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 do not

our home, allow them to eat at

a mother because of the Dark Alpha; my mother was

Yet we are here.

I say these eastern.

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

to speak when

and judge them

is easy to speak about loyalty and moral values when you have not experienced certain

us whores

mate vile and evil,

compass when 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 above her? No one was willing to help, knowing what

love and gave us the strength and courage to

tears and gave me hope when I thought all

me up; I gave myself up to get away

aunt, I sympathise with you, but Sylvester is nothing like

the mirror and question your morals,” I said,

No one said anything.

us a

saw many things that needed improvement, and

relay to Sylvester

has offered my people part-

nice man.” Jake said,

Leo to have a big

that happened didn’t take it

asked, eager to know how he was doing

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

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

during breakfast, I figured he did it

he is finding

doubt there is anything you can

seem

Volkov, or you would have used

is a lucky man,” Jake said, and

and Mikail will heal from what

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

“He will heal, Alpha.

I said, and

about the

that I truly feel honoured that he

and looked

through a lot

strength you can manage

north is a political jungle of people

as lunas are never secure, so you have to

want to be affiliated with

happened, the council is only

needs to be

that was why

have

way so

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

a spillover of something from

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

He said,

and her mate, but she can be

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

nothing special

She wasn’t so bright.

his fated to her,”

ever mentioned that Maurice had a fated or that Stephanie had to share him with

fated?” I asked the man,

a

Belyaev family, so

name was Lady Alissa

small

the Lord was and still is allowed to

woman was presented as one

often, but when the Belyaevs threatened to divide the north, Maurice

why Maurice became power-hungry and

the man wanted to be so

be able to threaten him

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