stomach

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

you seem to be in the best position to tell me since you experienced when she was in power,” I said,

is nothing

She wasn’t so bright.

to her,” he said, and I

that Maurice had a fated or that Stephanie had

the man, and he

a well-kept

member of the Belyaev family, so no one would dethrone

fated’s name was Lady

small merchant family

the Lord was and still is allowed to have more than

the woman was presented

often, but when the Belyaevs threatened

Maurice became power-hungry

believe the man wanted to be

would be able to threaten him as the

wiping out the Belyaevs and their supporters, which were the Babanins and the part of the