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.

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

them to our home, allow them to eat

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

Yet we are here.

I say these eastern.

said, and

going to speak

call people names and judge them when you

speak about loyalty and moral values when you have not experienced certain things, and

us

vile and

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

in love and gave us the

me hope when I thought

I gave myself up to get away from

and aunt, I sympathise with you,

into the mirror and question your morals,” I said, picking up my fork to continue the meal; I could not

No one said anything.

us

things that needed improvement,

to Sylvester

has offered my people part- time work

is truly a nice man.” Jake said, and I

had always known Leo

the things that happened didn’t take it from

to know how he was

better days; Alpha Corrigan said he is still hurting over

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

breakfast, I figured he did

think he is finding

is anything you can do to help

seem

would have used this opportunity to

man,” Jake said, and I

hope Donald and Mikail will heal from what

yet; he is about twenty-six and ready to take over, but I am afraid he would make a bad decision that would get him

“He will heal, Alpha.

do,” I

am sorry about the

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

and looked at

have been through a lot and are still

all the strength you can manage in that

north is a political jungle of

never secure,

people want to be affiliated with the

council is only partially loyal

needs to be

knew this, and that was

I do not have a grudge against the

so there would be

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

spillover of something from his

power struggle between the six ruling houses of the

me about the power struggle?” I asked, and he

Stephanie Volkov,” He said,

by her family and her mate, but she can

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

is nothing

She wasn’t so bright.

his fated to her,” he said, and

one ever mentioned that Maurice had a fated or that Stephanie had to

asked the

a

member of the Belyaev family, so no

fated’s name was Lady Alissa

from a small merchant family in

title even though the Lord was

the woman was presented as one

Belyaevs threatened to

why Maurice became power-hungry and

the man wanted

to threaten him

take over completely and subdue them by wiping out the Belyaevs and their supporters, which were