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.

isn’t shameless and a desperate act of social climbing, then

them to

doesn’t have a mother because of the Dark Alpha; my mother was taken

Yet we are here.

I say these eastern.

said, and I put down my

was going to speak when I

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

when you have not experienced certain things, and judging people looking from the outside

call us

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 her wolf day and night, forced her to live with his mistress

in love and gave us the strength and courage to try

wiped away my tears and gave me hope when I thought

up; I gave myself up to get away from

and aunt, I sympathise with you, but

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

No one said anything.

Alpha Brighton gave us a tour of the

saw many things that needed improvement, and I made

relay to Sylvester when

people part- time work to help

nice man.” Jake said, and I smiled at

had always known Leo to have a

glad the things that

eager to know how he was doing but reluctant to show my

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

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

told my son during breakfast, I figured he did

he is finding it hard to forgive

anything you can do

you seem

believe you love Volkov, or you would have used this

is a lucky man,” Jake said, and

hope Donald and Mikail will heal from

I am afraid he would make a bad decision that would get him and our

“He will heal, Alpha.

I said, and

sorry about

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

looked at

a lot and

all the strength you can manage

north is a political jungle of people wrestling

secure, so you have to

to be

has happened, the council is only partially

to

that was why

not have a

be a certain way so there would be

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

a spillover of something

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

the power

Volkov,” He said, and my stomach

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

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 he

nothing special about

She wasn’t so bright.

why Maurice preferred his fated to her,”

or that Stephanie had to share him

the

was a

of the Belyaev family, so no one would

was

was from a small merchant family

Lord was and still is allowed to have more than one

woman was presented as

fought about it often, but when the Belyaevs threatened to divide the north, Maurice had

became power-hungry and a

believe the man wanted to

would be able to threaten him as

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