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

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

the Dark Alpha; my mother was taken from

Yet we are here.

I say these eastern.

and I put down my cutlery

to speak when I

names and judge

you have not experienced certain things, and judging people

us

call my mate vile and evil, but he

was your moral compass when Avery’s husband abused her and her wolf

and gave us the strength and courage

and gave me hope when

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

sympathise with you, but Sylvester

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

No one said anything.

Alpha Brighton gave us a tour

many things that needed improvement, and

Sylvester when

part- time work to help

man.” Jake said, and I

had always known Leo to have a

glad the things that happened didn’t take

I asked, eager to know how he was doing

days; Alpha Corrigan said

I was hurt to learn that my letter did not give him

breakfast, I figured he did it to

think he is finding

doubt there is anything you can do

seem

you would have used this opportunity to run

Jake said,

hope Donald and Mikail will heal

ready to take over, but I am afraid he would make a bad decision that would get him and our people into trouble.”

“He will heal, Alpha.

I

am sorry about the initial

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

looked at

a lot and are

need all the strength you can manage

jungle

as lunas are never secure, so

many people want to be affiliated with

all that has happened, the council is

needs to

that was why

have a grudge against the

certain way so there would be

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

be suffering a spillover of something from his

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

telling me about the power struggle?”

He said, and my

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

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

nothing special about

She wasn’t so bright.

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

that Maurice had a fated or

fated?” I asked the man,

was a

Belyaev family, so

was Lady Alissa

small merchant

Lord was and still is allowed

the woman was

often, but when the Belyaevs threatened to divide

Maurice became power-hungry and

man wanted to be

no one would be able to threaten him

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